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Gunnedah Shire Council is seeking Expressions of Interest for Christmas on Conadilly, a collaborative community project seeking to showcase local talent and handmade works and foster a positive community spirit, enhance visitation and tourism, and boost local business.
EOI are due by 5pm on Monday, 23 June 2025.
Click here to get involved: https://gsc2380.wufoo.com/forms/rel5cff0xdg0ee/
Gunnedah Shire Council is looking for interested community representatives aged 18 and over to contribute to the following Working Groups. These groups allow Councillors, staff and community to collaborate and focus on specific priorities and objectives.
Members are sought for:
- The Access Working Group Meets quarterly to support the ongoing implementation of Council’s Disability Inclusion Action Plan.
- The Crime Prevention Working Group Meets bi-monthly to improve the safety amenity of the Shire and demonstrate a whole of community, collaborative approach to the reduction and prevention of crime.
- The Gunnedah Community Scholarship Fund Working Group which considers matters relating to maintaining a scholarship fund for the benefit of local students, encourages and assists local students to continue their education at a tertiary level and assesses and determines applications to the fund.
- The Sister Cities and Friendly Relationships Working Group which brings together local schools, volunteer and cultural groups, businesses and interested parties to foster existing and targeted Sister Cities and Friendly Relationships both nationally and internationally.
- The Australia Day Working Group which coordinates promotes and supports events and activities to celebrate Australia Day.
Group members are appointed for two-year terms, and the Working Groups generally meet bi-monthly. Successful nominations will first need to be endorsed by Council at an ordinary meeting.
Nominations for each working group close at 5pm on Monday 6 January 2025.
Application forms are available at the Council Administration Centre in Elgin Street prior to Friday 20 December 2024, or online here.
Further information is available by contacting Council on (02) 6740 2100 prior to 12pm Friday 20 December 2024.
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Gunnedah Shire Council Social Media Acceptable User Guidelines
Gunnedah Shire Council is committed to upholding the principles of openness, relevance, accuracy and respect in accordance with the Council theme of Engaging and Supporting our Community.
Hours of monitoring
Gunnedah Shire Council will monitor this page between the hours of 8.30am and 5pm Monday to Friday. If your matter is urgent, please contact Council 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on (02) 6740 2100.
This social media platform is not the approved method to make complaints about Council or Council officials. To register a complaint or seek Council action on a matter, please ring our Customer Service Team on (02) 6740 2100, or email council@gunnedah.nsw.gov.au
Removal or “hiding” of content, and banning
Social media users must not post or share comments, photos, videos, electronic recordings or other information that:
- is defamatory, offensive, humiliating, threatening or intimidating to Council officials or members of the public,
- contains profane language or is sexual in nature,
- constitutes harassment and/or bullying within the meaning of the Model Code of Conduct for Local Councils in NSW or is unlawfully discriminatory,
- contains content about Council, Council officials or members of the public that is misleading or deceptive,
- breaches the privacy of Council officials or members of the public,
- contains allegations of suspected breaches of Council’s Code of Conduct or information about the consideration of a matter under the Procedures for the Administration of the Model Code of Conduct for Local Councils in NSW,
- violates an order made by a court,
- breaches copyright,
- advertises, endorses or solicits commercial products or businesses,
- constitutes spam, or
- would be in breach of the rules of the social media platform.
If you upload content of this nature, it will be removed or “hidden” by the moderator and, where practicable, you will be advised of the reason for the removal and your rights of review.
If you upload content that is removed or “hidden” on three occasions, you may be blocked or banned from all Council social media platforms.
You will, where practicable, be advised of the intention to block or ban you and be given a chance to respond. The duration of the block or ban will be determined by the General Manager and you will be advised, where practicable, of the duration of the block or ban and informed of your rights of review.
Where a moderator is reasonably satisfied that the person’s further engagement on the social media platform poses a risk to health and safety or another substantive risk (such as the uploading of defamatory content), an immediate interim block or ban from all platforms may be imposed for up to 10 working days or as determined by the General Manager.
Where a person that is the subject of a block or ban continues to engage on a Council social media platform using an alternative social media account, profile, avatar etc, a moderator may block or ban the person from the platform(s) immediately. No further action is required in respect of notifying the user of the block or ban.
Where engagement is reasonably judged to be spam, a moderator may block or ban that user immediately and no further action is required in respect of notifying the user of the block or ban.
Your rights of review
When content is removed or hidden, or you have been blocked or banned, you may request a review of the decision by writing to the General Manager and stating the grounds on which the request is being made.
This request can be addressed to:
The General Manager, Gunnedah Shire Council, PO Box 63, Gunnedah NSW 2380
Or emailed (Attention: The General Manager) to:
Gunnedah Shire Council (Council) takes the privacy of our customers seriously and is committed to protecting your personal and health information.
Council is required to comply with the Information Protection Principles (IPPs) in the Privacy and Personal Information Act 1998 (PPIPA) and the Health Privacy Principles (HPPs) in the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 (HRIPA). These laws promote the protection of personal and health information in New South Wales (NSW).
