Upper Hunter Shire candidate Tayah Clout has rejected an accusation she submitted misleading information on her nomination form for the Council election this Saturday.
We can reveal this morning a formal complaint has been lodged with the New South Wales Electoral Commission claiming Ms Clout lives on a property with her partner in Denman, not at Kars Springs as she wrote on the paperwork.
The 34-year-old has told the Hunter Valley Newsroom…while she does cross shire borders for work like many locals do, she definitely lives at Kars Springs.
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It is not against the law to live outside the Shire you have nominated to stand in but it is a breach of the law to submit false information.
