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Vaucluse Bowling Club upgrade

An upgrade of Vaucluse Bowling Club will make the facility more accessible, enhance its capacity as a community hub and better integrate it into the adjoining Samuel Park. Work has begun on the $3.74 million reva mp, which is being delivered with funding assistance from NSW Government’s Greater Sydney Crown Lands Open Space Activation Program, following Woollahra Council’s appointment as Crown Land Manager of the Vaucluse Bowling Club site. The upgrade includes a new m ain entry and ramp for disability access, refurbishment of internal areas including installation of accessible toilets, meeting spaces and reconfiguration of the main hall, repairs to bowling sheds and playing surfaces, fencing and roofing. The works are expected to be completed by late July, weather permitting. For more information, visit: woollahra.nsw. gov.au/services/venues/vaucluse_bowling_club.

Movies in the Park

Waverley Council is excited to launch Movie Nights in the Park, a free community event for the whole family this May. Join us for free popcorn, gelato and face painting for screenings of Despicable Me (Sat, May 20, Bondi Pavilion) and Madagascar (Sat, May 27, Kimberley Reserve). These free movie nights are also an opportunity to meet your Mayor and Waverley Councilors. Pack a picnic, blanket or low-lying chair, and we’ll see you there from 5pm (movies start at 6pm or sundown). For more information, follow us on Facebook or visit the What’s On page on our website.

Clifftop Walkway upgrade

Draft Ops Plan and Budget to be exhibited

The draft Operational Plan and Budget for 2023-24 will be moved to exhibition for public comment from Mon, May 1 – Mon, May 29. This draft plan details the activities for the coming financial year, including major projects, events, transport initiatives and more.

Supermarkets in Kensington & Kingsford

Marjorie O'Neill MP MEMBER FOR COOGEE

Hi Everyone,

It is with genuine humility that I say thank you to our community for your overwhelming support at last month’s NSW State Election. I am deeply honoured to have been re-elected as the Member for Coogee and feel the weight of responsibility to deliver for our community that which we have committed to do.

Vaucluse Bowling Club concept design

Cooper Park Community Hall reopens

Newly-refurbished Cooper Park Community Hall is open to the public following upgrade works to better cater to community needs. The $796,000 upgrade to the much-loved facility, located in Cooper Park, Bellevue Hill adjacent to a popular children’s playground includes multiple new accessibility and sustainable features.

A new access ramp, disab led parking and disabled toilet have been installed in addition to a new kitchen, bicycle racks and electric vehicle charging station, with external decking and pathways now providing direct access to the playground. For more information and to book, visit: woollahra.nsw.gov.au/community/spaces_ for_hire.

Compost Awareness Week

This Compost Awareness Week, May 7-13, head to Council’s Customer Service Centre at Redleaf in Double Bay to pick up a free compost caddy, which you can use for your kitchen scraps before placing in your green lid bin to help reduce the amount of landfill we produce.

And if you would like a new worm farm, we have multiple options available including the Cube, designed for smaller households, balconies or courtyards. Discounts are available to local residents at compostrevolution.com.au/easternsuburbs.

Upgrade begins next month on sections of the boardwalk along the Clifftop Walkway at Dover Heights and Vaucluse. This upgrade will improve safety for the millions of visitors and residents who use this beautiful public space whilst ensuring the new structures and materials can better withstand the harsh coastal conditions. The upgrade begins on the Diamond Bay Boardwalk and is expected to take seven months to complete, weather permitting. Construction along Eastern Reserve, Vaucluse will start in the next financial year. The upgrade includes improved viewing decks and lookout spaces, new staircases in Eastern Reserve, main entry upgrades at Lancaster Rd, Bulga Rd, Oceanview Ave and Kimberley St, and stormwater upgrades at George St.

The project is bei ng co-funded through the NSW Government’s Public Spaces Legacy Program and Waverley Council. For more information, visit waverley.nsw.gov.au/building/major projects

Global Table 2023

Global Table, our annual celebration of Waverley’s vibrant cultural diversity through food, music, and dance returns to Oxford Street Mall, Bondi Junction on Sun May 7 from 11am to 4pm with a variety of cuisine and performances from musicians and dancers from around the globe. Join us at our 35 metre-long communal table and enjoy the sights and sounds of our different cultures in Waverley.

Free RAT tests

Ahead of winter, residents can now collect free rapid antigen tests (RATs) from various locations across Waverley. Receive up to two packs of five RATs per person, and up to two packs per household member. The tests are available at our Customer Service Centre, 55 Spring St, Bondi Junction, open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday; the Welcome Centre at Bondi Pavilion, open 10am to 4pm 7 days, and Waverley Library, Denison St, Bondi Junction. Families using our Childcare Centres can collect tests from their Centre. If you have COVID-19 symptoms or have been in contact with someone with COVID, please do not go to Council to collect your tests.

Council will look to engage with largechain supermarket operators to understand the barriers that exist for their development in Kensington and Kingsford. The nearest large-chain operators are currently located in Randwick Junction and East Village, Zetland. Council will identify opportunities that may help to attract large-chain supermarket operators back to the Kensington and Kingsford areas.

Better equipped bathrooms for blokes

Public toilets in Randwick City will be better equipped to support men who are coping with incontinence by the installation of bins designed specifically for the disposal of male incontinence products. Council will begin a trial of these bins by working with Bins4blokes, who aim to help reduce stigma around male incontinence. The bins provide an easy and hygienic way to dispose of male incontinence products in a discreet manner.

Live-site for Matildas World Cup Football

Football fans rejoice! A live-site will be established for Randwick residents to watch The Matildas as they compete in the 2023 Football World Cup in July and August. Seven games, including the Grand Final, will be telecast as free, ticketed events on an outdoor screen at Heffron Park.

McKeon Street Plaza to be made permanent

After a six-month trial and extensive community consultation, Councillors voted to make McKeon Street Plaza in Maroubra permanent. The initial trial received grant funding from the NSW Government’s Streets as Shared Spaces program.

Learn to drive program on the cards

A free learner driver lesson could be offered to young L-plate drivers in Randwick City. Council will explore the possibility of providing a free lesson to L-plate drivers with the aim of delivering safe driving instruction and guidelines that fill the gap left by the cessation of the Commonwealth Keys2drive program.

There is so much work to be undertaken and I will be fully focused on putting our Eastern Suburbs community first above all else. A significant amount of my focus will continue to be given to fixing our public transport by reintroducing the bus services long relied upon to get us directly from the East to the CBD and Circular Quay.

Thanks to briefings provided to the new Minister for Transport, the root cause of the massive number of bus cancellations that have plagued our community in recent times was revealed. Put simply, when the former Liberal Government sold public bus services to private operators, they created contracts that gave these companies financial incentives to cancel services.

This is why you or your child, partner or elderly parent was left standing for hours at the bus stop day after day, week after week! In truth, since privatisation was enforced, millions of passengers have been abandoned at bus stops waiting for buses that never come.

The task ahead is enormous but I, as part of the newly elected Labor Government, commit to doing all that I can to return our bus services to the levels our community enjoyed before they were privatised.

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