The closures coming across Sydney over the next year will leave some parts of Sydney with no local pool.
Blocks 100 metres tall have been proposed for Batemans Bay,which also wants to become a “bustling town centre”.
Pubs in the tourist mecca of Byron Bay have hosted Nirvana and The White Stripes. The local council wants to shield them from unreasonable noise complaints.
Two Liberal party members who missed out on contesting last year’s council elections are behind a class action suing the party.
The mayor,councillors and other staff are set to attend a three-day festival,but at a lower cost than first flagged.
Accusations of bullying and misinformation have been made as both sides say their opponents are running scare campaigns.
The $1.05 million Freshwater Beach Playground was opened with great fanfare last year – but it abruptly closed after a piece of equipment broke,injuring a child.
Residents have put “a stake in the ground” to save two towering 60-year-old gums in a majestic tree-lined street on Sydney’s northern beaches.
A hostile crowd of protesters shouted “shame” and “liar” as councillors debated the proposed rates rise at a meeting on Monday night.
A former Northern Beaches Liberal councillor warns the proposed 40 per cent rate rise is just the beginning of contentious changes.