Media Releases

Joint media release: UNSW is joining forces with Randwick City and Waverley Councils to establish a SkyParks garden at its Kensington campus.

Media release: Waverley Council has welcomed its new Artists in Residence to Bondi Pavilion in the lead-up to the community reopening of the newly restored heritage building in spring.

Media release: Waverley Council has unanimously adopted a Mayoral Minute instructing the Mayor to write to all NSW Upper House members and ask them to “categorically reject” the state government’s proposed developer contribution reforms.

Media release: Waverley Council has this month voted to investigate options for resurfacing Sydney’s famous Bronte Pool to make it safer for swimmers and better equipped to withstand hazardous surf conditions.

Media release: Waverley Council is preparing for a six-month trial to transform Hall Street into a pedestrian friendly space with outdoor dining, street gardens and creative lighting.

Media release: The Waverley Mayor told a recent Upper House inquiry that commuters are worse off under privatisation.

Media release: Waverley Council’s Chambers Refurbishment Project has progressed with Council last month voting to progress to detailed design following extensive consultation with the community and Councillors which resulted in changes to the initial concept.

Media release: The countdown is on to Waverley Council’s official reopening in spring of the legendary Bondi Pavilion.

Media release: The three-week, all-ages arts festival will take in various locations across Bondi from 1-17 July, celebrating local artists, immersive performance and more; all programmed for ultimate play.

MEDIA RELEASE: Waverley Council is inviting the community to join us on Tuesday 14 June for the official opening of the Bondi Junction Cycleway and Streetscape Upgrade (Bondi Road to St James Road section).

Media release: Waverley Council is awarding $43,938 in Small Grants to 14 individuals and organisations to help make Waverley an even better place for the community.

Media release: Waverley Council has awarded the license to operate the community radio studio at Bondi Pavilion to local broadcaster Eastside Radio 89.7FM.

Media release: Bondi Festival  will take in various locations across Bondi from 1-17 July, celebrating local artists, immersive performance and more; all programmed for ultimate play.

Media release: Waverley Council is inviting the community to have its say about our planned streetscape upgrade of Curlewis Street, Bondi Beach.

Media release: Waverley Council is inviting the community to provide feedback about our draft Waverley Disability Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) 2022-2026.

Media release: Construction on Waverley Council’s streetscape upgrade of Glenayr Avenue, North Bondi, between Hall Street and Warners Avenue is due to begin today.

Media release: Australia’s famous Bondi Beach is set for new lifeguard facilities as part of a Waverley Council project to improve beachgoer safety and responses to major incidents.

Media release: Waverley Council has unanimously rejected a planning proposal (PP) by Uniting to amend the Waverley Local Environmental Plan 2012 in respect of 99-117 Birrell Street, Waverley (War Memorial Hospital site).

Media release: Waverley Council is inviting the community to have its say about our draft Plan of Management (POM) for Tamarama Park and Beach.

Media release: Bondi locals Dany Milham (Milkrun) and Claire Morris (Prezzee) are among the speakers at this year's Bondi Innovation Forum.

Media release: Residents are invited to apply for overnight parking in the Hollywood Avenue Car Park at a discounted rate.

Media release: The Council will be installing four new accessible barbeques in the park near the existing picnic shelters, including one near the children’s playground.

Media release: Waverley Council's restoration of the much loved Boot Factory building in Bondi Junction is only a few months away from completion.

Media release: A mural celebrating 1993 World Surfing Champion and former Waverley resident Pauline Menczer has been unveiled at Bondi Beach.

Media release: The Nib Award is Waverley Council’s annual celebration of the best Australian research-based writing and is Australia’s only major national literary award of its kind presented by a local council.

Media release: We are inviting the community to provide feedback about how they would like to use the improved facilities.

Media release: Waverley Council has rejected the Charing Square Planning Proposal.

Media release: Waverley Council is celebrating Neighbour Day on Sunday 27 March with a reminder about Council’s fantastic street play initiative.

Media release: Waverley Council is inviting the community to provide feedback about the quality of privatised bus services in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

Media release: Waverley Council will be undertaking pedestrian safety works in May along Tamarama Marine Drive, Tamarama.

Media release: The new target slashes 15 years off the previous one set.

Media release: Waverley Council has unanimously supported a Mayoral Minute to help communities affected by the recent flooding event.

Media release: The new fitness station will have compact, multi-use equipment suitable for cross training, strength training with body weight and cardio exercises.

Media release: In a first for NSW local government, Waverley Council is investigating the establishment of a community planning advocate to help tackle overdevelopment.

