31 March 2025 A Draft Gunnedah Shire Section 7.12 Contributions Plan outlining levies to applicable developments is now on public exhibition. This Draft Plan replaces the existing 2013 Gunnedah Shire Council Section 94A Contribution Plan. The Draft Gunnedah Shire Section 7.12 Contributions Plan authorises Gunnedah Shire Council to impose a contributions levy on certain developments that goes towards public facilities and infrastructure. The rate of levy for development will not change, and developments up to…

March 24, 2025 The State Conservation Area of Bullawa Creek, between Mt Kaputar National Park and the Pilliga Forest, has inspired artworks that will bring the bush into the Gunnedah Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery from Friday, April 11. Mixed media artist Lisa Marple has used her time spent at Bullawa Creek to create an exhibition called #Bullawa Creek Love supported by Arts North West. Marple, whose art often incorporates pieces from the landscape, including feathers,…

25 March 2025 Gunnedah Shire Council has delivered its first Cost Containment and Productivity Report to Councillors detailing historical and potential cost savings and efficiency gains. To assist in maintaining Council’s financial sustainability in tandem with the Special Rate Variation process, Councillors resolved Council would strive to find $930,000 through efficiency gains and operational savings over the three-year period from 2025 to 2028. Gunnedah Shire Council Director Corporate Services, Kelly Stidworthy, said “Council has been…

March 24, 2025 Gunnedah Shire Council has endorsed the final Concept Design for the Gunnedah Youth Space (previously known as Gunnedah Skate Park). In early 2024 and as part of the Gunnedah Shire Open Space Strategy, Council engaged award-winning specialists CONVIC to develop a new 'Youth Space' to replace the current Gunnedah Skate Park with a contemporary facility designed to meet current and future trends within active youth recreation and wheel action sports. CONVIC is…

24 March, 2025 Gunnedah Shire Council has joined the call for all parties and candidates in this year’s federal election to put our communities first and commit to increased funding for Australia’s 537 local governments. Gunnedah Shire Mayor Colleen Fuller said Gunnedah Shire Councillors and the Gunnedah Shire community were all too well aware of the problems rising costs, unrealistic rate capping and shrinking funding were causing. “We are also aware that Gunnedah Shire is…

20 March 2025 Gunnedah Shire Council will auction five properties on Friday, 25 July to recover rates and charges that have remained unpaid for more than five years. The auction comes following a lengthy process of contacting owners for payment, and public advertising. The five properties are located in Gunnedah, Curlewis and Breeza. As at 31 January 2025, a total of $24,017.70 was owed on these properties by various owners, and this auction will be…

20 March, 2025 Council forms Flood Risk Management Committee Gunnedah Shire Council has formed a Flood Risk Management Committee to support flood studies and plans being delivered in the Gunnedah Local Government Area. At the March Ordinary Council Meeting, Council endorsed the appointment of Councillors Tammy McAllan and Robert Hooke as representatives of the committee, with expressions of interest for two community member representatives to be called soon. Councils are primarily responsible for managing flood…

19 March 2025 The Planning Institute of Australia has confirmed there is a “critical national shortage” of town planners impacting on Councils across the country, but Gunnedah Shire Council says lodgement of comprehensive and accurate applications ensures the process runs as smoothly as possible. Gunnedah Shire Council Manager Development Assessment Wade Hudson said in the 2023-24 financial year, Council approved close to 150 development applications worth more than $31 million. “Local government authorities across Australia…