Jacqui Scruby in the News
‘All seven layers of Dante’s Inferno’: The northern beaches commuters dragged into bus hell
February 26, 2025
Sydney Morning Herald: Northern beaches residents enduring long queues for buses have complained of their fraught commutes, as their local MPs call for a pause to a government housing plan they worry will choke...
Read More ShareMona Vale singled out for development
February 24, 2025
Mona Vale is the only town centre in Pittwater singled out under new Low to Mid-rise development planning reforms announced by the NSW Government. This is despite nearly all of Pittwater’s villages meeting the...
Read More ShareScruby calls for development to be shelved
February 24, 2025
Northside Lving: Plans for higher density housing in Mona Vale should be shelved until the bus crisis and Mona Vale Road are fixed, says Pittwater Independent MP Jacqui Scruby. The government announced the planning...
Read More ShareThree new NSW MPs urge pokie reform
February 15, 2025
NSW Parliament's three newest MPs have shown more leadership on gambling reform in their inaugural speeches than the premier has since he took office, says the chief advocate at the Alliance for Gambling Reform,...
Read More ShareGrowing $1,548 'silent mortgage' squeezes affluent Aussie suburbs: 'Hidden by mansions and beaches'
February 14, 2025
Yahoo Finance: A council has refused to be the 'credit card' for residents suffering in the cost-of-living crisis. When people think of Sydney's Northern Beaches, a sea-side playground for the wealthy may come to mind. So,...
Read More SharePittwater MP declares she is ‘MP for Mona Vale Rd’ in first speech to parliament
February 12, 2025
Daily Telegraph: In her official first speech to the NSW Parliament, the independent Member for Pittwater declares she will make the urgent upgrade of Mona Vale Rd one of her priorities. A push for...
Read More ShareSpeech sets Scruby’s agenda
February 12, 2025
Northern Beaches Advocate: Pittwater MP Jacqui Scruby delivered her inaugural speech to the NSW Parliament. Although Ms Scruby was elected last October, election results were not formally declared for several weeks, meaning there was no...
Read More ShareCouncil merger promise broken as bureaucracy bill up by $40m
February 11, 2025
Northern Beaches Council is paying millions more on staffing costs than all three former councils combined prior to their amalgamation, despite then-premier Mike Baird’s promises they would pay less. Read the full article here (Paywall)
Read More ShareJacqui Scruby Interviewed on ABC Radio 702 Sydney on council rates
February 10, 2025
Jacqui Scruby independent MP for Pittwater on ABC 702 discussing with Hamish Macdonald the proposed Northern Beaches Council rate rises 10 February 2025.
Read More ShareJacqui Scruby MP on ABC Radio 702 re 'crisis of buses'
February 07, 2025
Jacqui Scruby MP independent for Pittwater on ABC Radio 702 speaking to Craig Reucassel about Northern Beaches buses services, especially the 190x, reaching crisis point, 7 February 2025.
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