Member for Coogee

Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize Exhibition

Bruce Reynolds’ Animal Crater is winner of this year’s Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, receiving the main acquisitive award valued at $25,000, chosen from a diverse field of almost 700 entries. A selection of these brilliant small works - no larger than 80cm in any dimension – are on display until Nov 20 at an exhibition of 49 finalists at Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf in Double Bay. A big thanks to Principal Sponsor Mark Moran Vaucluse, and Tanya Excell, D’Leanne Lewis of Laing and Simmons Double Bay, Kim Jackson and Scott Farquhar, Catalina and Crawford’s Casting, who have partnered with Council to support the Prize. Visit woollahragallery. com.au for more info. Admission is free.

Get composting!

Spring is the perfect time to get composting. Through our Compost Revolution program, help pay for your compost bin or worm farm. Visit compostrevolution.com.au/easternsuburbs to get up to 80% off and add some nutrients to your garden.

Grants Program recipients

Congratulations to all recipients of funding from Woollahra Council’s 2022/23 Grants Program. A total of $198,945 was awarded to 46 successful recipients across three categories: Community and Cultural, Environmental and Placemaking (events and activating public spaces). These initiatives will make valuable contributions in protecting and enhancing the local environment, providing support for community members in need and improving public spaces and commercial centres in the Woollahra LGA, and we look forward to their successful implementation over the coming year. Visit woollahra.nsw. gov.au/grants for a full list of recipients and further program details.

Recycle It Saturday

We have joined with City of Sydney and Waverley Councils to host a free drive in, drop-off event for a range of items that can’t go in your home recycling bin. Acceptable items include good quality clothes and toys, light globes, household and car batteries, gas cylinders, polystyrene, bulky cardboard, X-rays, soft plastics and used printer cartridges. Every item you drop off is a valuable resource that can be diverted from landfill and given a second life. 9am-3pm at Alexandra Canal Depot, 67C Bourke Rd, Alexandria. For more info on what you can bring, visit woollahra.nsw.

gov.au/events

Sculpture by the Sea

Sculpture by the Sea returns to Bondi and Tamarama with 100 sculptures by artists from Australia and around the world. The world’s largest free to the public outdoor sculpture exhibition celebrates its 24th year in Bondi and Waverley Council congratulates this year’s artists and welcomes visitors to the event. With large crowds and very limited parking in the area, please use public transport. Traffic will be heavier than usual on roads approaching Bondi and road closures will be in place, so allow plenty of extra travel time. For traffic info, visit

transportnsw.info/events/2022/10/sculptureby-sea.

Street performance policy

Waverley Council is inviting the community to have its say about our draft Street Performance Policy and Guidelines. The draft policy responds to the Council and Waverley community’s desire to showcase and support our creative sector in our vibrant network of spaces and places for arts and culture participation, production and experience. It aims to support a greater variety of buskers in more locations across Waverley including Roscoe St Mall and Bondi Rd. To make a submission, visit haveyoursay. waverley.nsw.gov.au/streetperforming. Consultation closes Dec 31, 2022. Bondi WAVE

Applications are now open for Waverley’s flagship music program, the Bondi WAVE, which teaches high school bands how to write and arrange original music over eight exciting weeks. Returning to the newly refurbished Bondi Pavilion Music Studios, replete with new equipment and recording facilities, young musicians are supported and mentored in their creative journeys and advised by a rotating roster of industry professionals. The program culminates in a professional recording and concert performance in the Bondi Pavilion Theatre.

Waverley Artist Studios present: The New Normal

Bondi Pavilion Gallery will host an exhibition featuring the works of the 10 artists-in-residence of the Waverley Artist Studios from 2020, 2021 and 2022. The works are informed by the artists’ time in the studios during the COVID-19 pandemic and effect of this significant rupture in time.

The Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award

The winner of the $20,000 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award and Nib People’s Choice Prize ($2,500) will be announced on Nov 16. The Nib is Waverley Council’s annual celebration of the best in Australian research and writing. Bookings for the event are essential at: www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/nib

Tributes for outgoing General Manager

Councillors thanked outgoing General Manager Therese Manns for her service over the past four years. Ms Manns is leaving Randwick on Nov 4 to take up the role of General Manager at North Sydney Council. Councillors commended Therese on her strong leadership, particularly during the COVID pandemic and for establishing a solid framework for a new strategic direction for the Council.

New dog off-leash parks proposed

Two new dog off-leash parks could be created in Kingsford and South Coogee under plans to be put to community consultation. Residents will be asked their views on permitting dogs off leash at Kensington Rotary Reserve in Kingsford and Emily McCarthy Park in South Coogee. Council will also investigate fencing of Council’s existing 14 off-leash dog parks and commission an environmental assessment report into creating Randwick City’s first dog beach at Yarra Bay Beach.

Rock fishing safety and skills workshop

Council will partner with Surf Life Saving NSW to host a rock fishing safety and skills day in Little Bay. Rock fishing is a popular but dangerous past-time with 100 deaths across NSW in the past two decades including 21 fatalities in Randwick City. The workshop will target at risk rock fishers and provide fishing tips and safety advice with attendees receiving a free lifejacket. The workshop will be held in early 2023.

Creative hoardings

Council will investigate developing a program to encourage large scale construction sites in Randwick City to use their construction fencing to display local art. The plan aims to reduce the visual impact of construction sites while providing an opportunity for artists to showcase their works.

Beachside alcohol holiday restrictions

Alcohol will be prohibited at beachside parks around Clovelly, Maroubra, Malabar, Phillip Bay and Yarra Bay over this year’s Christmas and New Year period and Australia Day. The restrictions have been implemented for a number of years to increase safety and reduce anti-social behaviour. The restrictions apply to parks and reserves near popular beaches. Alcohol is already permanently prohibited at all Randwick City beaches.

Marjorie O'Neill MP

MEMBER FOR COOGEE

Hi Everyone,

Summer is fast approaching and everyone in the East is excited for the return of the warm weather, ocean breeze, and with a bit of luck, clear skies that brings out the best of our world class beaches. With this in mind, I’d like to take a moment to remind everyone of just how important it is to take care and look out for one another, especially on our beaches. Many of us will already be familiar, but with many visitors to the area, I think it’s fitting to run over a few key pointers;

• Always swim between the flags.

• Alcohol and water do not mix, stay out of the water if you are intoxicated.

• If you do find yourself in trouble out in the surf, don’t panic, stay calm, and float to survive. Help will come, your job is to keep your head above water until then.

• Don’t hurt yourself or your ego fighting over a parking spot. Scan the QR code below or head to my website to fill out my Eastern Suburbs Public Transport Questionnaire and help us free up a few extra spots by improving public transport access to the coast.

• Be kind to our lifesavers – they are volunteering their own time to keep us safe.

OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS

If you have any issues relating to the NSW Government, or you are not sure where to go to for help, please contact my office on (02) 9398 1822;

coogee@parliament.nsw.gov.au

or visit us at 15/53-55B Frenchmans Rd, Randwick.

You can also visit my website at marjorieoneill.com.au and while you’re there, be sure to sign up to my online community newsletter too!