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Northern Beaches Council are considering data for a possible demerger. During Council’s monthly meeting in April, Councillor Miranda Korzy moved a motion to hold a Poll at the September Local Government Elections to judge community support for de-amalgamation. ‘Council set up to serve 250,000 residents across more than 25,000 hectares,’...

Climate 200 is propelling climate-minded community Independents into Federal politics. Climate 200 is a crowd-funded initiative that supports and funds promising community independent campaigns and candidates. During the 2019 Federal Election season, Climate 200 was formed out of growing concern with political integrity, female representation, and the state of climate...

With local council elections fast approaching, many of us begin to hear the same old political lingo from our relatively quiet councillors, suddenly dumping promises and words of positivity throughout their community to get back in the re-election spotlight. While a few councillors on the North Shore have gained a...

For a Council that cannot find funds to support community requested projects, Ku-ring-gai seem to have no qualms spending on a Councillor “getaway”. The Post observed Ku-ring-gai Councillors and staff filtering into an exclusive, luxury accommodation, relaxed and smiling, on the 3rd of March for a two-night stay. Publisher of...

WILLOUGHBY City Council’s Chief Executive Officer has retired. Debra Just announced her retirement in February 2024, ending her nine year tenure as Council’s CEO. Having served on councils across New South Wales and South Australia, Debra is retiring from a 25 year career with Local Government and various state agencies....

An uptick in illegal graffiti has caught the attention of Julian Leeser, Federal Member for Berowra. Standing at the site of graffiti vandalism in Thornleigh, Julian Leeser, Detective Chief Inspector Dean Lindley, and Hornsby Shire Councillor, Sallianne McClelland, discuss graffiti and its impacts to the community. ‘What we’ve found most...

ON Saturday, February 3, the Galston Aquatic and Leisure Centre (GALC) held its official grand reopening ceremony after undergoing extensive renovations. The event was marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony performed by Hornsby Shire Councillor Janelle McIntosh, who represented The Hon Stephen Kamper MP, Minister for Sport, along with Hornsby Shire...

You can't stop progress, claimed Bill Heslop running for local council in the fictional town of Porpoise Spit. Bill was ultimately unsuccessful, but at least you knew where he stood. Now, I must point out at this stage I am against the NSW governments proposed re zoning. However, ask anyone...

ALL About Homestay is looking for caring host families right now for study tour bookings. We have a returning client from a Japanese high school arriving on 21st March for a seven-night stay. During this time the students will need to be taken to and from Narrabeen Sports High School...

North Sydney Council has released its draft Neutral Bay Town Centre Planning Study to the public. Council is requesting community feedback on the draft study before the 2nd of April.  The draft study comes after Council rescinded the Military Road Corridor Planning Study in 2022, due to community concerns over...