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Community groups could be offered 56 days to comment on Georges River lease policy
A committee recommendation would put a draft policy covering community leases and licences on extended exhibition, with a later report to present feedback and a final draft.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Community organisations and sporting clubs could have 56 days to comment on Georges River Council’s proposed Community Lease and Licence Policy under a recommendation carried unanimously by the Community and Culture Committee.
If endorsed by Council, the recommendation would place the draft policy on extended public exhibition, noting the Christmas and New Year holiday period. The minutes say feedback would be sought from community organisations, sporting clubs, other interested parties and the broader community.
Councillors Landsberry and Mort are listed against the recommendation. It also calls for a further report after the exhibition, outlining the feedback received and presenting a final draft policy for adoption.
The record does not give an exhibition start date or submission method. It also does not detail any proposed changes to existing lease or licence arrangements, so the effect on current or prospective users cannot yet be established from the minutes.
What deserves a closer look
The source records a committee recommendation to Council, not a Council decision to begin consultation or finally adopt the policy.
The source does not identify the exhibition start date, submission process, proposed substantive changes or timing of the further report.
The supplied record does not establish that the 9 November 2026 minutes have been confirmed.
Questions for follow-up reporting
If the recommendation is endorsed, when would the 56-day exhibition begin, and where would submission details be published?
What changes to existing community lease and licence arrangements are proposed?
If the recommendation is endorsed, when would the further report and final draft policy be considered?
What happens next
If Council endorses the recommendation, the Draft Georges River Council Community Lease and Licence Policy would be placed on extended public exhibition for 56 days, noting the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
Under the recommendation, Council would receive a further report after the exhibition outlining feedback and presenting a final draft policy for adoption.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The committee recommendation proposes placing the draft Georges River Council Community Lease and Licence Policy on an extended 56-day public exhibition, noting the Christmas and New Year holiday period and seeking feedback from community organisations, sporting clubs, stakeholders and the broader community.
The Motion was CARRIED. COM052-26 Draft Community Lease and Licence Policy for Public Exhibition (Report by Manager Sport & Community Facilities) COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: Councillor Landsberry, Councillor Mort That Council: (a) Endorse the Draft Georges River Council Community Lease and Licence Policy (The Draft Policy) to be placed on an extended public exhibition period of 56 days to facilitate feedback from community organisations, sporting clubs and stakeholders and the broader community, noting the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
COM052-26, recommendation (a)
Open original minutes ↗The recommendation calls for a further report after the extended exhibition period outlining feedback received and presenting a final draft policy for adoption.
(b) Receive a further report after the extended public exhibition period has occurred outlining the feedback received as well as a final Draft Policy for adoption. 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.
COM052-26, recommendation (b)
Open original minutes ↗The recommendation lists Councillors Landsberry and Mort; the minutes record a unanimous vote and state that the motion was carried.
The Motion was CARRIED. COM052-26 Draft Community Lease and Licence Policy for Public Exhibition (Report by Manager Sport & Community Facilities) COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: Councillor Landsberry, Councillor Mort That Council: (a) Endorse the Draft Georges River Council Community Lease and Licence Policy (The Draft Policy) to be placed on an extended public exhibition period of 56 days to facilitate feedback from community organisations, sporting clubs and stakeholders and the broader community, noting the Christmas and New Year holiday period. (b) Receive a further report after the extended public exhibition period has occurred outlining the feedback received as well as a final Draft Policy for adoption. 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. The Motion was CARRIED. CONCLUSION The Meeting was closed at 8:28pm Chairperson
COM052-26, recommendation and voting outcome
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 recommended a 56-day public exhibition for the draft Georges River Council Community Lease and Licence Policy.
- The proposed exhibition would seek feedback from community organisations, sporting clubs, other interested parties and the broader community.
- Under the recommendation, a further report would present exhibition feedback and a final draft policy for adoption.
- The recommendation was recorded as carried unanimously.
- The minutes do not state the exhibition start date, how submissions could be made or what substantive policy changes are proposed.
Why it matters
- Community organisations and sporting clubs may have an opportunity to comment before a final lease and licence policy is considered. The minutes do not say when or how submissions could be made.