Local News

User pays: in the past
Waverley Council will relax winter parking restrictions at Bondi Beach for a second successive year after repeated pleas by local businesses for help. Parking meters along Campbell Parade will be switched ... Read more

Bearing thecost of a hidden population
They are Bondi's 'invisible population': travellers, itinerants and locals living under the census radar. And according to Waverley Mayor Ingrid Strewe, these unofficial residents are putting a strain on... Read more

Turnbull accuses Government of playing mean politics
The $6-million redevelopment of North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club is in jeopardy after the Federal Government rescinded a $1.7-million grant announced by former prime minister John Howard. Wentworth... Read more

Get more carbon-conscious at Bondi beach festival
This Sunday, Bondi beach will host the World Environment Day Festival from 11am to 4pm with the theme "Kick the Habit: Towards a Low Carbon Economy". The celebration will include a mobile zoo, workshops,...Read more

Facing the challenge of transport change
What are the most pressing transport issues in the east? Overcrowding on many bus services, as people try to adapt to rising petrol prices, plus unreliability of some services, which relates to traffic... Read more

Message is in mascot
Waverley Council is calling on the creativity of local primary school students to help promote a road safety campaign. The council is looking for a mascot to front its education program on road safety and ... Read more

To surf and protect
An important milestone in Australia's rich history of lifesaving was commemorated last week when Waverley Mayor Ingrid Strewe received a photo and plaque of the Royal Life Saving Society's inaugural class ... Read more

MA - for mature adults
"Use your instrument to describe a slow storm over Bondi beach," Drew Crawford instructed jazz musicians contributing to one of his most recent creative ventures, MA. Based in Surry Hills, where he... Read more