Welcome to the 2017 Australia Day in Gunnedah Events Program! We’ve got plenty of great events going on this year, including the famous Raft and Craft Race, heaps of sporting events and new addition, Aussie Day Bake Off! We're on the hunt for Gunnedah's best Novelty cake and Australia Day themed cake. All entries will be auctioned with proceeds raised going to the Gunnedah Scholarship Fund and the G.S Kidd School Bus Fund.Join us on…

Gunnedah is helping Flickerfest celebrate 26 years as Australia’s biggest short film competition, screening the best of shorts from Australia and around the world, hand-picked from over 2,400 entries. Flickerfest remains a platform for celebrating innovative short filmmaking from Australia and around the world. Flickerfest returns to the Civic Theatre with 6 of the Best of Australian Shorts and 5 Short Laughs Comedy films that will fill your night with a hilarious off-kilter selection of…

Gunnedah Shire Council is seeking quotations from suitably qualified, licenced and insured companies for the Fire Equipment/System Maintenance Pressure Test/Tag and Inspection Service of Council’s key assets. The scope of works document can be found in the Tenders, Quotations and Expressions of Interest section of our website, or obtained from Council’s Elgin Street Office. Quotations should be addressed to the General Manager, Gunnedah Shire Council, PO Box 63, Gunnedah NSW 2380, and will be received…

Earlier today Member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson and Gunnedah Shire Council’s Mayor, Jamie Chaffey announced that Council had been successful in their application to receive $ 1.98 million dollars in funding under the NSW Govt. Resources for Regions Grant Program. The money will be spent on a planned upgrade to the Gunnedah Sewage Treatment Plant. The grant program is designed to help communities build infrastructure to support mining related growth in Regional NSW. Gunnedah had…

Gunnedah Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery has the pleasure exhibiting one of regional NSW’s rising contemporary Artist’s, Gavin Coote. Gavin has freshly developed a playful exhibition titled, (Non) Humans of the North West especially for his exhibition in Gunnedah.Gavin’s quirky depictions of people and places from throughout the North West as iconic Australian animals brings a playful and entertaining insight into our regions own style of ‘Australiana’. Gavin’s collection of expressive child-like and spontaneous paintings and…

Gunnedah Shire Council’s Bicentennial Creative Arts Centre is set to receive an upgrade thanks to an Arts NSW Grant aimed at improving regional cultural facilities.Fifteen regional organisations across the state will receive funding for infrastructure projects or equipment to develop arts and cultural facilities for their local community. “A little bit of money goes a very long way in local communities and I know the projects we are supporting will see a significant boost to…

At last night’s council meeting, it was resolved that Council will help the Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) seek grant funding from alternate sources to provide for the costs of the Barber Street Offtake portion of the Second Road Over Rail Project. This portion of the project is valued at approximately $6.5 million dollars and support will be provided by the RMS in putting forward the case for funding. Council resolved to enter into a…

At last night’s Council meeting, Council unanimously determined to approve a development application which will allow the Li’l Achievers Childcare facility to be significantly expanded. The proposed development will increase the capacity of the Childcare Centre from 24 children to a maximum of 80 children. Council considered a number of public submissions in relation to the proposed development and worked with the developer to ensure that any concerns were addressed as part of the approval.…

Gunnedah Shire Council and the local Chamber of Commerce will collaborate on preparing for a trade mission to China in the New Year. Council has previously developed an investment prospectus, translated into Mandarin, Japanese and Korean intending to promote the many investment opportunities in the Shire internationally. These efforts have started to bear fruit, with interest having been expressed from the Mayors of two regions in China and an invitation having been extended from the…

At last night’s council meeting, it was resolved that Chandos Street will be reverted to a two way street after much careful deliberation. The decision was made after Councillors received briefings and background information on the history of the project and took into consideration the budget impacts of the works. Returning Chandos Street to two way traffic is expected to cost approximately $72,000 and Council staff will now move quickly to implement the decision in…