Local Council Updates

Blacktown City Mayor Tony Bleasdale OAM is encouraging residents to give generously and help women and girls in need through the Share the Dignity August Dignity Drive. Blacktown City Council, through Blacktown City Libraries, was proud to partner with The Ponds Rotary Club and Share the Dignity to install a Dignity Vending Machine at Max […]

Hornsby Shire Mayor Phillip Ruddock, AO, has commended the emergency services and volunteers for their work in the July floods: “This month’s extraordinary weather event has once again been a challenging time for many of us, resulting in flooding and damage across the Shire,” he announced. “The community at Wisemans Ferry was in disbelief as […]

Recovery Centres are open at Wisemans Ferry and South Windsor and four community hubs are also open throughout the district. If you have been impacted by flooding, you can visit the Recovery Centres for assistance from government and non-government agencies with: Financial assistance for individuals, primary producers and small businesses Accommodation advice Help with replacing […]

*FRNSW Windsor salvage and clean up video below* Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Strike Teams have been on the ground this and last week, assisting residents in our district’s worst flood affected areas. Five additional Strike Teams, comprising 80 personnel and 25 fire vehicles, were deployed to flood zones including the Hawkesbury-Nepean valley. Dozens of […]

The walls of Hornsby Shire Council’s Community Recycling Centre (CRC) at Thornleigh are shining a light on the importance of recycling e-waste and organics, thanks to two new murals by two of Australia’s best-known mural artists, Tim Phibs and Steven Nuttall – aka Ox King. This larger-than-life art is located on the back wall of […]

Glenorie Brigade was established in 1947 by locals … Glenorie had been impacted by the 1939 bushfires that burnt through the area. Although the establishment was delayed by WWII, the community finally met in June 1947, and with the support of the shire councils, the Glenorie Voluntary Bushfire Brigade was formed. – Glenorie RFB. Glenorie […]

National census data has confirmed that Blacktown City is the largest, and one of the most diverse and fastest-growing council areas in NSW. The newly-released figures, obtained in the August 2021 Census, reveal that Blacktown City’s population has grown by almost 60,000 residents, from 336,962 in 2016 to 396,776 in 2021, with Department of Infrastructure […]

Council has been fighting against these incinerators for nearly eight years – Blacktown City Mayor Tony Bleasdale. A firm “no” to the construction of any large-scale incinerators was repeated time and again at yesterday’s (Sunday) community rally to protest an amended proposal by Next Generation to build one at Eastern Creek. Staged at Minchinbury Oval, […]

The final elements of Barry Road Reserve, North Kellyville, have been completed with residents now able to use all its features. Construction of a stormwater management basin, landscaping and a kick-about play space adjoining the existing children’s playground were the final works to be undertaken. According to council, the playground opened in 2018 was designed […]

The keys to a new $530,000 firefighting truck have been officially handed over to Richmond Fire Station by FRNSW Deputy Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell and Hawkesbury MP Robyn Preston. The top-of-the-line apparatus will allow the 082 crew to be as “prepared as they can be” for fires and emergencies as well as the constant threat of […]

With a major capital works program of $284 million alone, Blacktown City Council has announced it’s delivered a record balanced budget totalling $809 million for 2022/23. Representing the largest-ever Council spend, the draft budget and a 20-year blueprint for sustainable development have been adopted and placed on public exhibition 11 May to 7 June. Last […]

Five new state funded grants will improve council infrastructure and public space amenity works in Riverstone, Schofields, Marsden Park and Rouse Hill. The works earmarked for June through to October 2023 include: Edmund Street Basin, Riverstone $16.63 million Marsden Park Regional Basin $14.24 million Regent Street basin, Riverstone $11.1 million Rouse Road drainage, Rouse Hill […]