Hawkesbury City Council (HCC) is facing fierce backlash tonight after publishing a Facebook post that many argue deliberately conceals critical events from Tuesday’s Council meeting, raising accusations of public deception and manipulation.

The heavily sanitised Council summary has been slammed for intentionally omitting crucial matters, including the Liberal-Labor alliance’s controversial rejection of a plan to protect local koalas. Despite a petition signed by 900 residents urging the Council to fund a Koala Plan of Management, this significant matter was glossed over. Additionally, the post failed to disclose a covert scheme to sell publicly owned land with high biodiversity value without a public tender or auction. Another key omission was the Liberal-Labor alliance’s decision to withdraw from the Hawkesbury River County Council without any community consultation.