by Sam Magnusson | Jul 3, 2023 | News, Priority
Michael Sainsbury Hawkesbury residents will pay between 3.5% and 14% more in the 2023-2024 financial year for Council services. Hawkesbury City Council has approved hiking charges across all its rate categories including sewerage, land rates and waste management as...
by Sam Magnusson | Jul 2, 2023 | News, Priority
After a lengthy and challenging wait, the Upper Colo Bridge has finally been rebuilt and reopened today, providing immense relief to the residents of Upper Colo. The absence of a bridge, which was swept away by floods in 2021, had caused significant disruptions to the...
by Sam Magnusson | Jun 28, 2023 | councillor watch, News, Top News
Michael Sainsbury Hawkesbury City Council has unanimously voted themselves a pay rise that will see Mayor Sarah McMahon’s pay rise to $64,390 for her part-time position. Some $9,658.50 of the mayor’s salary is given to Deputy-Mayor Barry Calvert as an extra payment....
by Sam Magnusson | Jun 25, 2023 | News, Priority
Michael Sainsbury. Hawkesbury Mayor Sarah McMahon has promised for the second time this year to belatedly uncover “in coming months”, who secretly ordered the rerouting of the Grose Vale bridge road that at one stage was going to destroy a local family farm. The...
by Sam Magnusson | Jun 22, 2023 | councillor watch, News, Priority
The members of the local Liberal Party are moving to expel local Councillor Nathan Zamprogno from the organisation because he voted to help save the Wilcox family home from being bulldozed last year in the Grose Vale bridge debacle. Councillor Zamprogno sits as an...