Kody Cook

1 week ago | councilmagazine.com.au | Kody Cook

The Federal and New South Wales Governments are teaming up to get critical road projects in North West Sydney shovel-ready. A joint investment of $156 million, announced as part of the 2025/26 NSW State Budget, this funding will accelerate planning and development of critical upgrades in the booming suburbs of Blacktown, Rooty Hill, Marsden Park, Schofields and Rouse Hill.

1 week ago | councilmagazine.com.au | Kody Cook

$19.1 million in grants have been committed to local governments to plan and deliver new and improved walking and bike riding facilities across Queensland. The grants are provided through the 2025/26 rounds of the Walking Local Government Grants and Cycle Network Local Government Grants programs and will support planning for more connected and accessible active transport networks.

1 week ago | councilmagazine.com.au | Kody Cook

The Queensland Government has approved a Temporary Local Planning Instrument (TLPI) for the City of Moreton Bay, helping to safeguard critical future enterprise and employment land over part of the Narangba East Rural Residential Investigation Area. The TLPI will be in place for the next 12 months, effective from 18 June 2025 to 18 June 2026, and covers approximately 445 hectares of the investigation area, situated on the western side of the Bruce Highway.

1 week ago | councilmagazine.com.au | Kody Cook

The Queensland Government is working with a First Nations community housing provider to deliver 75 new social homes in the Moreton Bay area. Undertaken in partnership with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service (ATSICHS), the project will deliver 53 one-bedroom and 22 two-bedroom units for Indigenous Queenslanders experiencing or at risk of homelessness, young people aged between 16-25 and those aged over 55 years.

1 week ago | councilmagazine.com.au | Kody Cook

Seventeen community groups are set to gain organisational and project support through a share in more than $88,000 from the Redland City council’s grant funding. Redland Mayor, Jos Mitchell, said that the funding was awarded through round 2 of Council’s 2024-2025 Community Grants program. “These grants support community projects and activities that benefit a wide cross section of the community, with many of the projects initiated and managed primarily by volunteers,” Mayor Mitchell said.