| Type: | lga |
| Junee Shire | |
| State: | nsw |
| Region: | Riverina |
| Area: | 2030 |
| Seat: | Junee[1] |
| Coordinates: | -34.8667°N 181°W |
| Pop: | 6,295 |
| Pop Year: | 2016 |
| Pop2: | 6631 |
| Pop2 Year: | 2018 est. |
| Pop2 Footnotes: | [2] |
| Url: | www.junee.nsw.gov.au |
| Mayor: | Cr. Neil Smith (Unaligned)[3] |
| Fedgov: | Riverina |
| Stategov: | Cootamundra |
| Near-Sw: | Wagga Wagga |
| Near-S: | Wagga Wagga |
| Near-Se: | Cootamundra-Gundagai |
| Near-E: | Cootamundra-Gundagai |
| Near-Ne: | Cootamundra-Gundagai |
| Near-N: | Temora |
The Junee Shire is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire comprises an area of [4] and is located adjacent to the Olympic Highway and the Main South railway line. It was formed on 1 January 1981 from the amalgamation of the Municipality of Junee and Illabo Shire resulting from the Local Government Areas Amalgamation Act 1980.[5]
The Shire includes the town of Junee and the small towns of Bethungra, Illabo, Wantabadgery, Harefield, Old Junee, Junee Reefs, Dirnaseer and Eurongilly.
The mayor of Junee Shire is Cr. Neil Smith, an independent politician.[6]
Junee Shire Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally as a single ward. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is usually elected by the councillors each September. The most recent council election was held on 4 December 2021, having been delayed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the makeup of the council is as follows:
| Party | Councillors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independents | align=right | 7 | ||
| Independent National | align=right | 2 | ||
| Total | align=right | 9 | ||
The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is:[7]
| Councillor | Party | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Smith | Independent | Mayor | |||
| Matt Austin | Independent National | Deputy Mayor | |||
| Pam Halliburton | Independent National | ||||
| David Carter | Unaligned | ||||
| Andrew Clinton | Independent | ||||
| Robin Asmus | Independent | ||||
| Mark Cook | Independent | ||||
| Marie Knight | Independent | ||||
| Bob Callow | Independent | ||||