Forbes Shire is a Local Government Area in the Central West

Central West, New South Wales

The Central West region refers to the area west of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. It has an area of 63,262 square kilometers....

 of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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. In addition to Forbes

Forbes, New South Wales

-Notable residents:*Carolyn Simpson - Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales; Member of the first all-female bench to sit in an Australian court*NSW Deputy Premier Carmel Tebbutt was born and raised in Forbes....

, it includes Bedgerebong, Bundbarrah, Corradgery, Daroobalgie, Eugowra

Eugowra, New South Wales

Eugowra is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located in the Cabonne Shire Local Government Area, west of the state capital, Sydney. At the 2006 census, Eugowra had a population of 535....

, Ooma North and Paytens Bridge.

Council

Forbes Shire Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally. The mayor is not directly elected. The current makeup of the council is as follows:

Party		Councillors
	Independents Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...  and Unaffiliated	9
	Total	9

The current council, elected in 2008, is:

Councillor		Party	Notes
	Phyllis Miller	Unaffiliated	Mayor
	Chris Roylance	Unaffiliated
	Alister Lockhart	Unaffiliated
	Graham Falconer	Unaffiliated	Deputy Mayor
	Robyn Miller	Unaffiliated
	Michael Jelbart	Unaffiliated
	Rawson Leach	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
	Michael Malloy	Unaffiliated
	Ron Penny	Unaffiliated