NSW Parliamentary Review of Councils’ ability to fund infrastructure and services
On 8 March 2024 the Hon Ron Hoenig MP, Minister for Local Government, asked the NSW Standing Committee on State Development to inquire into and report on the ability of local governments to fund infrastructure and services. The terms of reference are:(a) the level of income councils require to...
Dissapointment with Labor’s Bill
Council demerger campaigners in Pittwater are bitterly disappointed by Labor government proposals revealed last week that will make it harder for smaller councils forcibly amalgamated to go their own way....
Plebicites Bill tabled in NSW Parliament
Protect Pittwater is delighted that the Local Government Amendment (De-amalgamation Plebiscites) Bill 2023 was tabled in NSW Parliament this morning (22 November 2023). Upper House Member, Dr Amanda Cohn, tabled the private member’s Bill and referenced the plight of the Pittwater Community, together with 9 other disenfranchised NSW communities,...
Protect Pittwater demerger campaign reinvigorated by new committee
Pittwater’s demerger campaign has been reinvigorated by a new committee focused on regaining an independent council. Taking over as Protect Pittwater Association president is local lawyer Simon Dunn, the son of the first elected Pittwater Mayor Robert Dunn. The senior Mr. Dunn was at the forefront of the original...
Simon Dunn – President
I am honoured to have been recently elected President of Protect Pittwater and to take up the cause so passionately championed by my predecessor, the late Bob Grace and by my own father, the late Robert Dunn. I grew up with the fight to establish Pittwater Council at times...
Anna Maria Monticelli – Secretary
“I’ve spent over 40 years surrounded by National Parks, reserves full of wildlife, extraordinary trees and pristine beaches. Why would I not fight to save Pittwater for future generations. One thing I’ve learned in my long fortunate life is that unless you fight for something you believe in nothing...
Trevor Harrison – Media officer
“Pittwater is not like its NB Council cousins, Manly and Warringah. Its typical landscape is sandstone ridges, steep forested hills and beaches, all bound by the waters of Pittwater, the Hawkesbury and the Pacific; it includes National Parks. Houses largely exist under a tree canopy, often in unfenced areas,...