Extraordinary Council - 02/06/2026

Topics

• Bondi Junction master plan exhibition extended with extra consultation measures
  Council has given the draft Bondi Junction Vision and Master Plan more public time and ordered extra explanatory material and a mayoral consultation session.
  This affects the timeline and shape of one of the area's most significant planning documents and gives residents more input time.
• Council changes meeting question process and re-establishes two review committees
  An extraordinary meeting changed how questions are handled and brought back two standing review committees.
  These internal governance changes can affect scrutiny, decision-making and the handling of future property and capital works issues.
• Public exhibition extended for Bondi Junction Vision and Master Plan
  Council resolved to extend the public exhibition of the draft Bondi Junction Vision and Master Plan to 9 July 2026, after a foreshadowed motion against further extension was lost.
  Residents in and around Bondi Junction will have a longer opportunity to review and comment on major planning changes.

Decisions

• Public exhibition extended for Bondi Junction Vision and Master Plan
  Council resolved to extend the public exhibition of the draft Bondi Junction Vision and Master Plan to 9 July 2026, after a foreshadowed motion against further extension was lost.
  Residents in and around Bondi Junction will have a longer opportunity to review and comment on major planning changes.
• Extra community consultation and information materials required
  Council agreed to provide a video explanation of the Bondi Junction Master Plan within 10 days, summary documentation including FAQs on the planning process, an additional community consultation session hosted by the Mayor, and four colour printed copies at Waverley Library.
  Makes the planning proposal easier to understand and gives residents more ways to participate.
• Question-and-answer process discontinued
  Council discontinued the question-and-answer process set out in report CM/6.7/26.03, while noting councillors can still ask questions before and at meetings and through the formal question-with-notice process.
  Changes how councillors and the public raise questions at council meetings.
• Property and capital works review committees re-established
  Council re-established the Strategic Property Review Committee and the Capital Works Review Committee.
  These committees may influence future asset and infrastructure decisions affecting services and spending.
• Confidential submission approved for Royal Commission
  In closed session, Council approved a submission to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion and authorised the General Manager, Mayor and Deputy Mayor to finalise it.
  A confidential civic and compliance matter with no public-facing policy detail released in the minutes.

Discussion

• Bondi Junction Vision and Master Plan exhibition
  The meeting focused heavily on whether to extend the exhibition period and how much additional information should be provided to the community. An amendment seeking more 3D modelling, shadow diagrams and uplift detail was lost, but a later motion adding public-facing explanatory materials was carried.
  This is the main planning issue from the meeting and directly affects future development options and community consultation in Bondi Junction.
• Public access to meeting agenda items
  Council altered the order of business to allow registered members of the public to address all items on the extraordinary meeting agenda.
  Improves opportunities for public participation at this particular meeting.
• Closed session confidential business
  Council moved into closed session to consider a confidential submission relating to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion before returning to open session.
  The item was confidential, so residents receive only the resolution and not the underlying detail.

Impacts

• Longer consultation period on the Bondi Junction planning proposal.
• New explanatory materials and a mayoral consultation session should make the Master Plan easier for residents to assess.
• Bondi Junction Library users will be able to access printed copies of the Master Plan.
• Council meeting question procedures have changed, which may affect how residents raise issues indirectly through councillors.

Places

• Bondi Junction (suburb)
  Site of the Vision and Master Plan exhibition and related consultation
• Waverley Library (library)
  Location where printed copies of the Bondi Junction Master Plan will be made available
• The Boot Factory, Spring Street, Bondi Junction (meeting venue)
  Venue for the extraordinary council meeting

Next

• Publish the Bondi Junction Master Plan video explanation
  within 10 days of the meeting
• Release summary documentation and FAQs on the planning process
  within 10 days of the meeting
• Hold an additional community consultation session hosted by the Mayor
  date, time and location to be advised
• Place four colour printed copies of the Bondi Junction Master Plan at Waverley Library
  as soon as practicable after the meeting
• Finalise and submit the confidential Royal Commission submission
  before the submission deadline

Extract

This is of the minutes of the extraordinary Council meeting held on 2 June 2026 MINUTES OF THE WAVERLEY EXTRAORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING HELD AT THE BOOT FACTORY, SPRING STREET, BONDI JUNCTION ON TUESDAY, 2 JUNE 2026 Present: Councillor Will Nemesh (Mayor) (Chair) Hunter Ward Councillor Keri Spooner (Deputy Mayor) Waverley Ward Councillor Ludovico Fabiano Waverley Ward Councillor Dov Frazer Hunter Ward Councillor Steven Lewis Hunter Ward Councillor Paula Masselos Lawson Ward Councillor Margaret Merten Bondi Ward Councillor Joshua Spicer Waverley Ward Councillor Michelle Stephenson Bondi Ward Councillor Lauren Townsend Lawson Ward Councillor Katherine Westwood Lawson Ward Councillor Dominic Wy...