Willoughby
Willoughby City Council: What your candidates said
On Sydney’s north shore, Willoughby City Council has 12 councillors and a popularly elected mayor. There are four wards, made up of three councillors each.
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Torched signs and a wacky website: Local council skulduggery rears its head
As Sydney enters its final fortnight of local council election campaigning, some tactics have turned ugly.
- by Anthony Segaert and Megan Gorrey
This north shore council just handed a golf club 21 more years on harbourside land
The decision followed suggestions that public golf courses in the area be repurposed as community green space, and went against council recommendations.
- by Anthony Segaert
‘It’s a beautiful day’: Roslyn’s joy at HSC band fives and sixes
Roslyn de Lara was terrified of what the message from NESA would say. A moment later she was astonished.
- by Christopher Harris and Angus Thomson
No one in this north shore suburb can work out who killed these 265 trees
Hundreds of trees have been illegally poisoned and chopped down in a popular Willoughby reserve. Now the council is offering a reward to find the culprit.
- by Anthony Segaert
‘Ridiculous’: Willoughby bungalow fetches $4.83 million at auction
The single-level home, renovated six years ago, was sold to a developer who beat parents bidding with their adult daughter.
- by Carmen Forward
Exhausted candidates in limbo as seats hang in the balance
Independent for the NSW seat of Willoughby Larissa Penn is among those candidates nervously awaiting their political fate.
- by Megan Gorrey
The home buyers with a pathway to cut energy bills by 20 per cent
Retrofitting a home to make it more energy efficient can be harder than expected. Here’s one way to make it easier to upgrade over time.
- by Kate Burke
Sydney councils in fierce battle over future home of SBS
The federal government has started a feasibility study into whether SBS should move to western Sydney.
- by Michael Koziol
‘Willoughby ignored for too long’: Berejiklian’s seat down to the wire
The independent candidate in Willoughby Larissa Penn says the seat has been taken for granted for too long.
- by Alexandra Smith
Opinion
NSW Votes
Why the hardest lesson for Liberals is in Willoughby, not Bega
Don’t fall for the traditional wisdom that state byelections have no implications for federal elections. While the Liberals will retain Willoughby, the huge swing against them is a sign of the damage that strong independents can do in the party’s heartland seats.
- by Michael Yabsley
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/willoughby-nsw-h3h