Friday, 15th May
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Community members are now able to book their spot for the Streetwork Supporters Breakfast which will be held on Saturday 20 June. It’s an opportunity for people to support the charity which works to help at-risk youth turn their lives...
NBS
Move comes as Scruby applies pressure for mandatory licence and registration Another Northern Beaches college has introduced a mandatory program for students who wish to ride e-bikes to school, as support grows for a licensing scheme. Students at St Luke’s Grammar School...
NBS
The Dee Why B-Line has had its ‘Yellow Wiggle’ defibrillator stolen, and police are urging residents to come forward if they have any information. According to Northern Beaches Police Area Command (PAC), the automated external defibrillator (AED) was stolen by an...
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‘Essentially a hospital with 177 beds’ Bayview residents have opposed a state significant development (SSD) application for a 177-bed residential aged care facility (RCF) at 36 to 42 Cabbage Tree Road, known as Opal HealthCare Bayview. Ownership of the existing two aged...
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New buses are good news: but someone needs to drive them The NSW Government announced on 11 March that it was investing $56 million in 50 new Scania-Volgren articulated (bendy) buses. It also said it had purchased 10 new double decker...
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Independent Warringah MP Zali Steggall met with Finance Minister Katy Gallagher on 25 March to discuss the future of HMAS Penguin and the government’s proposed divestment process. Ms Steggall conveyed to Minister Gallagher the strong community concerns about what parts of...
PW
Bill would make licence and registration mandatory Independent Pittwater MP Jacqui Scruby says the State Government must make e-bike licensing mandatory, and has introduced a bill in NSW Parliament to make it happen. Faced with increasing amounts of injuries, and even fatalities...
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Loreto Kirribilli and Taronga partnership to see students immersed in Zoo life Loreto Kirribilli is taking the classroom into the real world in a new educational partnership with Taronga Zoo. Years in the making, the first of its kind with an independent...
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Rosalind Street residents riled up about $68m six-storey building A group of residents has opposed a $68 million seniors living development at 19 to 23 Rosalind Street in Cammeray. The site would include a five-storey and a six-storey building containing 49 independent...
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Calls for council to defer Kelly’s Place closure Kelly’s Place Childcare Centre in Crows Nest is calling for North Sydney Council to extend its lease until December 2027 and secure support for a long-term relocation before a planned demolition of the...
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‘No animal should suffer the torture that Bo did’ Northern Beaches Council resolved to ban 1080 poison (sodium fluoroacetate) on council land at its meeting on 17 February, becoming just the third council in NSW to do so. It is legal to...