Federal minister rejects PEP-11 After four years of campaigning, a permit to allow mining of the waters off the Northern Beaches has been rejected. Federal Minister for Industry and Science, Ed Husic, made his recommendation of refusal to the joint state-federal authority...

The North Shore suburb of Cammeray received its first community battery on Tuesday at Green Park. Local independent MP Kylea Tink took to her Instagram to praise the initiative. “The Cammeray community battery will enable around 350 locals to save approximately $200...

The proposed PEP-11 offshore petroleum digging proposals were rejected by the Commonwealth-New South Wales Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority. Minister for Industries and Science Ed Husic has stated the decision was informed by all relevant submissions and materials given to the government,...

FROM NORTHERN BEACHES COUNCIL:    Northern Beaches Council this morning has reopened all beaches apart from South Curl Curl and Dee Why following the clean-up of marble-sized ball-shaped debris. Council was notified of the debris on Tuesday morning (14 January 2025) and found...

FROM NORTHERN BEACHES COUNCIL:  Nine Beaches in the Northern Beaches are closed after white/grey, ball-shaped debris was found washed up along the shore. Council was alerted to the debris via the EPA and is working closely with the state agency to collect...

Willoughby dishes up food delivery forum Reports of collisions involving pedestrians and e-bike delivery riders and complaints about e-bike riders using footpaths has prompted Willoughby Council to hold a food delivery drivers forum in February. Council staff presented a report to the...

Photographers, swimmers, snorkellers and divers to got creative and submitted their underwater images to be part of this year’s Underwater Photography Competition. The underwater contest is part of the Northern Beaches Council Ocean Festival and celebrates all skill levels, from amateur,...

In-Conversation with Peter FitzSimons: Sports Injuries, Brain Health and Dementia forum will be held on 4 November from 6.30-7.30pm at Mosman Art Gallery. Join Mosman Council for a special forum raising awareness about sports-related dementia and neurodegenerative diseases resulting from repetitive...

Thanks to the right combination of tide and sand movement, stunning trace fossils—imprints left by ancient creatures that roamed the earth over 220 million years ago—are now visible on Turimetta Beach, in Warriewood. The fossils, discovered a couple of years ago,...

Mosman’s Cobblers Beach has become the first location in Sydney Harbour to host a site for the restoration of endangered seagrass. In a partnership between Mosman Council and the Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS), underwater plots of Posidonia australis seagrass...