The facilities were initially closed on Wednesday over fears the virus could be spreading in parks, but on Thursday afternoon Mayor Tony Bleasdale said the decision had been made to reopen them ...

Australia's largest animal refuge facility would include cat condos and a wing dedicated to housing the pets of domestic violence victims if a Sydney council gets its way. Blacktown City Council says ...

Blacktown City Council on Wednesday night will cremate the last development application to be voted by its councillors in a dramatic protest against NSW Government changes to planning laws. The ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Plans to change the name of the Blacktown local government area have been hit with a cold dose of reality. Councillors last week voted ...

US-based advocacy group, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), founded in 2007, is organising a Khalistan Referendum. The voting exercise is now being planned in Sydney after a similar exercise was held in ...

In Blacktown, a number of currently sitting councillors have put their hats in the ring for re-election, among a number of newcomers and other community figures. The Blacktown Advocate has reached out ...

The largest council in New South Wales is preparing for the wholesale replacement of its 20-year old corporate systems in one fell swoop to meet the needs of its growing number of staff and residents.

Blacktown City Council has selected Technology One’s local government software suite to replace its 20 year-old ERP systems. It passed a motion to appoint the Queensland-based company as preferred ...

The council is one of 12 "areas of concern" across Sydney, with police recommending tougher measures be implemented to curb the spread of the virus. In the four weeks to 8pm on August 17 there were ...

BLACKTOWN City residents are set to hit the polls on September 10 when they cast their votes for the 2016 local government elections. I’ve been practising law in the Blacktown area for 30 years. I ...

Suburbs in the Blacktown City Council area have been affected by the ongoing industrial action, with their overflowing bins left uncollected on Boxing Day amid ongoing negotiations between the council ...

Labor has lost majority control of Sydney’s largest council after two councillors accused their colleagues of “playing ...