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Be beach safe this summer
We’re tackling the increase in drownings with a new safety campaign arming beach goers with tips to stay safe this beach season.
We’re tackling the increase in drownings with a new safety campaign arming beach goers with tips to stay safe this beach season. The campaign launch corresponds with the first day of summer and National Water Safety Day, 1 December. Council’s …
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Who is ‘Ivy D’? A mystery wrapped in a haiku
Last week, a courier arrived at Warringah Mall Library with a box of books and a note revealing that a young reader in Year 3, a budding Northern Beaches poet, had won a national poetry prize run by a major publisher.
… Last week, a courier arrived at Warringah Mall Library with a box of books and a note revealing that a young …
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Watch out, penguins about!
Did you know we have the only remaining Little Penguin breeding colony on the NSW mainland in our own backyard?
… monitor and protect our penguin population. Here are some things you can do to help ensure the survival of Manly’s …
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Preparations underway for winter sports
The start of autumn means swapping cricket bats for football boots and netballs as we gear up for another winter sports season.
The start of autumn means swapping cricket bats for football boots and netballs as we gear up for another winter sports season. Our crews will be tending to over 120 sportsfields over the next 2 weeks to ensure they’re ready for players young and old to …
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Caroline Rothwell on why the Environmental Art and Design Prize is so important
The forms of flora and fauna, weather systems and inky carbon have all inspired artist, Caroline Rothwell, who joins the 2023 Environmental Art and Design…
… at the forefront of systematic changes in thinking around things like the use and re-use of materials and sustainable …
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Another busy summer for lifeguards
It’s been another busy holiday season for lifeguards across the Northern Beaches, bookmarked by record crowds over the public holiday weekend.
It’s been another busy holiday season for lifeguards across the Northern Beaches, bookmarked by record crowds over the public holiday weekend. With over 4.4 million visitors to the area over the Christmas school holidays, our local beaches and waterways …
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Vale Queen Elizabeth II
Today Australians join the world in mourning the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. For over 70 years she has been a constant in our lives, an incomparable example…
… service centres from this afternoon as well as our library branches. The community can also share condolences …
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Join us in celebrating WorldPride 2023
The world’s largest pride event is heading for Sydney and we are thrilled to be involved.Sydney will become the first city in the Southern Hemisphere to…
The world’s largest pride event is heading for Sydney and we are thrilled to be involved. Sydney will become the first city in the Southern Hemisphere to host WorldPride, which will run from 17 February to 5 March 2023. To support the event, Council will …
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A team worth celebrating
This week is Local Government Week (29 July – 4 August), a nationwide initiative designed to showcase the breadth of people and services who work in councils. And in celebration, we’re turning the spotlight on the incredible people who work behind the scenes in our organisation.

From curators to childcare workers, librarians to lifeguards, engineers to educators, media specialists to mechanics and much more, we’re proud of the diversity of people who work within Council. With over 1,800 staff, we’re not only the largest employer …
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Call for Artists - growing Council's Street Art
Northern Beaches Council is currently looking for four new public artworks to add to its growing collection of Street Art. Expressions of Interest are now open…
Northern Beaches Council is currently looking for four new public artworks to add to its growing collection of Street Art. Expressions of Interest are now open. This innovative program is a chance to bring artists, residents, businesses, property owners …
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