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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...

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Northern Beaches Deputy Mayor and management consultant Georgia Ryburn has been selected by the NSW Liberals to contest the Pittwater by-election on 19 October. Georgia is a fourth-generation Northern Beaches local, raising her two kids here with her husband, and she...

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Will secondary school changes make the grade? The NSW Department of Education is considering a move to co-educational campuses for Northern Beaches Secondary College, as well as the removal of selective status for the Manly site. The school has five campuses, including...

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New shark management measures introduced Shark nets on the Beaches will be removed one month earlier than usual in a shift in policy to help protect migrating turtles. The NSW Government has announced its $21.5 million Shark Management Program, with new measures...

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Dozens plead in person to retain North Sydney Kylea Tink has made a very personal speech to an Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) inquiry in a last-ditch effort to stop her seat of North Sydney from abolition. The embattled MP was invited to...

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Pittwater is without an MP following the shock resignation of Rory Amon over allegations of historical child sexual assault. On Friday 30 August, Police charged Mr Amon with 10 counts of sexual assault of a child alleged to have occurred in...

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Western Harbour Tunnel outlet outcry It’s been called a ‘chicken nugget,’ but the proposed Western Harbour Tunnel (WHT) ventilation outlet is causing more than a few clucks. The draft WHT Place, Design and Landscape Plan has been put on exhibition and is...

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Mackellar MP Sophie Scamps has launched a campaign to save the Aussie Bush. “So many of us choose to live on the Northern Beaches of Sydney because of the amazing natural environment,” Dr Scamps said. “But Australia is a world leader when...

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Narrabeen athletic track closed until 2025 The closure of the Sydney Academy of Sport athletic track in Narrabeen due to ‘bubbling’ is set to extend through the 2024/25 season, as clubs and schools across the Beaches run out of patience. The NSW...

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Failure to nominate ends campaign for 6 councillors The failure of the Liberal Party to nominate its six sitting councillors on the Northern Beaches has wiped the party out of power on a future council, stymieing attempts at gaining the mayoral...