The State Government has given Council a deadline of 20 January 2017 to make any comments on the revised Delegate’s Report and Boundaries Commission’s comments. Council will be making representations to the State Government demanding that such a tight deadline be extended given the Christmas/New Year holiday period to allow sufficient time for Council to review and respond appropriately to such significant documents.

Any residents who wish to send comments to assist Council in its submission, please email them to submissions@strathfield.nsw.gov.au by 15 January 2017.

This week Strathfield Council lodged a GIPA application to the Office of Local Government and Department of Premier and Cabinet to obtain any revised Delegate’s Report on the State Government’s merger proposal for Strathfield, Burwood and Canada Bay councils. Council also initiated proceedings in both the Court of Appeal and Land & Environment Court in relation to the amalgamation.

Council has now received correspondence that a revised Delegate’s Report dated September 2016 is now available on the State Government’s Stronger Councils website:

A subsequent review of the website revealed that the revised Delegate’s Report was only uploaded on 20 December 2016, despite the Report being dated September 2016.

Do you know someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the Strathfield community? Nominate them for Citizen or Young Citizen of the Year.

Entries close Sunday 8 January 2017.

Augustus Loftus Reserve will be re-opened today after a renovation overhaul! The update includes a new playground, paths, garden beds and turfed areas.

Be sure to bring the kids down this summer to test it out, just in time for Christmas!

Mobile Muster and OzHarvest have combined forces to tackle two of Australia’s biggest waste challenges, e-waste and food waste.

The Mobile for a Meal Campaign will see Mobile Muster donate the value of a meal to OzHarvest for every mobile recycled with them this January and February. The target is 60,000 meals, so time to dig out those old phones from the bottom of the drawer!

Drop off your old mobile at one of three places in Strathfield Council.

Homebush (Parramatta Road) Railway Underbridge 

With Christmas around the corner, you’ve no doubt been cracking open packets of Arnotts biscuits for those unexpected guests. Strathfield Council is proud to be a part of the history of this iconic Australian brand.

The Arnotts Biscuit Factory operated at Homebush from 1908 to 1997, when it was relocated to Huntingwood.  The below image of the “Arnotts Bridge” shows the sign long associated with our area. It has been updated over the years and remains in place over Parramatta Road today.

Both our libraries will be closed from 24 December 2016. Strathfield Library will re-open on Tuesday 3 January, while the High Street Community Library will re-open on Monday 9 January 2017.

The after-hours chutes of both libraries will be open during the closure and the online library services will also be available. For further details, contact the library on
(02) 8762 0222.

Please be aware that Council will be closed from Saturday 24 December 2016 and will re-open on Tuesday 3 January 2017. 

Council is contactable for emergencies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on
(02) 9748 9999.