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05 December 2024
Indoor Pool Closure
5 December 2024 At its November Ordinary Meeting the Gunnedah Shire Council resolved to award Rice Constructions the contract for the Gunnedah Indoor Pool Ceiling Replacement and Associated Works Project. These works will mean that the indoor heated swimming pool will be CLOSED from January 13, 2025, and re-open in early March 2025. These works will include full replacement of the indoor pool ceiling, replacement of the front roof and gutters and the installation of…
04 December 2024
Council’s Christmas Closure Calendar
4 December, 2024 Gunnedah Shire Council’s administration building will be closed for the Christmas-New Year period from Friday, 20 December at 12pm and will reopen on Monday, 6 January at 9am. GoCo and the Gunnedah Shire Library will also be closed during this time (the Library will open at the regular time of 9.30am on 6 January). Your general waste, recycling and green waste pick-up days will remain the same over Christmas and New Year.…
04 December 2024
Local resident fined for illegal dumping
4 December, 2024 The Gunnedah Shire Council Community Safety Team has issued a local resident with a $1000 fine for illegal dumping. Residents notified Council that they had witnessed two men in a small four-wheel drive vehicle dumping a lounge suite on a Gunnedah footpath outside a vacant lot at about 8am yesterday. The vehicle they were driving was described as an early model Nissan X-trail, brown or tan in colour and towing a box…
03 December 2024
Final days to nominate a Gunnedah Shire legend
3 December, 2024 There is less than a week left to nominate someone for the Gunnedah Shire Council Australia Day Awards 2025 and we need your help to make these an awards to remember! Even being nominated for one of these awards is an honour, and those who are officially recognised go on to become a permanent part of Gunnedah Shire’s history.There are 13 categories in the 2025 Gunnedah Shire Council Australia Day Awards: Citizen…
02 December 2024
The Pamela Helen Rickard Scholarship
December 2024 The Gunnedah Community Scholarship Fund has helped hundreds of students achieve their tertiary education dreams for more than 20 years. This would not have been possible without the support of our community and business sponsors, including Whitehaven Coal Ltd, Santos Ltd, Boggabri Coal, PRAMS (Paediatric and Maternity Support), Forsyths Accounting and Financial Services, Rotary Club of Gunnedah, Rotary Club of Gunnedah West, Club Gunnedah, Arts Gunnedah, and many more local businesses and groups.…
25 November 2024
Workshops offer practical guide to flood recovery
25 November 2024 Gunnedah Shire will host three free Recovery Workshops in December to arm people with all the knowledge they need to plan ahead for recovery from floods. In a collaboration between Red Cross, the NSW SES and the Gunnedah Shire Council Community Recovery Officer program (funded through the NSW Government), the workshops will include a presentation by Red Cross focussing on Emergency REDiPlan. REDiPlan is a national Red Cross community education program to…
25 November 2024
Vigil shines light on 16 Days of Activism
25 November, 2024 Gunnedah Shire will once again show its support for the call to end gender and sexual violence against women and girls with a candlelight vigil on Tuesday, 10 December. The vigil, organised by Gunnedah Shire Council in partnership with the Gunnedah CommUNITY Action Team, is part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence that runs from the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25, to…
22 November 2024
Reports highlight time of progress for Gunnedah Shire
22 November 2024 Gunnedah Shire Council has endorsed two important documents showing the breadth of work carried out in Gunnedah Shire over the past few years. Councillors yesterday endorsed the Annual Report 2023/24, as well as the State of our Shire Report 2021/2024 that documents the progress of implementation and the effectiveness of the Community Strategic Plan during the previous term of Council. The Gunnedah Shire Council Annual Report 2023/24 includes details of a capital…
22 November 2024
Livvi's Library encourages reading and quiet play
21 November 2024 An exciting new addition has been made to Livvi’s Place Inclusive Playground in Gunnedah, with the installation of Livvi’s Library. This vibrant new outdoor children’s library will provide parents and caregivers with the option of reading to their young ones as they relax and enjoy the space. “The project was identified as a playground enhancement in 2019, when Livvi’s Place Inclusive Playground was being developed and progressed over time with the help…
21 November 2024
November Ordinary Council Meeting Briefs
21 November 2024 Cohen’s Bridge to remain the same width The NSW Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Jenny Aitchison has confirmed Cohen’s Bridge will not be widened as part of current works. Gunnedah Shire Council General Manager Eric Groth had written to Member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson seeking his representation to the state government to include widening of the bridge’s deck and carriageways as part of the work. Mr Groth wrote on behalf of…