News & Media

News item: We want to hear from you about where and how you create, learn or experience culture in Waverley and your ideas for the future.

News item: Waverley Council wants to hear from you about a proposal to formalise an on-road bike route along Paul Street, Bondi Junction.

Media release: The Nib awards a prize pool of $30,000 across four categories and is the only major national literary award presented by a local council.

Media release: Waverley Council has lodged its development application for the restoration of the iconic Bondi Pavilion.

News item: Cheer on lifeguards from Waverley, Randwick and Sutherland Shire this Sunday as they tackle the gruelling 30km swim, paddle and run to Cronulla to raise money for the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation (SCHF).

News item: prepare to rub shoulders with international and local stars of sport, art, music, film and conservation at this first-of-its-kind event to celebrate our blue planet.

Media release: Waverley Council will install a temporary street garden outside the Wayside Chapel Op Shop in North Bondi as part of a trial to reduce illegal dumping.

Media release: Waverley Council invites you to join us on our Walk for Respect on Sunday 3 March at Bondi Beach.

Media release: Waverley Council urges members of the public, in particular visitors to the area, to keep themselves safe and not swim outside patrolled hours.

Consumers have cashed in more than one million drink containers at the Bondi Beach reverse vending machine (RVM) since it opened in June 2018. The one-millionth container was deposited in late December*, 2018.

Media release: Waverley Mayor, John Wakefield, last week wrote to the Minister for Planning, Anthony Roberts, asking that the demolition of the stadium does not proceeduntil the Minister has been able to correct any errors made in the issuing of the consent to date.

Bronte Road will become one-way westbound, between Nelson Avenue and Gardyne Street on Saturday 26 January between 8.30am and 8pm.
Gardyne Street, St Thomas Street and Yanko Avenue will be open to resident vehicle access only. A detour from Bronte Road to access Bronte Beach via Evans Street and Macpherson Street will be in place for the hours that the changes are in place.

Media release: Lifeguards from Waverley, Randwick City and Sutherland Shire councils are gearing up for the 2019 Lifeguard Challenge: a gruelling 30-kilometre fitness challenge on Sunday 17 March from Bondi to Cronulla to raise money for the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation (SCHF).

Media release: Discover a world of wonder and whimsy at The Enchanted Garden at Bondi Pavilion Gallery

News item: New Year's Eve celebrations at Dudley Page Reserve, Dover Heights, have resumed following an electrical storm earlier this evening.

Media statement: Just before noon, lifeguards responded to reports of a man in the water off South Bondi Point

Joint media release: Waverley, Woollahra and Randwick councils have joined forces to become the first councils in NSW to provide subsidised on-street public charge stations for electric vehicles.

Media release: Waverley, Randwick and Woollahra Councils’ Solar my School program has taken out the Climate Change Action award in Local Government NSW’s annual Environmental Excellence Awards, announced yesterday in Sydney.

Media release: Waverley Council will now progress the revised concept design for Bondi Pavilion to the next stage of the process - detailed design.