Media release: Waverley Council is inviting community-based organisations to apply to operate Bondi Pavilion’s upgraded pottery studio when the iconic heritage building reopens later this year.

Media release: The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a hazardous surf warning for Waverley's beaches.

Media release: Waverley Council has celebrated its first major environmental initiative for the year with the unveiling of three SkyParks gardens created in collaboration with Westfield Bondi Junction.

Media release: Waverley Council is urging people to stay safe this week with a severe weather warning for damaging winds and heavy rainfall for most parts of the state.

Media release: Waverley Council has voted to consult with industry experts, local artists and other stakeholders about the establishment of a revamped amphitheatre at Bondi Pavilion.

Media release: Waverley Council will be supplied with renewable energy from three NSW solar farms as part of a new $180 million renewable energy deal.

Media release: Waverley Council is seeking expressions of interest from community radio stations to broadcast from the iconic Bondi Pavilion.

Media release: Waverley Council is working with Transport for NSW to improve pedestrian and motorist safety with new traffic calming measures across the Waverley local government area.

Media release: Mayor Masselos will hold office until 19 September 2023.

Media release: Queensland’s Luke Stegemann won the Mark and Evette Moran Literary Award, and accompanying $20,000 prize, for his work Amnesia Road: Landscape, violence and memory (NewSouth Publishing).

Media release: It follows a Notice of Motion put forward at the November Council meeting.

Media statement: Waverley Council has no tolerance for acts of vandalism in our public places

Media release: Waverley Council is inviting the community to provide feedback about the War Memorial Hospital Birrell Street Planning Proposal.

Media release: Waverley Council wants parklands trusts to remain independent to preserve and protect independent local governing authorities of public parklands in NSW.

Media release: Waverley Council has announced the names of the new commercial tenants taking up residence in the iconic Bondi Pavilion when the heritage beachside venue reopens next year.

Media release: Waverley Council has partnered with Better Building Finance to help businesses respond to climate change.

Media release: Waverley Council has the announced the names of the new commercial tenants taking up residence in the iconic Bondi Pavilion when the heritage beachside venue reopens next year.

Media release: Waverley Council invites the community to join us in a new era of discovery at Waverley Cemeteries where every grave tells a story.

Media release: The Council is opposed to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Infrastructure Contributions) Bill 2021 in its current form and welcomes the government’s recent decision to withdraw the Bill from parliament and release it for consultation.

Media release: Waverley Council invites local high school students to attend our first Future Waverley Youth Summit on Wednesday 13 October from 3.30pm-5pm via Zoom.

Media release: Waverley Council is inviting the community to provide feedback on its development application (DA) to upgrade the Clifftop Walkway at Eastern Reserve, Dover Heights and Diamond Bay Reserve, Diamond Bay.

Media release: Waverley Council is inviting residents ages 10 to 15 and 60 and over to join a new intergenerational program aimed at reducing future climate change.

Media release: Labor Councillor Paula Masselos has been re-elected as Mayor of Waverley at last night’s Council meeting.

Media release: Waverley Council has completed its upgrade of Barracluff Park, North Bondi, in time for the warmer months.

Media release: Waverley Council has achieved another major milestone in the Bondi Conservation and Restoration Project with completion in the coming days of the building’s dramatic new atrium.

Media release: Waverley Council and health organisation ACON are establishing the memorial in Marks Park to help acknowledge and heal the pain of tragic events.

Media release: The community is invited to provide feedback about our Biodiversity Action Plan- Remnant Sites 2021-2030.

Media release: The Nib remains Australia’s only major literary award of its kind presented by a local council. Judging criteria includes high literary merit, quality of research, readability and value to the community.

Media release: the Pavilion's new roof will consist of around 33,000 interlocking terracotta roof tiles in a semi-circular cordova pattern. That equates to roughly three roof tiles for every Bondi resident.

Media Release: Waverley Council refutes suggestions it has failed to implement strong measures to avoid the spread of COVID-19 in the community.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Waverley Council has become one of the first organisations in Australia to declare a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2030.

Media release: The first-time event by Council will help increase awareness and understanding of issues faced by the LGBTQ+ community.

Media release: North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club in Sydney’s east has become the first registered club in Waverley to go solar through an award-winning program jointly created by Waverley, Woollahra and Randwick City Councils.

Media release: A record-breaking 701 entries were received in this year’s Prize which you can view online.

Media release: Following today’s announcement of stay-at-home orders for the Waverley, Woollahra, Randwick and City of Sydney LGAs, Waverley Council has made the decision to cancel Bondi Festival 2021.

