Mayoral Minute - Fairer Hills Future Debate
Mayoral Minute No. 28, 2025 - Fairer Hills Future Debate was delivered at the Ordinary Meeting of Council on 23 September 2025.
"Councillors,
Last Thursday, the NSW Legislative Assembly hosted a debate triggered by the 20,697 people who signed our Fight for a Fairer Hills Future petition. It was an interesting process and like Council, I was in the public gallery where people cannot participate in proceedings.
This was the culmination of many months of hard work by community members, volunteers and The Hills Shire Council – so we could seek assurance from the Minns Government on funding for roads, schools and sporting fields to support unprecedented housing and population growth in our Shire.
This was an opportunity for the NSW Government to respond positively to the genuine concerns of residents, who have had enough of congested roads, overcrowded schools and a shortage of sporting fields. All in the face of the most aggressive housing agenda of any government in living memory.
The response from the NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Paul Scully, alongside other members of the Minns Government, was bitterly disappointing. They missed an opportunity to assure our community and give confidence that the issues will be addressed.
Labor MPs had the opportunity to reassure residents that the local government area with the highest housing targets in the state, would be supported with an appropriate level of infrastructure funding."
