A young boy’s brush with a blue-ringed octopus has prompted a Sydney council to issue an urgent warning ahead of the long weekend. The incident occurred at Woolwich Baths in the harbour city’s Lower North Shore on Wednesday afternoon. Hunter Hill’s council issued a public warning the following day, urgingContinue Reading
The NSW Housing Minister Paul Scully has moved quickly to dismiss claims a highly populated inner Sydney council would be covered in six-story apartments under the government’s proposed planning reforms. The details were revealed in briefing documents shared ahead of a December meeting with the Planning minister, Sydney mayors andContinue Reading
Boozy beach parties on the golden sands of Bondi Beach will now be a thing of the past following a recent council motion placing new restrictions on beach events. Commercial events that involve selling alcohol on Sydney’s infamous Bondi Beach will no longer be allowed after Waverley Council councillors votedContinue Reading
The deputy mayor of a Sydney council has said he is “surprised and deeply disappointed” after his colleagues moved to oust him from his role for voting against a motion condemning the Hamas attacks in Israel. Councillors at Waverley Council in Sydney’s east will gather for an extraordinary council meetingContinue Reading
A Sydney council has unanimously agreed to show their support for the residents of Gaza and fly the Palestinian flag. Canterbury-Bankstown council has voted to raise the flag over Paul Keating Park in Bankstown and the Campsie administration building until a ceasefire is declared in Palestine. Labor councillor Karl SalehContinue Reading
A local council has vowed to continue its battle to keep restrictive beachside, local-only parking rules, which one councillor estimates could cost rate payers nearly $50,000 in legal fees. On Wednesday, the move was lashed by NSW Premier Chris Minns who vowed to prevent the longstanding rule from continuing, statingContinue Reading
Adam Bandt has sensationally accused Anthony Albanese of caring more about missiles and tax cuts for the well-off than Australians struggling with the cost of living. In his address to the National Press club on Wednesday, the Greens leader put the Prime Minister on blast for not acting on twoContinue Reading
A Sydney resident has hit out at the City of Sydney after a huge tree crushed a parked car just months after the council deemed it to be safe. On Wednesday evening at around 9pm, a huge native tree came crashing down on Powell St in Waterloo in the innerContinue Reading
City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore is making it easier for hospitality venues to keep their doors open as a fourth wave of Covid threatens to take hold of the nation. The council has already sacrificed $5.7m in revenue by waiving fees for outdoor dining permits since May 2021.Continue Reading