14 August, 2023 Gunnedah Shire residents will receive their quarterly water notice over the next few weeks. The water notice will reflect the increased rates recently adopted by Gunnedah Shire Council following the annual process of public consultation for Council fees and charges and the Operational Plan. The increased fees will only apply to the July 2023 portion of each bill and not the May-June portion which will be billed at 2022-2023 rates. In addition,…

There is an answer – and it’s art! One of the ultimate ways to recycle and reuse is to turn what has been thrown out into unique works of art, and Gunnedah artists have it covered. The biennial Gunnedah Shire Waste Into Art exhibition is always a triumph of creativity over waste or pre-loved materials, with wildly imaginative uses for unexpected materials. Gunnedah Shire Manager Economy and Growth Susan Frater said she was hoping artists…

A statement about revised plans for the Gunnedah Hospital Redevelopment from Gunnedah Shire Mayor Jamie Chaffey August 9, 2023 Once again, the spotlight is on our health services in rural and regional New South Wales. A new inquiry to inquire into the progress on the first inquiry has been announced. It is clearly time to stop the political game-playing part of this process and get on with the job of building a better health system.…

August 9, 2023 Gunnedah Shire’s biggest annual art exhibition will open the Gunnedah Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery on Friday, August 11, with exciting artworks across 14 categories. The 52nd Art & Ceramics Exhibition, held by Arts Gunnedah, will showcase the work of artists from not only the North-West, but from Tamworth, Armidale, Scone and Coonabarabran, with prize money totalling $9600. Arts Gunnedah president Helen Stanley said the exhibition had become a Gunnedah institution. “This is…

July 31, 2023 The Gunnedah Shire Council will proudly join Local Government Week celebrations this week. Starting today, Local Government Week (31 July – 6 August, 2023) aims to shift the focus beyond roads, rates and rubbish to the broader role that councils play throughout Australia to support their local communities. Gunnedah Shire Council is one of 128 local councils in NSW and currently employs a full-time equivalent of 200 staff, manages a budget of…

25 July, 2023 Revered Australian puppet show A Little Bit of Blue is set to delight young members of the Gunnedah community at The Civic next week. A Little Bit of Blue is an interactive environmental detective story that unravels the mysterious habits of the satin bowerbird, an extraordinary Australian animal that has a unique fascination with the colour blue. The performance, aimed at pre-school age children, will be staged by Australian company Little Wing…

July 25, 2023 The already strong Sister City relationship between Gunnedah Shire and Kolomotu’a in the Kingdom of Tonga has become even closer with this month’s delegation visit. Gunnedah Shire Mayor Jamie Chaffey said the visit, led by Her Royal Highness Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho, the High Commissioner of the Kingdom of Tonga to the Commonwealth of Australia, had been an amazing experience for the community and everyone involved. “This is the second time we…

July 24, 2023 New faces for working groups Three new faces will join two Gunnedah Shire Council working groups. Council this week endorsed Troy Silver as a community representative on the Gunnedah Shire Council Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group, and Sharon Aldridge and her alternate Sally Wilson as Community Corrections representatives on the Gunnedah Crime Prevention Working Group. Nominations for the Skills and Training Working Group, the Economic Development Working Group, the Business Partner Program…

July 14, 2023 Planning for the Gunnedah Crime Prevention and Community Safety Conference on 23-24 November 2023 is well underway, with a line-up of notable and knowledgeable speakers already confirmed. Speakers will include 2021 Australian of the Year Grace Tame, and 2020 Young Australian of the Year finalist Hunter Johnson, NSW Minister for Police and Counter Terrorism Yasmin Catley, social researcher and futurist Mark McCrindle, and crime prevention and community safety specialist John Maynard. The…