Move to digital will stop ‘black market’ Northern Beaches Council is hoping a move to digital parking permits will stop ‘illegal’ on-selling and theft from letterboxes. Council posts its annual beach parking permits to ratepayers in August, which results in opportunistic thieves...

Rates to increase but residents to ‘choose’ the hike In an unusual move, Willoughby City Council is asking residents to choose between four rate rise options to stave off ‘financial difficulty’ by 2025. The council foreshadowed ‘insolvency’ back in May without a...

Surfrider Foundation Australia, a not-for-profit agency dedicated to protecting Australia’s oceans, has launched a series of film events across Australia’s east coast to raise support for their campaign to Save The Southern Sea from fossil fuel exploration. Their eighth stop...

Local Yes campaigner says treaty is next step As Yes advocates regroup following the resounding No vote in the recent Voice to Parliament Referendum, Tony McAvoy is ‘all revved up and ready to go for the next round’. Mr McAvoy, who was...

Widening needed urgently, MP claims The State Government has confirmed that the widening of Mona Vale Road will be ‘deferred’ for two years, despite having already prepared a business case for the project. A spokesperson for Transport for NSW confirmed to Peninsula...

North Sydney, Warringah defy national referendum trend The Voice to Parliament Referendum may have failed, but adjoining seats North Sydney and Warringah both returned a strong ‘Yes’ vote. Independents represent both seats, with Kylea Tink and Zali Steggall active campaigners for Yes...

Company says only Lower Hunter coast affected There would be no gas mining in the waters off the Northern Beaches if PEP-11 goes ahead, Advent Energy has told a NSW committee. The company is re-applying for permission to continue gas exploration in...

Concrete seawall approval angers locals Five Narrabeen home owners have received approval to build a concrete seawall along the beachfront, angering locals. The seawall will sit behind properties at 1 Clarke Street and 1192, 1194, 1196 and 1204 Pittwater Road, Narrabeen, sitting...

Northern Beaches Council are holding a number of events on the lead up to National Recycling Week, which is from 13 to 19 November. Meet your neighbours, grab a bargain and help the environment at a Second Hand Saturday garage sale....

New program sends NSW Department of Education employees back to class. The NSW Department of Education (the department) has launched the School Experience Program, which will send departmental senior executives and office staff to spend a week in public schools as...