Media release: Waverley Council this week voted to continue to support beach volleyball at Tamarama and Bondi beaches including increasing the number of courts available at Bondi from three courts to four.

Media release: Come see our exhibition of youth art works at Waverley Library, until 27 July.

Media release: Waverley Council has voted unanimously to support a Mayoral Minute calling on the state government to rethink plans to cut 25 bus routes in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

Media release: The Bondi Junction Cycleway and Streetscape Upgrade has entered its next phase with works commencing along the western side of Bronte Road between Ebley and Spring streets.

Media release: Waverley Council will investigate declaring new targets for the reduction of carbon emissions by becoming net zero by 2030.

Media release: Waverley Council will on Sunday unveil a memorial in Bondi Junction to mark the 80^th anniversary of the Battle of Crete.

Media release: Waverley Council Lifeguards are urging people to stay safe this weekend with hazardous surf and gale warnings issued for NSW.

Media release: A reminder to register for tomorrow's inaugural Bondi Innovation Forum

Media release: Plans are underway by Waverley Council to construct a new purpose-built first aid and incident management facility at Bondi Beach.

Media release: Having established a highly successful partnership setting up and managing one of Australia’s busiest COVID-19 testing clinics at Bondi Beach, St Vincent’s Hospital is now offering Waverley Council frontline staff the chance to join their vaccination program immediately.

Media release: Australia’s brightest minds will converge on Bondi Beach on Thursday 27 May for the inaugural Bondi Innovation Forum held by Waverley Council in partnership with Bondi & Districts Chamber of Commerce and the Bondi Innovation Alliance.

Media release: Waverley Council in partnership with Tamarama Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC) will on Monday 3 May mark the start of the restoration and upgrade of the iconic surf club building with head contractor Lloyd Group and Chrofi Architects.

Media release: Waverley Council has endorsed its new Open Space and Recreation Strategy for its almost 80 parks and reserves and associated facilities such as sporting grounds, playgrounds and walking tracks.

Media release: Waverley Council is tomorrow celebrating the completion of its streetscape and safety upgrade of Notts Avenue, Bondi Beach, home to the iconic Bondi Icebergs.

Media release: Waverley Council is set to beautify one of Sydney’s first villages as part of a streetscape upgrade that will breathe new life into historic Charing Cross.

Media release: Waverley Council today marks the start of its heritage restoration and upgrade of the Boot Factory building in Bondi Junction with its head contractor Lloyd Group.

Media release: Waverley Council in partnership with the Bondi & District Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for the 2021 launch of Bondi Festival from 25 June – 11 July 2021 on the shores of Bondi Beach.

Media release: The Nib Award is Waverley Council’s annual celebration of the best research-based writing and is Australia’s only major national literary award of its kind presented by a local council.

Media release: Waverley Council will investigate options for the appropriate recognition of 1993 World Surfing Champion, Pauline Menczer.

Media release: Mayor of Waverley, Paula Masselos, moved a Mayoral motion at the March meeting of Council reaffirming Council’s commitment to being a safe and inclusive workplace for all staff.

MEDIA RELEASE: Waverley Council’s Lifeguards are urging people to stay safe this weekend after the Bureau of Meteorology this morning issued a Hazardous Surf Warning for the Sydney coast.

Media release: Waverley Council Lifeguards are urging people to stay safe this weekend with a hazardous surf warning in place for much of the state’s coastline.

Media release: Waverley Council is helping staff and the community map dangerous litter and marine debris at our beaches and waterways.

News item: Waverley Council will be looking at ways we can further incorporate key principles of Dark Skies into our existing Creative Lighting Strategy for our own works and on private land.

Media release: Car parks, terraces and other urban spaces will be transformed into thriving gardens in a Waverley Council project to increase green cover across the local area.

Media release: Waverley Council has contributed to a five-year campaign giving councils in metropolitan NSW the power to levy developers to pay for losses in affordable housing.

Media release: With the assistance of Bruce Hopkins, Lifeguard team leader, Council enlisted Allan Sparkes, a former NSW Police officer and former Deputy Commissioner for NSW Mental Health Commission, and Dr David Said, a medical expert with 22 years’ clinical experience with the military to deliver a bespoke mental health training program aimed specifically at people who work in frontline emergency settings.

Media release: Waverley Council’s Recycling Improvement Program reached a milestone this month with more than 100 apartment buildings now involved in the program which has helped reduce contamination rates in household recycling bins in participating buildings by more than a half.