News

October 01, 2023

Wakehurst MP Michael Regan is urging people to make a submission on the planning proposal for Lizard Rock. The NSW Department of Planning and Environment last week released the Patyegarang planning proposal (formerly known as Lizard Rock) at Morgan Road, Belrose, for public exhibition....

September 08, 2023

Wakehurst MP Michael Regan says a name change for the development proposal at Lizard Rock ‘lacks transparency’. On Tuesday (05 September), the NSW Department of Planning and Environment notified stakeholders that the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council (MLALC) had changed the name of the...

August 03, 2023

A new women’s shelter for the Northern Beaches has received NSW Government funding. The funding was initially revealed when Member for Wakehurst Michael Regan asked a question in the NSW Parliament in June. The formal announcement of the grant to allow the Northern Beaches Women’s Shelter...

August 02, 2023

Ultimate decision rests with planning minister The future of the controversial Lizard Rock housing development proposal may rest on a negative assessment by the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS). On June 29, Wakehurst MP Michael Regan lodged a petition with 12,000 signatories in the...

July 03, 2023

It’s been just over 100 days since I was elected as your Independent MP for Wakehurst, so I wanted to use this opportunity to give you an update on some of the big issues my team and I have been working on since the NSW...

May 11, 2023

Member for Wakehurst Michael Regan delivered a well-received inaugural speech to the NSW Parliament last night (Wednesday, 10 May). As the first cross-bench MP to make an inaugural speech in this term of parliament, Mr Regan gave thanks to those who had shaped his...

May 07, 2023

Michael Regan today announced his resignation as Mayor, sparking a three-cornered contest to replace him. Speaking to the Northern Beaches Advocate this morning (Wednesday, 03 May), Mayor Regan confirmed that he was standing down and an Extraordinary Meeting of Council was being called for...

May 04, 2023

Michael Regan has settled into his new office with a clear agenda for his first term as a Member of the NSW Parliament. With fifteen years of experience as Mayor of the Northern Beaches, and Warringah before that, Mr Regan is making the transition...

March 26, 2023

Northern Beaches Mayor Michael Regan, the Independent candidate for Wakehurst in the 25 March NSW State Elections, has successfully made history as the first independent to win the seat of Wakehurst. This comes after his successful bid to represent his electorate in the New South...