June 30, 2022 Gunnedah Shire Council has adopted a new suite of strategic documents to take Gunnedah into the new financial year and beyond. At the extraordinary Council meeting this week, Councillors adopted five documents: the 2017 ‐ 2027 Reviewed Community Strategic Plan (CSP), “Together We Achieve Great Things”; the 2022-23 ‐ 2025-26 Delivery Program; the 2022-23 Operational Plan; the 2022-23 Fees and Charges; and the 2022-23 – 2031-32 Long Term Financial Plan. The reviewed…

June 28, 2022 Gunnedah Shire Council has temporarily closed the drop-boxes at its Animal Impound Facility because of an outbreak of canine parvovirus. A number of dogs have been surrendered anonymously through the facility’s surrender boxes recently and some of these young dogs have been positive to parvovirus. To better manage symptomatic animals and reduce the risk of parvovirus affecting other seized dogs in the Animal Impound Facility, the surrender boxes on Quia Road were…

June 28, 2022 Gunnedah Shire Council has been successful in its application for an Additional Special Variation (ASV) of rates to continue to support the delivery of services and maintenance of assets in the years to come. Council resolved on April 20, 2022 to make an application for the ASV, and was among many New South Wales councils to apply for a variation following recent changes to the way the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal…

June 28, 2022 Gunnedah Shire has welcomed a new Sister City after signing an official agreement with Kolomotu’a, Tonga, on Friday. Gunnedah welcomed Her Royal Highness Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho, the High Commissioner of the Kingdom of Tonga, to the Commonwealth of Australia last week to recognise and formalise the relationship between Kolomotu'a and the Gunnedah Shire.  “We are excited, and honoured to welcome Kolomotu'a as our new Sister City. Gunnedah is, in fact, the first…

June 21, 2022 Locals can now catch a free bus to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow on Thursday night. Community members can jump on a bus in Carroll and Curlewis to catch the roadshow at the Gunnedah Town Hall at 8pm. The show will be emceed by comedian Brett Blake - a self-confessed “smoko” lover who flaunts an impressive mullet – and this year’s line-up includes comics Blake Freeman, Bronwyn Kuss, Frankie McNair and…

June 21, 2022 The Gunnedah Shire community is invited to witness the signing of a Sister-City agreement with Kolomotu'a, Tonga, on Friday, June 24. This week, Gunnedah will welcome her Royal Highness Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho from the Kingdom of Tonga to recognise the relationship between Kolomotu'a and Gunnedah Shire. Gunnedah Shire Council first reached out to Tonga in June 2019, writing to Mr Curtis Tu’ihalangingie, High Commission of Tonga, to explore the possibility of establishing a Sister-City Relationship…

June 20, 2022 Gunnedah Shire Council will write to the NSW Shadow Minister for Health and the Regional Minister for Health to seek a commitment that the new Gunnedah Hospital will retain all its existing services and be funded and constructed if there is a change of government at the March 2023 State Election. Gunnedah Shire Councillors voted unanimously to support the motion put forward by Mayor Jamie Chaffey for the hospital build to go…

June 16, 2022 Gunnedah Shire Council has adopted the Gunnedah Shire Open Space Strategy 2022-2032 to steer the direction for the Shire’s parks, reserves and playing fields for the next 10 years. The strategy, put together by consultants Ross Planning, will allow the strategic planning, designing, development and management of open space. Gunnedah Shire Mayor Jamie Chaffey said research by the consultants had shown Gunnedah had a generous provision of open space when compared with…

June 15, 2022 The Country Mayors Association of NSW held a Rural Health Forum on May 26 following the tabling in Parliament of the Legislative Council Inquiry into Health Outcomes and Access to Health and Hospital Services in Rural, Regional and Remote NSW on May 5, 2022. Association Deputy Chair and Gunnedah Shire Mayor Jamie Chaffey said the forum in Sydney was well attended, with excellent presentations by Minister for Regional Health and Mental Health…

June 2, 2022 The line-up for Gunnedah’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival Road Show has been announced and locals are in for a treat. On Thursday, June 23, Gunnedah Town Hall will play host to comics Blake Freeman, Bronwyn Kuss, Frankie McNair and Lewis Garnham. The line-up will be heralded by comedian and emcee Brett Blake - a self-confessed “smoko” lover who flaunts an impressive mullet. First cab off the ranks is Melbourne comic Blake Freeman…