Thomas Richard Tate is an Australian politician and the current Mayor of the City of Gold Coast, first elected on 28 April 2012 and re-elected on 19 March 2016 with 73% of the two-candidate vote.As Mayor, he is charged with representing the City and is directly elected by residents. Presiding over all council meetings; he is the only councillor to not represent a specific Gold Coast Council Division; and is the foremost representative of the City of Gold Coast and its policies.The City maintains a budget of $1.2 billion annually (the second highest of municipal governments in Australia), and is the second largest local government area in Australia, maintaining a staff of over 3,500. Wikipedia
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