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Alcohol zones recommended for adoption, but Georges River locations remain unnamed
A unanimous committee recommendation would adopt identified Alcohol Free Zones and Alcohol Prohibited Areas, but the supplied minutes do not say which parks, streets or other places are covered.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Georges River Council’s Community and Culture Committee has recommended adopting identified Alcohol Free Zones and Alcohol Prohibited Areas. The recommendation was carried unanimously at the committee’s 9 November 2026 meeting.
The recommendation asks Council to receive and note the outcome of public exhibition and adopt the identified zones and areas. The minutes record the committee motion as carried, but do not show a separate full Council decision adopting it.
The supplied minutes do not identify the affected locations, state when any restrictions would begin or describe the feedback received during exhibition. That leaves residents unable to tell from the minutes whether places they use are covered.
What deserves a closer look
The minutes record a carried committee recommendation, not a separate full Council adoption decision in the supplied record.
The recommendation identifies the zones and areas only as 'identified' and does not name their locations, provide an implementation date or describe exhibition feedback.
The supplied record does not establish whether the 9 November minutes have been confirmed; the confirmation item concerns the previous meeting on 12 October 2026.
Questions for follow-up reporting
Which specific parks, streets or other public places are covered by the identified Alcohol Free Zones and Alcohol Prohibited Areas?
Has full Council separately adopted the committee recommendation, and if so, when will any restrictions take effect?
What feedback was received during the public exhibition?
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The minutes identify the meeting as Georges River Council's Community and Culture Committee meeting on 9 November 2026.
MINUTES Community and Culture Committee Monday, 09 November 2026 Dragon Room Georges River Civic Centre Hurstville Georges River Council - Minutes of Community and Culture Committee Meeting - 9 November 2026 Page 1 PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS The Mayor, Councillor Elise Borg, Councillor Nancy Liu (Chair), Councillor Matthew Allison, Councillor Elaina Anzellotti, Councillor Tom Arthur, Deputy Mayor, Councillor Oliver Dimoski, Councillor Thomas Gao, Councillor Gerard Hayes, Councillor Christina Jamieson, Councillor Kathryn Landsberry, Councillor Peter Mahoney, Councillor Natalie Mort, Councillor Leon Pun, Councillor Sam Stratikopoulos, and Councillor
Document title
Open original minutes ↗The committee recommendation asked Council to receive and note the outcome of public exhibition regarding Alcohol Free Zones and Alcohol Prohibited Areas.
The Motion was CARRIED. COMMITTEE REPORTS COM049-26 Adoption of Alcohol Free Zones and Alcohol Prohibited Areas (Report by Community Capacity Building Officer) COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: Councillor Jamieson, Councillor Landsberry That Council: (a) Receive and note the outcome of the public exhibition regarding Alcohol Free Zones and Alcohol Prohibited Areas.
COM049-26, recommendation clause (a)
Open original minutes ↗The recommendation included adopting the identified Alcohol Free Zones and Alcohol Prohibited Areas, and the voting record states that voting on the motion was unanimous.
The Motion was CARRIED. COMMITTEE REPORTS COM049-26 Adoption of Alcohol Free Zones and Alcohol Prohibited Areas (Report by Community Capacity Building Officer) COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: Councillor Jamieson, Councillor Landsberry That Council: (a) Receive and note the outcome of the public exhibition regarding Alcohol Free Zones and Alcohol Prohibited Areas. (b) Adopt the identified Alcohol Free Zones and Alcohol Prohibited Areas. Record of Voting For the Motion: Mayor, Councillor Borg, Councillor Liu, Councillor Allison, Councillor Anzellotti, Councillor Arthur, Deputy Mayor, Councillor Dimoski, Councillor Gao, Councillor Hayes, Councillor Jamieson, Councillor Landsberry, Councillor Mahoney, Councillor Mort, Councillor Pun, Councillor Stratikopoulos, Councillor Wang On being PUT to the meeting, voting on this Motion was UNANIMOUS.
COM049-26, recommendation and record of voting
Open original minutes ↗The motion was recorded as carried.
The Motion was CARRIED. COM050-26 Draft Customer Experience Strategy and Social Justice Charter for Public Exhibition (Report by Head of Customer Experience) COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: Councillor Mort, Councillor Jamieson That Council: (a) Endorse the Draft Customer Experience and Social Justice Strategy 2027-2032 (the Draft Strategy) to be placed on an extended public exhibition period of 56 days, noting the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
COM049-26, motion outcome immediately before COM050-26
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the supplied minutes of Georges River Council’s Community and Culture Committee meeting held on 9 November 2026. Their confirmation status is not established by the supplied record.
Key facts from the minutes
- The Community and Culture Committee considered the matter on 9 November 2026.
- The committee recommendation was to receive and note the public exhibition outcome and adopt the identified Alcohol Free Zones and Alcohol Prohibited Areas.
- The minutes record the motion as carried with unanimous voting.
- The supplied minutes do not identify the affected locations, implementation date or exhibition feedback.
- The record establishes a committee recommendation, not a separate full Council adoption decision.
Why it matters
- The recommendation could affect alcohol use in public places covered by the identified zones or areas, but the supplied minutes do not name those locations or establish when any restrictions would begin.