Ku-ring-gai

It seems Ku-ring-gai Council has yet to learn their lesson. Either that, or they find no issue with a multi-night stay at an out-of-area hotel on the ratepayers’ dime. Last year, Ku-ring-gai staff and councillors, and their families, stayed at the luxury accommodation The Convent Hunter Valley on what was...

Across Ku-ring-gai, nearly 40 activities and events will be held to celebrate Seniors Week. From 3 to the 16 of March, Ku-ring-gai Council are brining river cruises, ballet lessons, jazz concerts, and guest speakers and talks.  Ku-ring-gai Council’s 2025 Seniors Festival is a way to recognise the value of older...

Before the close of 2024, Ku-ring-gai Council spent the majority of the year’s final General Meeting debating a $2,300 grant. Despite the relatively minuscule amount, the issue caused a stir between councillors, and the grant approval process was called into question. The crux of the argument came when Councillors Jeff...

New principals are arriving at St Ives Public and St Ives High School. For St Ives Public, Kelly McGowan will become principal following her role as Deputy Principal at St Ives North Public School. For St Ives High School, Tracey Casey, former Principal at Sydney Secondary College, Leichhardt Campus, is...

The NSW Government and Ku-ring-gai Council have come to some agreement regarding the Transport Oriented Development (TOD).  Earlier in 2024, Ku-ring-gai Council pushed back against the Minns Government’s new housing policy, which would see mass development erupt 400-metres around the Roseville, Lindfield, Gordon, and Killara train stations. Resolving to begin...

Kylea Tink backs Community Independent Nicolette Boele in her run for the seat of Bradfield. With the abolition of the seat of North Sydney, Kylea Tink’s future was up in the air and rife with speculation.

During their Ordinary Meeting on the 22nd of October, Ku-ring-gai Council’s final item on the agenda was Marian Street Theatre. A motion was moved to receive and note the update report on the likely costs and timetable to develop the unused site. Councillor Indu Balachandran proposed an amendment during the...

The stolen war honour roll at Turramurra Memorial Park has been replaced. In July, thieves removed a 2.1-metre-tall bronze honour roll plaque attached to the entrance gate. First installed in 1928 by former NSW Governor Sir Dudley de Chair, the act left the community feeling outraged. ‘The theft of the...

Ku-ring-gai Council have released four alternative housing scenarios for Roseville, Lindfield, Killara, and Gordon stations. These scenarios are slated to deliver the same level of housing as the NSW Government’s Transport Oriented Development (TOD) policy. In an Extraordinary Meeting on the 30th of October, Council came together to vote to...

Hailing originally from the Inner West, Christine Kay made her steady way over to Ku-ring-gai for the leafy green, as many do. In the 2017 Local Government Elections, Christine first ran for Ku-ring-gai Council. Though unsuccessful, she persisted and put her hand up again in 2021, where the community elected...