Resident majority asked for 12 per cent rise Willoughby rates will rise by 15 per cent if the State Government approves council’s decision for a rate hike in the 2024/2025 financial year. At council’s November meeting, councillors voted by nine to four...

Nicotine e-cigarettes now only available on prescription The importation of single-use vapes will be banned from 1 January after the Federal Government passed a bill to tighten laws around the unregulated industry. From 1 March, an individual will no longer be able...

Statistics show attacks up 50 per cent Dog attacks on the Beaches have increased by almost 50 per cent, with the increased dog population a likely cause. The Office of Local Government quarterly showed 65 attacks reported involving 37 people and 45...

Willoughby City Council are waiving the Application/Renewal Fee and the Administration Fee for businesses applying for outdoor dining licences before 1 May 2024, as part of the Artarmon Streetscape Upgrade Project. Council will also wave the usage fee for a single...

In a heartening return, over 100 baby White’s Seahorses, bred at SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium, have been released at Clontarf Beach to repopulate the colony. The five to six-centimetre juveniles, aged seven to nine months, are now navigating the expanded...

Sydneysiders are being warned of traffic challenges over the Christmas period as Transport for NSW announces vital roadworks, impacting the Warringah Freeway Upgrade and traditional congestion hotspots like the Sydney Fish Markets, Sydney Airport, and Christmas shopping precincts. Throughout the quieter...

Campus will be in McLaren St office block Inspired Education’s application to build another campus of its Eastern suburbs school Reddam House in the North Sydney CBD has been approved. Initially, North Sydney Council was against the $44 million proposal, with concerns...

Coastal and property protection must be examined Council is calling on the State Government to review all alternatives to controversial seawalls on the Northern Beaches. At a meeting on 28 November, councillors discussed a motion proposed by Pittwater ward’s Miranda Korzy calling...

Council gives go-ahead for 1,350 homes, 900 jobs Brookvale is set for a massive development push in the next 15 years, with council passing the Brookvale Structure Plan (BSP) on 28 November. It has taken six years for the plan to come...

Members say bill ‘flawed’ The committee which has been examining a proposed Liberal-backed bill to stop off-shore drilling has recommended the bill be voted down. Liberal Pittwater MP Rory Amon introduced the Minerals Legislation Amendment (Offshore Drilling and Associated Infrastructure Prohibition) Bill...