Mayor uses casting vote to get pay rise
NORTHERN Beaches Mayor Michael Regan has been criticised for using his casting vote to push through a pay rise for himself and councillors.
Our Journalists
Latest
Do these councillors deserve a pay rise?
NORTHERN beaches councillors were set to debate whether or not to give themselves a 2.5 per cent pay rise on Tuesday night, with one of them claiming that current wages ‘discourage people from taking on the role of a councillor’.
100 applicants for council CEO job
FORMER Northern Beaches Council CEO Mark Ferguson was believed to earn about $480,000 — but his successor is expected to earn more.
Calls for halt to northern beaches development
MAYOR Michael Regan has declared “enough is enough” after sending a letter to Planning Minister Anthony Roberts calling for a moratorium on incoming laws to fast track medium density housing.
Sydney store’s ‘Wall of Shame’ for shoplifters
VIDEO: They’re the petty thefts, acts of drunken stupidity and sometimes downright disgusting deeds caught on camera by a Sydney shop owner in a bid to name and shame people into better behaviour — and he claims his unique method is working.
Renewed push for major aged-care development
ARTIST IMPRESSIONS: Japara Healthcare has amended plans for a major aged-care development in Sydney’s northern beaches after its original $26.5 million proposal was rejected. Details have emerged of what’s included in the latest proposal.
Six-storey units planned for seniors living
PLANS have been hatched to build a $47.8 million, six-storey block of units to expand on the Anzac Village in Narrabeen.
Northern beaches set to get new university
Five peninsula sites have been short-listed as a possible location for a university campus — and one of the options is in the area surrounding the new Northern Beaches Hospital.
Plan to increase rates by $4 million
An increase of almost $4 million would come out of the hip pockets of northern beaches ratepayers’ pockets as part of the council’s proposed budget.
‘Beaches Link tunnel will happen’
PLANS for a Beaches Link tunnel will become clearer by July, according to Manly state MP James Griffin, who used his first anniversary in office to dispel rumours about the project’s demise.
Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/journalists/robbie-patterson/page/5