21 May 2025 It is National Volunteer Week 2025 – a great time to celebrate everything volunteers do for our community! Gunnedah Shire is home to people who are more likely to put their hands up for volunteering than your average New South Wales Shire – 17.1% of the population compared to 15.5% statewide. Gunnedah Shire Mayor Colleen Fuller said volunteers enriched our lifestyle in Gunnedah Shire. “We have selfless and passionate people who volunteer…

 15 May 2025 The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has approved Gunnedah Shire Council’s application to increase rates above the rate peg. Gunnedah Shire Council was one of six New South Wales councils to request a Special Rate Variation. Gunnedah Shire Council Mayor Colleen Fuller said Council had identified that a Special Rate Variation was needed to address Council’s financial sustainability and maintain essential community infrastructure and service levels. “Like the majority of councils…

 15 May 2025 Gunnedah Shire Library staff are preparing their paws for this year’s National Simultaneous Storytime on Wednesday, 21 May at 11am. National Simultaneous Storytime is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association, and features a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, that is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. The book on the catwalk…

12 May 2025 Ten years ago, the Gunnedah Shire Library was approached with the idea of running sessions to exercise the brain through puzzles and games - and Brain Training was born! The program, originally proposed by Jenni Carlin who worked for GoCo at the time, has gone on to win awards including: the 2016 Voice of the Customer Award for Outstanding Performance to the Brain Training Team; short-listed for NSW Local Government Excellence Awards…