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Mayor Sue Heins and state MP James Griffin at the ribbon cutting ceremony at Northern Beaches Council’s Freshwater Beach Playground, before it was abruptly shut.

This northern beaches playground opened in November. So why has it spent three months shut?

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.

  • Anthony Segaert

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A documentary directed and produced by award-winning local filmmaker Bruce Walters about a campaign to save two trees in Ruskin Rowe, Avalon.

The smashed Mercedes and a community fight over two trees

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.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Ratepayers urged the council to cut spending, sell off assets, or peddle the naming rights to North Sydney Oval, rather than slugging them with a rates rise.

‘Sack them all’: North Sydney councillors vote for 87 per cent rate rise at rowdy meeting

A hostile crowd of protesters shouted “shame” and “liar” as councillors debated the proposed rates rise at a meeting on Monday night.

  • Megan Gorrey
Former Liberal councillors Karina Page, Stuart Sprott and Georgia Ryburn.

‘There’s no voice of reason’: Northern Beaches’ lost Libs blame party failure for rate hike

A former Northern Beaches Liberal councillor warns the proposed 40 per cent rate rise is just the beginning of contentious changes.

  • Nick Newling
Residents protested the 40 per cent rate rise, saying the council was voting against the wishes of the public.

Beaches council clears path for 40 per cent rate rise at fiery meeting

The special rate variation was approved by a single vote, as angry protesters repeatedly delayed the four-hour meeting.

  • Nick Newling
Coastal erosion at Wamberal Beach is a significant environmental issue to be tackled by the new council.

These houses were sinking into the ocean. Now a council wants to fix it

After four years in administration, the Central Coast Council is prioritising the environment, infrastructure and housing.

  • Nick Newling
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NSW’s DA system is a maze holding up housing supply.

‘As confused as it is confusing’: The big handbrake holding back housing in Sydney

If Sydney can ever tackle its housing crisis and become affordable for young people, addressing the development application system needs to be at the top of the list of reforms.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo and Kayla Olaya
The approved Sealark development at Culburra.

‘No longer fishing villages’: Fight to save charm of South Coast holiday towns

Thousands of Sydneysiders are drawn to the classic holiday spots every summer, but plans to protect their character are up in the air.

  • Catherine Naylor
Man falls into Cronulla Mall’s in-ground trampolines.

Trampolines, ‘lies’ and videotape: Sydney playground spat takes bizarre turn

Councillors blamed an elderly woman for walking into a trampoline in a shopping plaza and accused a shopkeeper of adjusting CCTV cameras to film accidents.

  • Anthony Segaert
An aerial of Toomelah Multi Purpose Hall, by People Oriented Design and Kramer Ausenco. Source: https://www.peopleorienteddesign.com.au/projects-research/architecture/toomelah-multi-purpose-hall

The town where 93 per cent of votes for local council weren’t counted

“We’re proud in Australia that it’s easy for people to vote … But we don’t make it easy for people to indicate their intention on the vote.”

  • Anthony Segaert

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/nsw-councils-1net