Wollondilly Shire Council

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• August Construction Update - Wollondilly Performing Arts Centre

  See what's happening with the Wollondilly Performing Arts Centre construction.  View update here August Construction Report - Wollondilly Performing Arts Centre .

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• Wollondilly CEO awarded for Support of Women in Local Government

  Wollondilly CEO Ben Taylor has been named Champion of Change for metropolitan councils for the 2023 Ministers Awards for Women in Local Government. The award recognises a senior manager who has excelled in supporting and encouraging women’s participation in their Council.
  
  The award was presented at Parliament House in Sydney today by the Hon. Ron Hoenig MP, Minister for Local Government and the Hon. Jodie Harrison MP, Minister for Women.
  
  Mayor Matt Gould said, “I’d like to congratulate Ben Tay…

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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
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• Council to consider pause on implementation of Picton Town Centre Masterplan, including Prince Street Lights

  At the upcoming Wollondilly Shire Council meeting, Council will consider a recommendation to update the Picton Town Centre Transport Masterplan 2026 and pause implementation of some of the recommended works in the short to medium term.
  
  The question of how to address congestion in the Picton Town Centre has been a focus of Council and the community for many years, with significant work undertaken on the Transport Masterplan since 2018.
  
  In early 2022, Council resolved to test the findings of the…

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• Annual Report shows Council delivering on projects across the Shire

  Wollondilly Shire Council is financially strong and making great progress delivering services for the community, as demonstrated in the 2022/23 Annual Report that will be presented at the November Council Meeting.
  
  The Annual Report shows how Council is continuing to make progress towards the community’s long-term vision of making Wollondilly even better, together.
  
  Mayor Matt Gould said, “We have made a huge amount of progress this year when it comes to what we are delivering for our community.…

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• "Hands Off Our Rural Lands" Says Mayor to Developer Lobby

  Wollondilly Shire Council will advocate to maintain existing protections for Wollondilly’s rural lands in the face of pressure from developer lobbyists calling for the removal of these protections, potentially opening up more agricultural land for housing.
  
  At November’s Council meeting, Mayor Matt Gould expressed his deeply held concerns about recent comments from the Urban Taskforce Australia calling on the State Government to ignore the critically important Metropolitan Rural Area (MRA) and t…

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• Wollondilly Performing Arts Centre Construction Update November

  Check here to see what has happened over November in the construction of the Wollondilly Performing Arts Centre.
  
   

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• Council’s 2023 Employee Survey results show increasingly high engagement and positive culture focussed on high performance

  Wollondilly Shire Council has seen outstanding results in its October 2023 staff survey, with outcomes in key areas showing year on year improvement since the independently run survey was introduced in 2019.
  
  Staff engagement is at an all-time high, with an overall engagement score of 77% moving Wollondilly to the top 5% of the benchmark for the 71 councils who take part in the survey.
  
  The results reported to this week’s Council meeting show a culture of increasing trust, advocacy and pride in…

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• Mandatory Notification of Data Breach Scheme

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• 2024 Australia Day Ambassador for Wollondilly Announced

  Australian artist, Yianni Johns has been announced as the 2024 Australia Day Ambassador for Wollondilly.
  
  Yianni Johns has been painting for decades and has held exhibitions of his art in many states of Australia, and internationally in New York, Montreal, Paris and Beijing.
  
  Yianni has a Bachelor of Arts Fine Art from Curtin University and a Master of Arts from Swinburne University.
  
  A confirmed ‘tree-changer,’ since 2018 Yianni has lived with his wife Kristen in Ardlethan, a small village betw…

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• Emergency Management

  In a life-threatening situation always call Triple Zero (000).
  If you are deaf or have a speech or hearing impairment call 106 in an emergency. This is a Text Emergency Call from teletypewriters - not an SMS service.
  
  Check the Wollondilly Emergency Dashboard to stay up to date with warnings, outages, road closures and more to help you stay safe during disasters.

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• 2024 Wollondilly Australia Day Award Nominees Announced

  Australia Day is fast approaching and anticipation is building for Wollondilly’s Australia Day celebrations, which will be held at the Picton Botanic Gardens beginning at 8am.
  
  The nominees for the Wollondilly Australia Day awards have been decided and are listed below. Residents are invited to come along to the event to see who the winners will be.
  
   
  
  Award Category
  
  Business/ Individual Name
  
  Local Hero - Community Group
  
  The Rotary Club of Picton
  
  Sportsperson of the Year
  
  Paul Ashman
  
  Disa…

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• Council seeks infrastructure for Appin development and assurance on bushfire risk

  Wollondilly Council is continuing to seek a commitment to enabling infrastructure and an assurance on bushfire safety to support the state-led Appin growth area, with the NSW Government’s decision to accelerate rezoning of Appin for 13,000 additional homes coming into effect in December 2023.
  
  Council’s position is that housing development in Appin is premature without a fully funded, binding infrastructure delivery plan linked to the delivery of housing.
  
  Council has written to NSW Premier, The…

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• Razorback Landslip and Rockfall Repairs to begin soon

  Work will soon begin on repairing long-term damage to an embankment on Remembrance Driveway, Razorback, with a view to opening up the second southbound lane to traffic near the top of the hill.
  
  The project consists of the restoration of the historic rockfall site which led to closure of the lane in 2010, and is part of this term of Council’s efforts to address a backlog of remediation works in the Wollondilly Shire.
  
  Mayor Matt Gould said, “I’m delighted that we can finally see the Remembrance…

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