Long-serving Blacktown mayor 'gets off the bus'

Emeritus mayor Charlie Lowles, OAM, who has been a Blacktown councillor for more than 25 years, is leaving public service or "getting off the bus", as he calls it, and will no longer stand for the coming state elections. Image: Charlie Lowles, proudly shows off a promo shirt of his beloved Blacktown (AAP)

Lowles, who is married to a Filipino-Australian and always attend big community activities, has seen the rise of Blacktown as a truly multicultural city. A strong advocate for social justice, Lowles is in the forefront for converting Blacktown as one of the quiet cities, into a progressive, debt-free, and environmentally friendly urban place.