Our Privacy Management Plan sets out how we comply with the principles of the PPIPA and the HRIPA.
Collection of Personal Information
Gunnedah Shire Counci will only collect personal information directly from you, or your authorised agent. The information you provide to us will be used and disclosed for Council purposes, or a directly related purpose, unless you consent to another use or disclosure, in emergencies or as otherwise required or authorised by law. Council websites do not use cookies to collect personal information.
If you do not wish to provide personal information to us, we may be unable to provide you with the services required. In accordance with the Privacy Act you can make application for us to consider suppressing your personal information from a public register held by us.
Under the PPIP Act, you have the right to access your personal information held by Council, without excessive delay or expense. You also have the right to have your personal information corrected in certain circumstances (e.g. if it is inaccurate). Should you wish to access or correct your personal information, please make a written request and email council@gunnedah.nsw.gov.au.
Statistical Information and Cookies
Council websites use ‘cookies’ to help personalise a user’s online experience. Cookies are small pieces of text data that a web server can store on, and later retrieve from, a user's computer. When you visit the Gunnedah Shire Councils website to read or download information, additional information about your use may be collected for statistical purposes. This information is used to maintain, secure and improve our website, and to enhance your experience when using it. The data collected may include: The Gunnedah Shire Council uses Google Analytics to provide insights into the behaviour and specifications of users using our website. Google Analytics collects:
- Your server's address.
- The name of the top level domain name e.g. gov, .com, .edu, .org, .au, .nz
- The type of browser you use.
- The date and time you accessed this site.
- The pages you accessed and the documents you downloaded.
- The previous Internet address from which you linked directly to this site.
- The Internet address to which you link directly from this site.
Google Analytics helps us to identify what parts of the site users find the most useful, what they are accessing the most and helps to improve the effectiveness of the website. Select information, such as total site views for the financial year, is included in our Annual Report to provide insights into public engagement with the website. This information is stored securely via Google. You can find their Terms of Service here.
Please note that we do not match any data collected with any personal information, which means website users browse our website anonymously. We do not attempt to identify individual users or their browsing activities except, in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the logs.
Links to other Websites
Council sites contain links to other websites. Gunnedah Shire Council is not responsible for the management or protection of any personal information you provide to these sites.
In addition, Council do not necessarily endorse or support the views, opinions, standards or information expressed at linked sites. They have been set up as information sources only.
Disclaimer
Gunnedah Shire Council is committed to quality service and makes every attempt to ensure accuracy, currency and reliability of the data contained in these documents. However changes in circumstances after time of publication may impact the quality of this information. It is the responsibility of the user to make a decision about the correctness of information found.
Council may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting an updated version on our website.
Contacts
If you believe that we have not followed the principles of this privacy statement or would like to comment, please contact Gunnedah Shire Council on 02 6740 2100 or email council@gunnedah.nsw.gov.au.
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Expressions of Interest for Working Groups
Gunnedah Shire Council is looking for interested community representatives to contribute to the following Working Group. These group allow Councillors, staff and community to collaborate and focus on specific priorities and objectives.
To express your interest in a working group, please complete the relevant nomination form and return to council@gunnedah.nsw.gov.au. Application forms are available at the Council Administration Centre in Elgin Street prior to 5pm, Monday, 28 April 2025.
Further information is available by contacting Council on (02) 6740 2100 prior to 5pm, Monday, 28 April 2025.
Gunnedah Youth Working Group
The Youth Working Group is an advisory body of Council responsive to community needs. The effectiveness of the Working Group depends on community support.
Community members, organisations, agencies and youth (ages 12+) are encouraged to nominate.
Nominations: close prior to 5pm, Monday 28 April 2025.
> Gunnedah Youth Working Group Nomination Form PDF
> Youth Working Group Terms of Reference PDF
Working Groups
Sister Cities and Friendly Relationships Working Group
The Sister Cities and Friendly Relationships Working Group brings together local schools, volunteer and cultural groups, businesses and interested parties to foster existing and targeted Sister Cities and Friendly Relationships both nationally and internationally.
Nominations: closed for 2025.
Australia Day Working Group
The Australia Day Working Group coordinates, promotes and supports events and activities to celebrate Australia Day.
Nominations: closed for 2025.
Access Working Group
Meets quarterly to support the ongoing implementation of Council’s Disability Inclusion Action Plan.
Nominations: closed for 2025.
Crime Prevention Working Group
Meets bi-monthly to improve the safety amenity of the Shire and demonstrate a whole of community, collaborative approach to the reduction and prevention of crime.
Nominations: closed for 2025.
Gunnedah Community Scholarship Fund Working Group
The Gunnedah Community Scholarship Fund Working Group considers matters relating to maintaining a scholarship fund for the benefit of local students, encourages and assists local students to continue their education at a tertiary level and assesses and determines applications to the fund.
Nominations: closed for 2025.
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