Media Releases

Council has a diverse range of projects, programs and issues and it is important the community is informed of changes, advances and achievements in these areas.

Council regularly releases media releases ensuring the positive achievements of the Council and important information are communicated to the Hawkesbury Community. Council has weekly notices in the Hawkesbury Courier providing important information to the Community.

For more information on news, please contact Council’s Public Relations Coordinator on  (02) 4560 4430 or email council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au.

• Remembering the floods

  3 March 2023

  Council’s Community Recovery team would like to acknowledge the anniversary of the March 2021 and 2022 floods coming around. In recent days there has been much flood imagery on TV and throug…

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• Library - Living Stories Writing Competition

  2 March 2023

  Do you love writing? Do you have a story to tell? Living Stories is your opportunity to share your story!Hawkesbury Library Service, in conjunction with WestWords and WestLit Libraries, presents L…

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• Hawkesbury Active Transport survey now open

  2 March 2023

  Hawkesbury City Council is developing a new Active Transport Plan to provide the framework for an integrated connected network of walking and cycling infrastructure by completing the missing links…

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• Community Sponsorship Program – Round One now open

  1 March 2023

  Are you interested in helping your community to build a vibrant, connected, and liveable Hawkesbury? If so, you may be keen to know about Council’s Community Sponsorship Program which can he…

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• Business Breakfast for International Women’s Day

  28 February 2023

  In celebration of International Women's Day, Zero Barriers, in partnership with Hawkesbury City Council, invites local businesspeople to a Business Breakfast on Monday, 6 March 2023 at Hawkesbury …

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• Volunteers invited to dinner

  28 February 2023

  Hawkesbury City Council is inviting local volunteers to come along to a community volunteer dinner.If you are a volunteer who lives in the Hawkesbury and you:volunteer at the local school, sports …

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• Celebrate your neighbours!

  28 February 2023

  Neighbour Day is on Sunday, 26 March and Hawkesbury City Council is encouraging everyone in the Hawkesbury to get to know their neighbours and enjoy the support and friendship that can be there ev…

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• Boosting road safety awareness

  27 February 2023

  Hawkesbury City Council is working with the Little Blue Dinosaur Foundation on a pilot program to boost community awareness about child pedestrian safety.The Little Blue Dinosaur Foundation h…

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• Council partnership delivers road results for residents

  24 February 2023

  The Hills Shire and Hawkesbury City Councils have teamed up to increase repairs on a popular rural road that has been hit by consistent rain caused by a third consecutive La Niña.Significant road …

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• Social infrastructure community workshops

  23 February 2023

  Hawkesbury City Council is preparing a Social Infrastructure Strategy to guide decisions about the planning, delivery, funding and management of open spaces, sporting and recreation facilities, co…

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