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The Beagle
- Aug 25, 2019
No time to waste, ReVive entries Close Aug 26th
Sometimes art is rubbish. And it should be. The popular ReVive Art Prize returns to Eurobodalla in 2019. Eurobodalla Council’s arts coordinator Indi Carmichael said the exhibition was a real conversation starter about consumption and waste. “This is the sixth edition of the ReVive Art Prize,” Ms Carmichael said, “with the prize becoming a biennial event in 2017. “It’s one of the shire’s best-loved art exhibitions and will be held at one of our best-loved art spaces, the Basil
The Beagle
- Jul 23, 2019
Council Noticeboard of July 24th, 2019
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The Beagle
- Jul 16, 2019
Council Noticeboard of July 17th, 2019
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The Beagle
- Jul 5, 2019
Council's Living in Eurobodalla Newsletter for July to September 2019 OUT Now
The latest Living in Eurobodalla newsletter is OUT NOW - HERE Delivered to every household and mail box in the Eurobodalla this four page newsletter brings you Council news and what's on for the coming months.
Hopefully, with nearly 40% of our home owners as non-resident ratepayers publishing the latest newsletter link here will keep them further informed of what is happening in the council and around the shire.
If you missed out on a delivery or live outside of the Eurob
The Beagle
- Jul 3, 2019
Mayor interview with ABC Sth East: voices frustration over State Govt delays in the Rural Lands Stra
Mayor Liz Innes, in an interview with Simon Lauder of ABC South East, voiced her frustration over the delays in the State Government review of the Eurobodalla Rural Lands Strategy.
With the promise made by then Planning Minister Roberts that signing off of the Strategy would be one of the first tasks of the re-elected NSW Liberal Government the mayor advised the ABC that unfortunately there was a change in that minister and the new planning minister, Rob Stokes, "has had t
The Beagle
- Jul 3, 2019
Heritage grants available for Eurobodalla property owners
Owners of heritage properties in Eurobodalla can apply for grants from Eurobodalla Council this month to help them restore heritage items to their original glory.Grants of up to $5,000 are available for projects that enhance individual places, buildings and historic streetscapes and promote the appreciation of Eurobodalla’s history.
Council offers the Local Heritage Places Grant program every year to raise awareness of heritage conservation, with a funding contribution from
The Beagle
- Jul 2, 2019
Council Noticeboard of July 3rd, 2019
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The Beagle
- Jun 30, 2019
Are Councils in breach of the law for fluoridating water - have a read of this
The Beagle Editor,
Your readers, Council and Councillors might be interested in our latest media release.
when fools rush in … In an extraordinary development in the public debate over the Fluoridation of public drinking water supplies by Australian councils, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council (PMHC) has resolved to publicly release legal advice that it is in breach of Therapeutic Goods legislation by fluoridating the shire’s drinking water supplies. The BVSRRA understands
The Beagle
- Jun 29, 2019
Council responds to RMS plans for Narooma as a matter of Urgency
Councillor Phil Constable raised an issue of urgent business regarding NSW Road and Maritime services has proposed to ban the right turn off the Princes Highway at Centenary Drive, Narooma.
The RMS has sought feedback by 9 July 2019.
The Mayor declared the item urgent, as Council would not meet again until 30 July 2019 and the matter is of importance to the Narooma community. Centenary Drive accesses local beaches, the Narooma Boardwalk, Apex Park boat ramp, Mill Bay boat
The Beagle
- Jun 28, 2019
A Concept D reveal but will it get the tick of approval still falling short in many ways
On June 26th Perfex, the lobby group for a performance/exhibition centre in the Bay, held an information session at the Batemans Bay Community Centre, in conjunction with their AGM. Because there has been little communication as to where the project is up to since the results of the 3 Concept plans were announced, Council was invited to provide an update.
Dr Susan Mackenzie, PerfEx President said "We were very pleased that Lindsay Usher, Director, and Stephen Phipps, Projec
The Beagle
- Jun 28, 2019
Link Road connection to the Princes Highway getting closer
Council advise that the south Batemans Bay bypass is a step closer to reality, with their construction of Glenella Road between George Bass Drive and Heron Road now complete. In their latest e-news Council says "Connection of the new road with the Princes Highway now falls to Roads and Maritime Services, which is developing designs for the highway intersection after allocating $30 million to the project in January.
Council's $10 million part of the project was funded by the
The Beagle
- Jun 27, 2019
Eurobodalla Council signs up for energy savings program
Eurobodalla Council is one of 18 local governments to join a ground-breaking program to help communities save energy and cut power bills run by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH). The Sustainable Councils and Communities Program is a $1.7 million, four-year pilot program working with 18 councils to help them better understand their energy use. The program is funded by the NSW Government’s Climate Change Fund to help councils with limited budgets become ‘investme
The Beagle
- Jun 26, 2019
Councillors: too thick or just indifferent ?
The Council meeting this week saw Mr Jim Bright present to Council during the now Unseen and Unheard Public Forum.
