Will your council be merged? Full list of NSW local government amalgamations

UP TO six councils have been spared from the NSW government’s controversial amalgamations plan. Here’s a comprehensive list of the council amalgamations proceeding, pending and not going ahead.

The councils merged by NSW Premier Mike Baird will be sacked. Picture: AAP Image/Stefanie Menezes

• Local council merger plans torn up after backlash
• One northern beaches council to be formed
• Canterbury and Bankstown councils to merge
• Fears young councillors will be frozen out

UP TO six councils have been spared from the NSW government’s controversial amalgamations plan.

Only 19 of the 35 proposed mergers will go ahead after the Baird government was forced to scrap some proposals amid growing political and community opposition.

Nine planned council unifications are also on hold due to ongoing legal action.

The councils to merge have now been sacked, with administrators brought in to run them until elections in September next year.

Here’s a comprehensive list of the council amalgamations proceeding, pending and not going ahead:

COUNCILS PROCEEDING

Armidale Regional Council: Amalgamation of Armidale Dumaresq and Guyra Shire councils

Canterbury-Bankstown Council: Bankstown City and Canterbury City councils

Central Coast Council: Gosford City and Wyong Shire councils

City of Parramatta Council: Paramatta City*, The Hills Shire*, Auburn City*, Holroyd City* and Hornsby Shire* councils

Cumberland Council: Parramatta City*, Auburn City* and Holroyd City* councils

Edward River Council: Conargo Shire and Deniliquin councils

Federation Council: Corowa Shire and Urana Shire councils

Georges River Council: Hurstville City and Kogarah City councils

Gundagai Council: Cootamundra Shire and Gundagai Shire councils

Hilltops Council: Boorowa, Harden Shire and Young Shire councils

Inner West Council: Ashfield, Leichhardt Municipal and Marrickville councils

Mid-Coast Council: Gloucester Shire, Great Lakes and Greater Taree City councils

Murray River Council: Murray Shire and Wakool Shire councils

Murrumbidgee Council: Jerilderie Shire and Murrumbidgee Shire councils

Northern Beaches Council: Manly, Pittwater and Warringah councils

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council: Palerang and Queanbeyan City councils

Snowy Monaro Regional Council: Bombala, Cooma-Monaro Shire and Snowy River Shire councils

Snowy Valleys Council: Tumbarumba Shire and Tumut Shire councils

Western Plains Regional Council: Dubbo City and Wellington councils

David Shoebridge’s tweet: “There is no evidence, no mandate and no democracy in these forced amalgamations says @rocksplanet #nswpol.” Picture: Twitter

MERGER PROPOSALS PENDING

Armidale Dumaresq, Guyra Shire, Uralla Shire and Walcha councils

Bathurst Regional and Oberon councils

Blayney Shire, Cabonne and Orange City councils

Burwood, City of Canada Bay and Strathfield Municipal councils

City of Botany Bay and Rockdale City council

Dungog Shire and Maitland City councils

Hornsby Shire* and Ku-ring-gai councils

Hunter’s Hill, Lane Cove and City of Ryde councils

Mosman Municipal, North Sydney and Willoughby City councils

Newcastle City and Port Stephens councils

Randwick City, Waverley and Woollahra Municipal councils

Shellharbour City and Wollongong City councils

The plan was to reduce 152 councils in NSW down to 113.

MERGER PROPOSALS NOT COMMENCING

Berrigan Shire and Jerilderie Shire* councils

Boorowa and Young Shire councils

Cootamundra Shire, Gundagai Shire and Harden Shire councils

Corowa Shire, Lockhart Shire, Urana Shire councils

Dungog Shire and Gloucester Shire councils

Goulburn Mulwaree and Palerang* councils

Hawkesbury City and The Hills Shire* councils

Jerilderie Shire* and Murrumbidgee Shire councils

Kiama Municipal and Shoalhaven City councils

Manly, Mosman Municipal and Warringah* councils

North Sydney and Willoughby City councils

Palerang* and Queanbeyan City councils

Pittwater and Warringah* councils

Tamworth Regional and Walcha councils

Where an * is displayed next to a council name this means it is a part of that council area.