The State Government’s new Low and Mid-Rise Policy has been announced. And Bondi Village is not affected.

Thanks everyone for attending our SBV meeting this week. We had 65 attendees including a lot of new faces! Committee member Ben Peacock set the scene on where we are now, followed by an update and Q&A from Cr Will Nemesh - Mayor of Waverley Council who re-iterated his commitment to urge State Government to protect Bondi Beach from mid/high rise development.

A fantastic article in the Fifth Estate really sums up the case for holding up Bondi as an example of density done in a way that creates community, rather than wrecking it with one dumb planning target.

This week we met the new Mayor and spoke at Council. Here’s what happened.

Save Bondi Village’s Professor Shirley Alexander spoke the Sydney Morning Herald about the challenges 6-8 storeys will bring to Bondi.

Read the article here (paywall)

Long time resident and film maker Mark Gould hit the streets to talk to the local community. Here’s what a few people had to say.