Mr Bright presented on a serious topic that he hoped would advise the councilors that there was something very stinky in the way Council selects its reviewer for Codes of Conduct complaints
"Let me state categorically – at all times between June 2016 and now, the ESC was legally obliged to have had its own panel of reviewers in place – but it did not do so. A
The Beagle
- Jun 26, 2019
Councillors move to grant themselves a 2.5% increase
There was considerable discussion around the vote to be taken by Eurobodalla Councillors at yesterday's Council meeting as to whether they should vote themselves a pay rise. While the Local Government Remuneration Tribunal had set the mayoral and councillor fees for the 2019-20 financial year, with effect from 1 July 2019, and determined that a maximum increase of 2.5% could apply Councillors were asked by a speaker during Public Forum as to whether they should vote themselve
The Beagle
- Jun 26, 2019
Council approves 2019-20 operational plan
Eurobodalla Council has approved its to-do list for the next 12 months, with the adoption of its latest Delivery Program and Operational Plan on Tuesday. Council expects to manage an income of more than $119 million in 2019-20. More than half of this will come from ratepayers, with the remainder from user fees and charges, grants, contributions and investments. It will spend $75.4 million on capital works projects throughout the shire, more than $13 million on local roads, br
The Beagle
- Jun 25, 2019
Council Noticeboard of June 26th, 2019
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The Beagle
- Jun 24, 2019
Neighbourhood smoke: burnoffs, fitpits and wood heaters
As the weather cools, Eurobodalla Council is reminding residents that open burning in residential areas, particularly of rubbish and green vegetation, is not permitted. Council’s acting environmental services manager Nathan Ladmore says this includes burning dead and dry vegetation in incinerators and bonfires. “Burning rubbish, leaf litter and other vegetation at residential premises can cause smoke, resulting in poor localised air quality, environmental nuisance and harm to
The Beagle
- Jun 21, 2019
Eurobodalla Council Worksite Van STOLEN
Watch out for anyone sidling up in the pub saying "Psssttt - wanna buy a cheap van?" One of Council's site vans - like this one - was stolen this week while it was parked on private property on Broulee Road. The van has a gas fridge, stove and a toilet and frustratingly, two of the Council staff also lost all of their TAFE work in the van at the time. The Council signage was removed and left behind at the site but if anyone knows anything, please let Council (44741000) or the
The Beagle
- Jun 21, 2019
Tourism industry on a high with increased visitation
As Eurobodalla Council’s tourism team prepares to take the shire’s destination marketing in a new direction, latest tourism data shows visitation appears to have improved in the December 2018 Quarter (latest figures). Source: It is understood that the Eurobodalla Council has several strategies either adopted or in the pipeline setting out what they believe will be tangible actions to boost tourism and ultimately the local economy in the areas of destination marketing, events,
The Beagle
- Jun 20, 2019
How deep are our pockets : your rates are going up while the Mayor and Councillors will no doubt gra
Next Tuesday Eurobodalla Councillors will be voting on whether they should grant themselves a 2.5% increase. This decision will be made on the same day they put out the latest Fees and Charges for use of Council facilities from pools to playing fields and halls, water use, sewer use and tip fees that have all taken a hike skyward.
The vote for a fee increase is to be delivered in the same report that says the annual Ordinary Rates for 2019-20 are 2.7%.
The Environment Lev
The Beagle
- Jun 19, 2019
New infrastructure will drive EV demand
With the launch last week of a new electric vehicle charger in Batemans Bay, there has never been a better time to go electric. Last week the NRMA officially launched a new electric vehicle (EV) fast charger near the Batemans Bay Visitors Information Centre, adding to chargers at the Bower at Broulee, Micro Energy Systems Australia in Bodalla, Big4 Narooma Easts Holiday Park and Tesla-specific chargers at the Batemans Bay Soldiers Club, The Lodge Broulee Motel, Bodalla Dairy
The Beagle
- Jun 19, 2019
Event strategy sets priority areas for growth
A new funding program will encourage organisers of sport and community events to help showcase Eurobodalla as a year-round cultural and leisure destination. The grant program is just one of many to-do items listed in the draft Eurobodalla Event Strategy 2019-2023, endorsed for public display by Councillors at the Tuesday 11 June Council Meeting. Shire Mayor Liz Innes said the five-year blueprint will drive a year-round calendar of events, in a move designed to boost the shire
The Beagle
- Jun 19, 2019
Businesses needed for new youth employment initiative
Eurobodalla Council’s successful youth employment training scheme will be expanded to businesses shire-wide under a new initiative aiming to tackle youth unemployment. Branded as ‘Y-Train’, the program will help Eurobodalla businesses employ young people as trainees or apprentices and support them through the process. Council’s employment and training project coordinator Rhonnie South said there were already great financial incentives for local businesses to employ young appr
The Beagle
- Jun 18, 2019
Council Noticeboard of June 19th, 2019
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