The Coast’s Welcome to Country may change after Council-under-administration’s first meeting of 2024, to be held on Tuesday, January 23. Administrator Rik Hart is being asked to put the words “Darkinjung Country” back into the Welcome. Mr Hart removed the words when he adopted the Welcome to Country and Council’s First Nations Accord in December 2022, saying he would leave it … [Read more...] about Welcome to Country could change again
Woy Woy peninsula rapidly becoming unliveable
The Woy Woy Peninsula is in crisis due to over-development and lack of tree canopy, says two local community groups. Both were responding to a NSW Parliamentary Committee into the planning system and the impacts of climate change on the environment and communities. One group says the Peninsula will rapidly become unsurvivable for both the community and the local environment … [Read more...] about Woy Woy peninsula rapidly becoming unliveable
Wamberal 1993: all parties in court agreed the beach would recede
More than 40 years ago, a council option to acquire Wamberal beachfront homes was the cheapest option among a list of possible beach management strategies. The option was noted in a Land and Environment decision in 1993 dealing with a development application to build a beachfront home at Wamberal. The other options were to continue to allow development; to construct a seawall … [Read more...] about Wamberal 1993: all parties in court agreed the beach would recede
63 matters of corruption in five years
Council-under-administration’s Fraud and Corruption Control Framework was out of date, an internal audit found in August 2023. It also found: • Council had not performed any Fraud and Corruption Risk Assessments recently. • No responsibility had been assigned for coordinating the performance of Fraud and Corruption Risk Assessments. • Awareness of fraud and corruption … [Read more...] about 63 matters of corruption in five years
Risky business – gaps and inconsistencies found
An external consultant has reviewed Council-under-administration’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework - ERMF. It found the ERMF has a number of gaps and is not embedded at an enterprise-wide level across Council. This has created inconsistencies in the management of risks across the organisation. The findings included: # A disconnect between Council’s documented … [Read more...] about Risky business – gaps and inconsistencies found
