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Community groups could get 56 days to comment on Georges River lease policy
The committee recommended exhibiting a draft policy affecting community organisations and sporting clubs, with a further report to bring back feedback and a final draft.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Community organisations and sporting clubs could get 56 days to comment on Georges River Council’s proposed Community Lease and Licence Policy after the Community and Culture Committee recommended putting it on extended public exhibition.
The recommendation covers the Draft Georges River Council Community Lease and Licence Policy. The exhibition would also invite feedback from other interested parties and the broader community, with the period taking account of the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
A further report would be brought back after the exhibition to outline the feedback received and present a final draft policy for adoption.
The recommendation was carried unanimously, according to the minutes of the 9 November committee meeting. They record a committee recommendation, not final adoption by the full Council, and do not give an exhibition start date, closing date or submission method.
The minutes also do not specify proposed changes to lease conditions, fees or eligibility. Those details, along with the Council’s response to submissions, are not yet established in the record.
What deserves a closer look
The source supports reporting this as a committee recommendation and proposed exhibition, not as final adoption by the full Council.
The source does not provide the exhibition dates, submission process or the draft policy's proposed lease conditions, fees or eligibility rules.
The supplied minutes are not marked as draft, but their confirmation status is not established.
Questions for follow-up reporting
When would the proposed 56-day exhibition begin and end, and how could submissions be made?
What changes to lease conditions, fees or eligibility are proposed in the draft policy?
When would the proposed further report and final draft policy be considered?
What happens next
If Council endorses the recommendation, the draft Community Lease and Licence Policy would be placed on an extended 56-day public exhibition, taking account of 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 Community and Culture Committee met 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
Meeting heading
Open original minutes ↗The committee recommendation proposes a 56-day public exhibition of the Draft Georges River Council Community Lease and Licence Policy for feedback from community organisations, sporting clubs, stakeholders and the broader community, noting the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
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 proposed follow-up is a report after the extended public exhibition outlining feedback received and 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 minutes record unanimous voting on the motion and state that it was carried.
(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, voting record and carried result
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the minutes of Georges River Council’s Community and Culture Committee meeting on 9 November 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The Community and Culture Committee considered the Draft Georges River Council Community Lease and Licence Policy on 9 November 2026.
- The committee recommended a 56-day public exhibition, taking account of the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
- The stated audience includes community organisations, sporting clubs, other interested parties and the broader community.
- Under the recommendation, a further report would outline exhibition feedback and present a final draft policy for adoption.
- The recommendation was recorded as carried unanimously by the committee.
Why it matters
- Community organisations and sporting clubs may have an opportunity to comment on proposed arrangements for community leases and licences, but the minutes do not yet specify what would change under the draft policy.