Northern Beaches Council is currently accepting applications for its grants program. Now in its seventh year, the grants program funds projects from local environment groups, sporting clubs, artists, individuals and not-for-profit organisations. Northern Beaches Mayor Sue Heins said the grants help...

Councillors split over way forward There will be a 4.9 per cent council rate rise in the next financial year, in line with what is permitted by the regulator IPART – but councillors have split on the issue, with Mayor Sue...

North Sydney to be abolished under AEC proposal Residents living in Killarney Heights, Forestville, Dee Why and North Curl Curl will move out of Warringah into the Federal seat of Mackellar under a proposed redistribution. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) announced its...

Locals caught off guard with Flower Power approval The Terrey Hills community was given only a week’s notice ahead of a local planning panel meeting, at which Flower Power’s $14 million development proposal for its site at 62 Myoora Road in...

Seat of North Sydney set to be abolished The federal seat of North Sydney would be abolished under a proposed redistribution in NSW, leaving Kylea Tink with few options for next year’s Federal Election. Ms Tink, who ousted Liberal Trent Zimmerman to...

North Sydney seat to be abolished in shake-up The Federal seat of Mackellar will gain 15,257 electors in the suburbs of Dee Why, North Curl Curl, Forestville and Killarney Heights under a proposed NSW redistribution. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) announced its...

Dual-occupancy expanded to increase housing density It’s been four years in the making, but the Northern Beaches Council local environment plan (LEP) has finally been released. The LEP will form the basis of a new Northern Beaches development control plan (DCP) and...

About 200 seahorses have been introduced to new underwater homes at Balmoral Beach as part of ongoing work by research, education and government agencies to restore and protect marine environments.  The Mosman-based Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS), working with the...

Regulator gives green light to special variation Willoughby City Council will soon vote to raise rates by 15 per cent, following approval from the regulator for a special rate variation. IPART, which sets the maximum yearly amount by which councils can raise...

The NSW Government has given a reprieve to Willoughby, Mosman, North Sydney and 11 coastal councils and will keep funding the long-running Beachwatch water testing programs for another 12 months. The government had told councils it would cease funding the Beachwatch...