Wollondilly Shire Council

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• October Construction Update - Wollondilly Performing Arts Centre

  The Wollondilly Performing Arts Centre is really starting to take shape. Have a look at the construction details in the October Construction Update. 

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• Christmas Lights Competition Entry Form

  Christmas lights competition 2024 entry form
  Please ensure you have read the Competition Terms & Conditions prior to completing the online entry form.
  
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• Summer 2024 Community Newseltter

  Community News is a community newsletter which aims to provide you with an easy-to-read quarterly update to help keep you connected and informed about things that are happening across Wollondilly.
  
  Through Community News you'll hear about what Council has been doing, such as updates on projects, road works or business improvements we have introduced. You'll also hear about what's ahead.
  
  You can download a digital copy of the Community Newsletter here, or if you would like a hard…

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• South West Sydney Alliance Calls for Action on Major Rail Projects as Population Explodes

  The South West Sydney Alliance (SWSA) – a newly formed coalition of Mayors, councils, universities, business and sporting teams – is calling on the Federal and NSW Governments to commit urgently to expand the region’s rail infrastructure.
  
  A joint media release has been issued.

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• Food and Drink

  The food and drink we consume influences how it is produced and to a certain degree it's quality.
  If eating healthy local produce is important, then how can we as consumers, encourage more sustainable production, manufacturing and distribution?
  
  Food and Drink Actions 
  
  Eat organic food
  Too many pesticides, herbicides and fungicides
  in your food? Try eating organic.
  
  Eat less meat
  Replace at least one meat meal per week with a vegetarian option. Land used for beans and vegetables produces…

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• Adopt a Vegetarian Diet

  Join the mung bean nation! Prevent the sizzling death of a thousand innocent animals, improve your health, and hit the jackpot in terms of reducing your ecological impact.
  
  On a per capita basis, Australia is one of the largest meat consumers in the world; we consume approximately 118kg of meat per annum per capita (1998 ABS). Meat products contribute almost half of our entire ecological footprint (or impact on the environment).
  
  There are three compelling reasons to stop eating meat:
  
  1. To he…

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• Help Protect Our Waterways

  Our water practices over the past 200 years have brought many of our waterways to their knees. Help restore our rivers, lakes and estuaries.
  
  Over the last 200 years, our land clearing, unsustainable water usage and certain farming, industrial and business practices have contributed to the degradation of the health of our waterways. Signs of this decline include the loss of biodiversity; toxic algal blooms; declining water quality; increased salinity and sedimentation. This affects the health of…

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• Join a Revegetation Group

  Community groups are planting seedlings and revegetating our lost native bushes and grasslands. Why not join a group and do your bit for the environment?
  
  The Australian landscape has dramatically suffered from the arrival of European farming and our clear-fell domination of the native environment. This decline continues, even though we know it leads to salinity, soil acidification and erosion. It's time to heal what previous generations have harmed. Now it is our responsibility to start fi…

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• Council reasserts strong opposition to Warragamba Dam Wall raising and condemns Environmental Impact Statement

  Wollondilly Shire Council has unanimously voted to reassert its strong opposition to the raising of the Warragamba Dam Wall at an extraordinary meeting on Friday, condemning the inadequacies of the recently released Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
  
  Council criticised the EIS’ watering down of environmental protections, insufficient indigenous heritage studies which fail to recognise the need to protect Gundungurra sacred sites, and inadequate consultation with Wollondilly.
  
  The 45 days pro…

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• Wollondilly Council seeks improvements to emergency funding process in submission to NSW Flood Inquiry

  In light of consecutive storm and flood events that have devastated the Shire in the past few years, Wollondilly Council has made a submission to the 2022 NSW Flood Inquiry, raising a number of concerns in relation to the support provided for local recovery.
  
  Although the State Government has pledged emergency relief support, Council has identified problems with the process for accessing the funding and the time it takes for payments to be made.
  
  The level of evidence required for a claim is ver…

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• Local Strategic Planning Statement

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• Managing agriculture, environment and community use workshop

  Join local farmers, Camden City Council and Greater Sydney Local Land Services for a free event to learn about natural capital and why it is relevant to you as a land manager or farmer.
  
  Hear about the management of Camden Town Farm's natural assets and finding a balance between agriculture, environment and community use. Kieran Berryman (Camden City Council) and Tony Biffin (local farmer) will lead a walk on site and talk through management, outcomes and benefits. Learn the natural capital…

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• Access to Information on My Property

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• Review of Sensitive Land Uses in Rural Zones

  Council is inviting feedback on the initial findings of a review of sensitive uses in rural zones. The review focuses on the following uses in the rural zones in the Shire:
  
  Depots
  Transport depots
  Truck depots
  Freight transport facilities
  Cemeteries
  Crematoria.
  
  The review considers the current issues plus future risks and potential impacts associated with these uses on rural zoned land, and also considers the context of Council's current Local Strategic Planning Statement (Wollondilly 204…

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• Growth Area Mayors call for national focus on impact of sustained housing boom

  Below is a media release issued by the National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA).
  
  The outer suburbs are growing more than twice as fast as the rest of the nation and doing the heavy lifting for our housing supply, but struggle to get vital infrastructure that other areas take for granted, Mayors and Councillors from Australia’s fastest growing council areas told Members of Parliament in Canberra last week.
  
  “Australia’s population growth stopped during the pandemic – but not in growth areas. In the…

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