Final Check Count of first preferences is now complete. Therefore the quota will be 719 and as a result 4 candidates have been elected. Counting will recommence on Tuesday.

Draft Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan and Draft Bike Plan Project: HAVE OUR SAY!We’re excited to let you know that the Draft Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan (PAMP) and Draft Bike Plan is now on public exhibition. We invite you to review and provide comment on the proposals and actions identified in the planning documents. WHAT IS IT?The purpose of the Pedestrian Access and Mobility Plan (PAMP) and Draft Bike Plan is to provide greater…

Budding young poets from all over the nation attended the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards Presentation Ceremony last Friday in Gunnedah, celebrating the crème de la crème of modern poetry and prose. Over 11,7666 entries from young Australian poets were received this year with competition judges Sophie Mason and Stephen Whiteside set the difficult task of selecting the 2016 winning submission for each of the eight categories. The presentation ceremony was held at The Civic in…

Gunnedah Shire Councils former Director of Planning and Environment, Mr Mike Silver, was farewelled by some fifty family, friends and staff - both present and past - at a function held at the Gunnedah Rugby Club on Saturday evening. Mr Silver had been a long-standing member of Gunnedah Shire, having served some 43 years as an officer of both the Gunnedah Municipal Council – commencing on 4 June, 1973 - and the amalgamated Gunnedah Shire…

Gunnedah Mayor Owen Hasler has called on residents and businesses to “Dump Illegal Dumping” following the completion of costly clean-ups around Gunnedah in recent weeks. An estimated 90 tonnes of illegally dumped waste have been collected and disposed during the works, with the bulk having been collected from bushland within the travelling stock reserve located on Wandobah Road. “Council has spent close to $30,000 removing garbage, demolition waste, car bodies and even had to deal…

Gunnedah and Narrabri Shire Councils have called for the immediate installation of an Air Quality Monitoring System similar to the Upper Hunter Air Quality Monitoring System, following further criticism of the present limited system by Mr James Whelan, a researcher with Environmental Justice Australia. Gunnedah Shire Mayor, Owen Hasler, raised the matter in a Mayoral Minute at the August Ordinary Council meeting stating "Mr Whelan has analysed the last seven (7) months of air quality tracking data…

Acclaimed national affairs correspondent, Heather Ewart will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards presentation to be held on Friday 2 September in Gunnedah. Ms Ewart is considered one of Australia’s most experienced and skilled reporters in political and federal affairs with postings in London, Washington and Brussels during her lengthy career. Ms Ewart has also been a recipient of the prestigious Golden Quill award for her story about skin cancer…

‘Around and About’ an exhibition of printmaking, etching and sculpture by popular and respected local artists Eileen Mair and Martine Moran will be exhibited from 9th September to 9th October 2016 at the Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery, Chandos Street Gunnedah. ‘Around and About’ features artworks which question the present health of our earth and the way humanity impacts our environment. Martine investigates discarded and abandoned belongings which she reinvigorates with new life, transforming them into…

The coordinators of the National Dorothea Poetry Awards are celebrating an early success with a spike in entries for the 2016 competition, having already received over 11,7666 entries from young Australian poets. “Poetry is a form of artistry that over the years, appeared to be losing its place in Australian culture. The upwards trend in entries is a heartening indicator that poetry is clawing its way back into Australian schools and finding its way back to the youth of…

Nominations are invited from interested members of Gunnedah Shire for five (5) community orientated representative positions on the Gunnedah Floodplain Management Committee. The following provides an outline of the Committee’s responsibilities: PURPOSE:Assist in the implementation of policy and strategy planning relating to land use planning relative to floodplain development, consideration of tenders, funding of floodplain management plans, urban design, open space and recreational service. MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA:This is primarily an urban flood management Committee with particular focus on…