Mixed bag for Labor and the rise of the Libertarians: the key surprises in the NSW local elections

Labor faces mixed results in what premier Chris Minns calls a massive wake up call for the major parties', and Liverpool mayor returns amid corruption inquiry

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The counting of votes has resumed to determine the makeup of New South Wales's 128 councils for the next four years.

The main story of the local government elections was the Liberal party's disastrous failure to lodge the paperwork to nominate more than a third of its candidates.