From Sunday 12 May, North Sydney Council will be asking everyone in the local community to ‘Have your say on our next ten years’ to help inform a new Community Strategic Plan for 2025- 2035. Council will be seeking community feedback...
Councils fight government cut to Beachwatch Local councils are fighting a decision made by the NSW Government to pull the plug on funding the Beachwatch water quality monitoring program. All Sydney coastal councils will be forced to self-fund water quality monitoring from...
Northern Beaches Council has carried out a notice of motion that seeks to comprehensively and efficiently address the challenges and mitigate the impact caused in the area by graffiti, or ‘vandalism’. Currently, council budgets over $500,000 for graffiti removal each year....
Willoughby City Council is alerting community members about the illegal dumping of vegetation on the streets. Council posted on Facebook that in the past six months there had been an escalation of illegal garden vegetation dumping in Chatswood streets. “Usually it happens...
Redundancies made as pool drains budget North Sydney Council has cut staff in an attempt to stave off a worsening financial position, with unexpected costs for the Olympic Pool project continuing to hurt its budget. Councillors will vote on an updated draft...
Budget faces $151 million funding gap Council faces an ‘emerging financial sustainability issue’ which means it must consider raising rates, a budget document reveals. The document states that there is a $151 million funding gap for infrastructure, assets and other works over...
Council launches campaign after hundreds of complaints Northern Beaches Police are cracking down on the illegal use of e-bikes, ‘with a focus on enforcement action in order to support increased public safety’. NB Police Area Command Superintendent Patrick Sharkey said that issues...
Council confirms no return to paper issue North Sydney Council has the third-highest rate of digitally issued parking fines in Sydney, with no plans to return to hard copy fines. In 2023, council issued 51,251 digital fines which generated $8.6 million in...
Cancellations and lengthy delays persist Davidson MP Matt Cross presented a petition signed by more than 1,300 disgruntled commuters to State Parliament earlier this month, lamenting ongoing issues with buses on the Beaches. Mr Cross also moved a motion on 19 March...
Beware about parking breaches – fines have now gone digital so there will no longer be printed dockets on windshields for offences. Northern Beaches Council launched the scheme in March, already adopted by 48 out of 128 councils in NSW. From now...