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Hawkesbury City Councillor Watch 11th July, 2023

by Publishing | Jul 18, 2023 | councillor watch

Reported by Hawkesbury City Councillor Watch Hawkesbury City Council Meeting – 11 July 2023 All 12 Councillors were present. Clr Conolly and Clr Kotlash left the meeting early at 9.35pm There were 14 votes at this meeting The meeting lasted 3 hrs and 48...

Problems for local Liberals amid resignations and poor polling

by Sam Magnusson | Jul 6, 2023 | councillor watch, News, Priority

Fractures in the Liberal Party in far Western Sydney continue to deepen, with the resignation of Blue Mountains Deputy Mayor Brendan Christie from the organisation and in the wake of the party’s recent election loss in NSW and as it continues to perform poorly in...

Mayor, Councillors hand themselves pay rise of 7.2%

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....

McMahon promises, again, to get to the bottom of secret Grose Vale bridge/road re-routing

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...

Toxic PFAS chemicals spread in Richmond to riverside soil and recycled water

by Sam Magnusson | Jun 16, 2023 | News, Priority, Top News

Michael Sainsbury. The spread of highly toxic PFAS chemicals from the Richmond RAAF base has grown with testing by Hawkesbury City Council and the Western Sydney University finding elevated levels in soil around the collapsed Cornwallis Road site and in recycled...