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Calls to Overhaul Planning System to Tackle Heat in Western Sydney

by Sam Magnusson | Dec 19, 2023 | News, Priority

New homes that are both energy inefficient and thermally unsafe continue to be built because the NSW Building Sustainability Index (BASIX ) is relying upon outdated climate data. To date the Index is regarded as one of the strongest sustainable planning measures in...

Lower Portland Ferry Forgotten and Mismanaged by Council, Now Suspended from Jan 29

by Sam Magnusson | Dec 8, 2023 | News, Priority, Top News

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION When Lower Portland Ferry contractor Tono Group wrote to Hawkesbury City Council’s (HCC) procurement officer Gordon Sainsbury on July 11 this year, it was clear that council had no idea that its contract expired barely three weeks later. HCC had...

Council, Mayor get testy with fire chiefs over delayed $8m centre

by Sam Magnusson | Dec 6, 2023 | News, Priority

Mayor Sarah McMahon held a Fire Control Centre summit yesterday, more than two years after the $8 million facility had been agreed. The meeting came in the wake of criticism from fire chiefs who issued a searing open letter slamming council inaction on the project. In...

Fire captains slam Hawkesbury Council with new $8 million headquaters now at risk

by Publishing | Dec 4, 2023 | News, Priority

A $8 million new rural Fire Control Centre promised in 2021 has been put at risk by council inaction. Thirty two brigade captains have slammed Hawkesbury City Council (HCC) for failing to provide land for the project in an open letter to council that has been sent to...

Inquiry into $30m Plus Sewer “Catastrophe” Launched

by Sam Magnusson | Nov 30, 2023 | News, Priority

Ratepayers and residents had a win in council when it voted Tuesday night for an independent inquiry into the 2022-2023 Windsor sewer repair that saw a $32.5 million loan taken out that could cost up to $50 million to repay. Labor Councillors Barry Calvert and Amanda...