Hornsby’s Multi-million-dollar Transformation Plan

The town centre of Hornsby is set to become a thriving heartland with 4,500 new homes and 5,000 new jobs, in ambitious plans by Hornsby Council to make it a brand new strategic centre. The Hornsby Town Centre Masterplan is set to create “a sustainable, healthy and liveable town centre” and will offer much-needed revitalisation […]

Demand for Acreage High

The price gap between residential and acreage properties in The Hills has narrowed due to unprecedented value growth over the past two years. While house prices across Sydney have adjusted since March, the gains made during the boom have allowed buyers to make the transition to semi-rural living, says agent Will Hampson from Lumby Hampson. […]

Hills Private Schools – Lead Charge On Overfunding

By Annette Madjarian Private schools in the Hills and Hornsby LGAs have topped the list of overfunding across NSW, according to a new report. Commissioned by the NSW Teachers Federation, the report found that the NSW Government had overfunded private schools in the state by almost $850 million, while underfunding public schools by $2 billion […]

Dural Health Hub Development Thrown Out

Hornsby Shire Council has come under fire for rejecting a new “Health Hub” at Round Corner Dural which would meet “the needs of a growing and ageing population”. Healing ONR proposed the development of a two storey 4,100m health services facility described as bringing “a strong mix of muchneeded hospital grade services into the heart […]

Unrelenting Floods

The local Hawkesbury River communities once again faced unrelenting flooding and damage to their properties and businesses in what’s been described as the worst floods to hit the area for 30 years. With now the third flood in two years, many in the community had barely finished their clean-up from earlier in the year before […]