July 6, 2022 Gunnedah Shire Council Mayor Jamie Chaffey has welcomed with caution an announcement the NSW Government will proceed with the Rangari Road upgrade. Transport for NSW and Member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson announced this morning the NSW Government would take over the upgrade and sealing of Rangari Road. Cr Chaffey said the upgrade had been unable to proceed because full funding had never been allocated. “Ultimately, all we have wanted for many years…

 July 1, 2022 Gunnedah Shire Council is inviting stallholders to be part of the second-ever NightQuip on Conadilly Street on Tuesday, August 16. The evening promises to be a vibrant evening festival that fills Gunnedah’s main street with music, market stalls, food and late-night shopping on the first night of AgQuip. Council’s Director of Planning and Environmental Services Andrew Johns said NightQuip will be a highlight on Gunnedah’s calendar during Australia’s biggest agricultural field days.…

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…