At Gunnedah Shire Council’s Ordinary meeting held last night, Councillor Jamie Chaffey was announced as Mayor for the ensuring 2 year term with long term serving Councillor, Gae Swain elected as Deputy Mayor. “I’m honoured and humbled to be offered an opportunity to represent my community as Mayor, and I look forward to leading the Council for the next two years,” Mayor Chaffey said. “It is my vision to lead a dynamic council with a…

RECYCLING COLLECTION - GUNNEDAH Collection will be on Tuesday 4 October 2016.Residents are requested to place their recycling bins out on Monday evening as collection will begin early on Tuesday. RECYCLING COLLECTION – CURLEWIS Collection will be on Wednesday 5 October 2016.Residents are requested to place their recycling bins out on Tuesday evening as collection will begin early on Wednesday.THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES TO THE HOUSEHOLD WASTE AND GREENWASTE COLLECTION Please ensure bins are…

Final counting in the 2016 Gunnedah Shire Council Local Government Election has been completed. The following candidates have been elected: HOOKE Rob, CAMPBELL John R, O'KEEFE Murray, HASLER Owen, MOSES David, FULLER Colleen, LUKE Ann, CHAFFEY Jamie, SWAIN Gae, Declaration of the poll will be on Friday, 16th September 2016 at 11am in the Gunnedah Shire Council Chambers. View a copy of the Gunnedah Shire Council Election 2016 - Final Count results here.

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…