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Sutherland Shire: a close community within a global city
Sutherland Shire is a metropolitan council in Sydney’s south that is well known as the first landing place of navigator James Cook at Kurnell in…
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Why Sutherland Shire is not a City
Even with a population of just under 220,000 residents, and as a major Sydney metropolitan council, Sutherland Shire still proudly retains its ‘Shire’ name. In…
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Birthplace of Modern Australia
The township of Kurnell, on the shores of Botany Bay in the Sutherland Shire, is considered to be ‘the birthplace of modern Australia’. It is…
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Agreement paves way for $700m beachside housing estate
Apart from being the site of Captain James Cook’s first landing in Australia, and a significant ecological asset, the Kurnell Peninsula has been the site…
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Infrastructure a priority in Sutherland Shire
Sutherland Shire Council has undertaken major infrastructure projects worth tens of millions of dollars in the past few years including a major new development at…
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Efficiencies the key to a sustainable future
Incremental reform of the organisation has been a feature of the management approach at Sutherland Shire Council. Over the years there have been restructures and…
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Planning for an ageing population
Like many communities across Australia, Sutherland Shire is changing. Its residents are becoming older and communities need to be prepared to deal with the challenges…
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Using assets to generate income
Shrinking funding sources in the late 1980s and community demand to deliver quality services and facilities were the catalyst for Sutherland Shire Council to develop…
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Sutherland Shire to host peak tourism forum
Sutherland Shire Council is making preparations to welcome hundreds of delegates when it hosts the 2011 Local Government and Shires Association Tourism Conference in March.…
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Creative ways to combat anti-social behaviour
Anti-social behaviour is becoming a growing cost burden and community issue for local government across Australia. Sutherland Shire Council has adopted a strong stance against…
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Bushcare volunteers enhance natural beauty
The Royal National Park – the world’s second oldest national park behind Yellowstone – spans a large part of the Sutherland Shire. The Shire’s natural…
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Animal shelter houses City of Sydney and Sutherland Shire cats and dogs
Sutherland Shire Council last year struck an agreement with the space constrained, City of Sydney, to take its lost and abandoned animals at the Shire’s…
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