News & Media

Media Release: Council has extended 24/7 Alcohol Free Zones in force on its streets and footpaths in Bondi Junction and Bondi Beach.

Australia’s biggest weekend of garage sales is just around the corner, with the annual Garage Sale Trail taking place on Saturday 19 October and Sunday 20 October.

NEWS: Labor Councillor Paula Masselos and Greens Councillor Elaine Keenan, both of Lawson Ward, were tonight elected Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Waverley.

Stay alert and pay attention for any magpie and other birds’ (including Plovers and Butcher Birds) nesting sites. Travel in groups where possible as the birds often target individuals.

Waverley Council last night adopted a suite of measures to assist local businesses and customers during the construction of the Bondi Junction cycleway.

Waverley Council has appointed Hibernian Contracting Pty Ltd as head contractor for the $1.8 million Seven Ways Streetscape Upgrade project in Bondi.

Waverley Council in partnership with Bronte Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC) has announced it will embark on a proposed $9 million redevelopment of the club and community facilities building.

Early works to restore the roof of Bondi Pavilion to its original design will begin on Tuesday 10 September, marking an important step in the progress of the restoration and conservation project.

Media release: Waverley Council has moved to immediately cease using glyphosate-based weedkillers such as Roundup in sensitive areas and phase out all use by 2020/21.

News item: A Bondi man, 25, was fined $2000 in Waverley Court on Wednesday 21 August for illegally dumping mattresses, packaging and other items in Paul Street, Bondi Junction.

Media release: Almost 70,000 people are expected to visit Bondi Beach on Sunday, 8 September for Waverley Council’s 41st annual Festival of the Winds.

Who would have known back in 1978, when a group of wind energy champions decided to run a kite festival on Bondi Beach, that the Festival of the Winds would be born and end up as one of the biggest and most loved kite flying festivals in the world!

Media release: Waverley Council is building its first roads made from recycled soft plastics, glass bottles and printer toner.

Waverley Council is thrilled to announce the longlist for the 2019 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award celebrating excellence in research and writing in Australia.

Media release: Waverley Council’s outstanding achievement in the fields of renewable energy, sustainable transport and creativity have been recognised at a state and national level.

The now vandalised Luke Cornish mural will be replaced after the completion of an EOI process run by Council staff, Waverley Mayor John Wakefield explains.

News item: Waverley Council and ACON are inviting artists to submit their expressions of interest for the first phase of the Bondi Memorial Project at Marks Park, Tamarama.

Media Release: Expressions of interest are now open for the Bondi Memorial Project at Marks Park, Tamarama.

News item: Waverley Council has voted unanimously to approve a license for Sculpture by the Sea for 2019 supporting the event for this year.

Almost 400 entries were received across a range of mediums including drawing, print making and oil painting.