Hilltops Council
19-08-2021
Landowners in the Hilltops would have recently received their 2021/2022 Rate notice and noticed the effect of rates harmonisation in...
05-08-2021
The COVID-19 situation remains concerning. Daily case numbers in Greater Sydney continue to be high. Thankfully at this stage...
29-07-2021
The postponement of local government elections for three months and which are now to be held on 4 December 2021...
22-07-2021
Residents have until 6pm on Monday to enrol to vote in the upcoming Hilltops Council local government elections. Ensure you are...
Three women from Hilltops, Mary Dodd, Alison Foreman and Marg Roles, travelled to Cowra to attend a forum for prospective...
The Draft Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy is on public exhibition until this Thursday 22 July. The document provides a...
15-07-2021
Last week was NAIDOC Week with the theme Heal Country. Healing Country means embracing First Nation’s cultural knowledge and understanding...
08-07-2021
In Naidoc Week; I would like to acknowledge and convey ‘Yinyamurra’ to the Wiradjuri and Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of...
01-07-2021
The busy Council agenda continues as we draw closer to the September elections. Several documents have been put on public...
24-06-2021
Council currently has its Operational Plan including the 2021/22 budget on public display and is receiving submissions. Whilst the projected...
03-06-2021
In my March 2021 column I commented on the financial performance of Hilltops Council since the forced merger in 2016. In...
10-06-2021
Three significant business items for Council have been the rates harmonisation, finalisation of the LEP and adoption of the 2021-2022...
17-06-2021
Without healthy, well educated youth there can be no Hilltops growth, as such Hilltops Council places great importance on our...
22-10-2020
The Hilltops Regional Council will receive an additional $1,672,314 in local infrastructure funding as part of the Local Roads and...
15-10-2020
Over the past six months, I have talked about the light at the end of the dark COVID-19 virus tunnel....
08-10-2020
Six projects submitted by Hilltops Council have been approved under the Federal Government’s Drought Communities Programme (DCP), receiving total funding...
Last weekend, the O’Connor family celebrated 100 years of farming at “Oxton Park”, Harden. The Oxton Park aggregation is the...
24-09-2020
Given the federal debate around energy policy last week, the visit by Professor Tim Flannery and representatives of the Australian...
10-09-2020
We have recently seen some promising statistics from NSW Health with a decline in the number of new COVID-19 cases....
16-09-2021
Being in local government is interesting, often unpredictable but a wonderful opportunity to try to serve the community. It is...
13-06-2019
Council has recently received funding for the development of a new skatepark for Boorowa. The funds were secured by Council through the second round of...
05-09-2019
The NRMA has opened an electric vehicle fast charging station at Jugiong. The fast charger lets most EV motorists fully charge...
09-09-2021
The merger of our former Councils in 2016 by the Baird Liberal National State Government was opposed by many in...
26-08-2021
Council will vote to send the LEP to the NSW government for ratification and finalisation at the August meeting. It is...
12-08-2021
Eighteenth century Irish political philosopher, politician and statesman, Edmund Burke stated: “But when the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at...
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