18 November 2024 The famous poet Dorothea Mackellar, who spent many hours at her family’s home in Gunnedah, wrote of the beauty of our part of Australia. Gunnedah Shire’s Poetry Precinct in South Street not only celebrates Mackellar with a statue, garden and plaques, but now also has a new way to take in our Shire’s serenity. The Poetry Precinct Open Space Activation Project has added to the appeal of the precinct with a new…

The Gunnedah Shire community is invited to attend the 2024 Lighting of the Christmas tree at 7.30pm on 29 November. Gunnedah Shire’s community Christmas tree stands in Brock’s Court in Chandos Street each year as a symbol of the festive season, and each year, the turning on of the lights on the tree signifies Christmas is nearly here. “We are very happy to be able to present this small but special event to our community…

13 November 2024 Following last week’s difficult but necessary decision to proceed with a Special Rate Variation (SRV) to address its financial sustainability and maintain essential community infrastructure and service levels, Gunnedah Shire Council is now welcoming written submissions from the local community. These can be provided to Council until Thursday, 19 December 2024. Council’s original SRV proposal was for a permanent cumulative 38.88% increase over two years with a 24% increase in year one…

13 November, 2024 Every year, Gunnedah Shire residents add another layer of special to Christmas with their spectacular Christmas light displays. Gunnedah Shire Council is challenging our community to make 2024 the brightest and most beautiful Christmas of all! The Christmas Lights Competition opens today, with six categories including the always hotly contested title of Santa Street for the street that glows the most. Last Christmas, the title went to Kurrajong Road. The categories are:*…

12 November 2024 New food safety requirements will apply to school canteens, childcare centres, supermarkets, coffee vendors selling food and boarding schools across Gunnedah and the rest of New South Wales from next month. National standard mandating staff training and risk management procedures have been enforceable for most food businesses since 8 December, 2023, however, some business types in NSW received a 12-month extension, and now have just weeks left to prepare. These rules apply…

12 November 2024 They have already proven popular with walkers, runners, families, pets and cyclists, and Gunnedah Shire’s newest pathways will officially open this Saturday. Community members are invited to bring their bikes and their helmets down to the Woolshed Reserve in Maitland Street at 9.30am on Saturday morning to help celebrate the opening of the Shared Pathways Activation Project and the Wandobah Fence Enhancement Project. Gunnedah Shire Council Director Infrastructure Services Jeremy Bartlett said…

Following an extensive community engagement process, Gunnedah Shire Council has made the difficult but necessary decision to proceed with a Special Rate Variation at an Extraordinary Meeting yesterday. It was noted that a Special Rate Variation (SRV) was needed to address Council’s financial sustainability and maintain essential community infrastructure and service levels. While there was strong support for no SRV indicated in the community feedback, there was equally strong support for levels of service to…

31 October, 2024 Gunnedah Shire Council is once again partnering with the Salvation Army for the annual Gunnedah Community Christmas Tree Toy Appeal. Now in its 11th year, the Christmas Toy Appeal aims to connect the community through compassion by calling on residents to donate toys for distribution to local families in need over Christmas. Mayor of Gunnedah Shire Cr Colleen Fuller said Council was proud to partner with the Salvation Army to help make…

31 October 2024 Round 2 of the Section 356 Arts and Cultural Small Grants and Round 2 of the Section 356 Community and Sports Small Grants Program have opened. Gunnedah Shire Council has a small amount of unallocated funds for the Section 356 Small Grants Program and is calling on arts and cultural groups and community and sports groups to put in their applications. The Section 356 program has been in place for 20 years…