Media Releases
More Affordable Housing needed for the Hawkesbury
The Hawkesbury is facing a growing affordable housing problem which must be addressed.
One of the causes is that the number of NSW owned social housing properties (for low income and disadvantaged tenants) as a percentage of all housing in the Hawkesbury area has declined significantly and at a faster rate than social housing in Greater Western Sydney.
To respond to the decrease in affordable housing, Hawkesbury City Council has developed a Draft Affordable Housing Policy which recommends a range of strategies to increase the supply of affordable housing (including affordable rental housing) in serviced residential areas of the town centres of the Hawkesbury. This policy is now on display for community consultation and Council is calling on residents to have their say.
Where to now for Sydney’s warehouse past?
The City of Sydney is proposing to heritage list more than 60 industrial warehouses, which were once home to factories and manufacturing plants that helped transform Sydney into one of the largest industrialised cities in the South Pacific.
From chewing gum manufacturers to gramophone companies, confectioners, fabric mills and jam factories, the list of buildings and structures reflect the diversity of Sydney’s rich industrial past, and also helps to define its character.
Council adopts 2015/16 budget of smallest rates increase and biggest plans
Gympie Regional Council has adopted its 2015/16 budget which includes the smallest rates increase in its history coupled with funding that provides the green light for a flagship project.
Mayor Mick Curran said the $130 million budget was about delivering quality services and infrastructure to the Gympie region while being fiscally responsible and efficient.
Mayor welcomes asylum seekers
Tamworth Region Mayor Col Murray has given his support to a NSW Government initiative where asylum seekers will be given the chance to live in regional areas of the State for five years.
NSW Premier Mike Baird today announced NSW has become the first State to sign up in principle to the Federal Government’s Safe Haven Enterprise Visa scheme. From July 1 under the scheme, eligible asylum-seekers will be able to apply to live in any part of NSW, excluding Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle.
Cr Murray said he would welcome asylum seekers wanting to move to the Tamworth Region.