News & Media

News item: Waverley Council is inviting the community to have its say about allowing dogs at Mackenzies Bay, Tamarama.

Waverley Council's small grants program, which offers funding of up to $5,000 for individuals and community groups, is now open. If you have a great idea that would benefit our community, apply now.

Media release: Waverley Council in partnership with Bondi Surf Bathers Life Saving Club (Bondi Surf Club) is embarking on an historic heritage upgrade of Australia’s oldest surf club.

Media release: Bondi Beach and Clovelly Public schools are now home to the largest solar power systems of any primary school in Sydney’s east.

Media release: Waverley, Randwick and Woollahra Councils’ Solar my School program is helping even more Sydney schools make the switch to solar through a new partnership with Ausgrid’s Power2U program.

Media release: Waverley Council is inviting the community to help celebrate, protect and enhance our area’s heritage by providing feedback on our draft Waverley Heritage Assessment.

News item: Waverley Council is urging people to stay safe next week with swells of around four metres and onshore south-easterly winds forecasted to impact Bondi, Bronte and Tamarama beaches.

News item: The Trust this week celebrated its 20th anniversary with a significant donation yesterday to three charities making a significant difference in the community.

News item: Waverley Council urges people in the strongest possible terms to work together to stop the spread of COVID-19 outbreaks occurring across Sydney by observing the relevant public health orders limiting outdoor gatherings to no more than 20 people in our parks, beaches and coastal walks. We also remind people of the need to stay socially distanced in our public places.

News item: Stencil art designed by 30 local school children are now display at North Bondi in a collaboration with artist @notnotcamscott and Waverley Council.

News item: As we work together to stop the spread of the COVID-19 outbreaks occurring across Sydney, Waverley Council is reminding the community to maintain social distancing and limit outdoor gatherings to no more than 20 people in public places.

Media release: In the lead up to Homelessness Week, 4-8 August, Mayor of Waverley, Paula Masselos, encourages Waverley residents to download an innovative free app that allows staff and the public to log the location of and support for homeless residents in the community.

News item: Waverley Council is urging people to stay safe next week with swells of between three to four metres forecast to impact parts of the east coast including Bondi, Bronte and Tamarama beaches from Monday 27 July.

Media release: Waverley Council has today helped launch a first of its kind project in Australia to increase pedestrian and motorist safety and access to transport links and shared transportation in the area.

News item: The Council's Coronavirus (COVID-19) Business Support Package was among the items considered at last night's Council meeting.

Media release: Waverley Council has been recognised for excellence and leadership across our Environmental Sustainability programs, winning three 2020 LG Pro NSW Local Government Excellence Awards for NSW.

Waverley Council is urging people to stay safe this week with hazardous surf and wind conditions impacting the NSW coastline.

Sydney’s favourite all-ages winter festival will get a spring awakening when Bondi Festival returns from 26 September – 10 October.

Narrative painter and former Waverley Artist in Residence, Philjames, of Sydney’s east, has been named winner of this year’s Waverley Art Prize for his oil on vintage canvas Still Life Day.

Media release: Mayor of Waverley, Paula Masselos, is one of 38 Mayors who today signed onto an open letter calling on the Federal Government to extend crucial supports to people seeking asylum affected by the impacts COVID-19.