Committee demands ‘please explain’ on council grants

Questions have been raised about the allocation of $252 million in local government grants.

29 October, 2020

Councils applaud lock out laws report

A report calling for Sydney’s lock out laws to be scrapped also wants an ‘overarching nightlife coordinator’.

1 October, 2019

Councillor resigns over ‘difference of values’

Appointments, departures and movement in and around government.

23 September, 2019

Inner West Council dumps all fossil fuel funds

Sydney’s Inner West Council has transferred all its investments into non-fossil fuel funds.

4 June, 2019

Noticeboard: Melbourne City Council approves Southbank plan

Also this issue: Inner West Council welcomes $22.5m Parramatta Road projects; Freemantle Council progresses with major revamp of Kings Square; and WA’s Kent Street Weir reopens after $4.8m revamp.

12 March, 2018

Council appoints officer to work with protestors

  Sydney’s new Inner West Council has voted to assign an officer dedicated “to assist local activist groups with their advocacy and local residents with complaints” about the giant WestConnex tollway project. Some Sydney councils were amalgamated before the Berejiklian Government reversed its stance on amalgamations. Inner West Council is one of them, formed by […]

6 October, 2017

Baird refuses to expedite council elections, blames merger workload

Ratepayers must wait ‘til September 2017.

1 June, 2016

Hired muscle for next Inner West Council meeting

Baird caught in perfect storm.

31 May, 2016

Inner Sydney council bid to to set up refugee welcome centre within prime park real estate

Callan Park could be a refugee hub: Leichhardt Council.

9 December, 2015

Melbourne CBD junks parking meters for pay-by-phone technology

Mobile apps and related payments are quickly starting to eliminate the need for costly hardwired infrastructure as councils look for ways to increase convenience and deter risk takers when it comes to clipping the ticket.

27 February, 2014

Glebe Island Bridge a demolition too far for Leichhardt Mayor

By Julian Bajkowski The Mayor of inner Sydney Leichhardt Council, Darcy Byrne has gone on the attack over a report commissioned by the state that has raised the option of demolishing the 110-year-old Glebe Island Bridge, describing the structure’s removal as an “economic disaster” that would cut off access to the CBD in the midst […]

2 October, 2013