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The Shire Administration Centre will be reopening to the public from 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday from 18 May.

The Shire of Dandaragan is holding a competition to help design our libraries and youth's first logos. Winners will receive a $200 voucher from a participating local business of your choice.

After the relaxing of more restrictions on public gatherings and camping over the weekend, we are pleased to announce that more camping options will be available for campers in the Shire.

After consultation with the Cervantes community, Council determined that it does not support a request to develop a niche and memorial wall at Cervantes Memorial Park but have commenced discussions with Department of Lands for an alternative location.

If you are a farmer, farm worker, farm supplier or farm contractor in the Shire of Dandaragan who is doing it tough due to the drought you may be eligible for a one off payment from Salvation Army's Drought Community Support Initiative, of up to $3,000.

Council have endorsed the development of a community group building maintenance /improvement grant program, as part of a broader COVID-19 fiscal response package.

The Federal government has announced the location of 182 new mobile phone towers across regional Australia, including three in the Shire of Dandaragan.

The Shire of Dandaragan Environmental Grant 2020 / 2021 grant round is now open until midnight Sunday 31 May 2020.

Applications are now open for the 2020 Shire of Dandaragan Leeuwin Scholarship.

The Shire of Dandaragan Community Grant is now open.

The Tronox Management and Shire of Dandaragan Sporting and Recreation Facilities Grant is now open.

The Shire of Dandaragan has taken decisive action at a Special Council Meeting, announcing a range of fiscal measures to assist ratepayers, residents, local businesses and community groups, to ensure continued support of our community through the COVID-19 crisis.

Community consultation relating to the Avon Central Coast Cycling Strategy project has been postponed until further notice, due to the uncertainty around COVID-19.

If you have a booking for travel in the Shire of Dandaragan that will be affected by recent travel restrictions, don't cancel, contact the tourism business and ask to postpone to a later date. We need your business.

Effective Tuesday 28 April 2020, Main Roads WA will modify the posted speed limits on Indian Ocean Drive (Bashford Street) through Jurien Bay.

For information related to business, social support, facilities and more during the Coronavirus pandemic, go to our dedicated COVID-19 page.

Please be advised that in the event of favourable weather conditions a prescribed burn in proximity to the Jurien Bay townsite will be undertaken in either the autumn, winter or spring of 2020.

After an extensive community consultation period, Shire of Dandaragan Council have adopted the Jurien Bay and Cervantes foreshore masterplans at yesterday’s Council Meeting. We have received funding from Lotterywest to commence development of the Jurien Bay foreshore and Dobbyn Park infrastructure renewal. The $1.127 million grant from Lotterywest towards the youth precinct will complement Council funds and deliver the skate park, jetty deck replacement, new playground, barbeques, picnic shelters and new ablutions. This development will support local jobs, local business and be an investment for the future economic recovery for Jurien Bay and the Shire.

For the safety and well-being of our community, the Shire is imploring tourists and visitors planning to visit the Shire of Dandaragan to stay at home.

The Shire of Dandaragan has made the decision to close the entire Sandy Cape Recreation Reserve (Jurien Bay) and Pioneer Park Transit Park (Dandaragan) to camping until further notice.

The Shire of Dandaragan and Jurien Bay Community Resource Centre are providing assistance to members of the community facing challenges and increasing social isolation due to COVID-19. The COVID Neighbourhood Heart Initiative aims to support those in our community at high risk of being impacted by the threats of COVID-19, including seniors, people with a disability or underlying health issue, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, and Indigenous people.

Congratulations to Tamarin Noble from Jurien Bay who was awarded the 2019 Shire of Dandaragan Young Citizen of the Year.

Congratulations to Gloria White from Cervantes who was awarded the 2019 Shire of Dandaragan Citizen of the Year last night in Jurien Bay.

As part of the continuing development of the Shire's Economic Development Strategy, a survey is available to gauge the level of importance on each of the initiative / projects that have been put forward.

The Shire of Dandaragan is pleased to acknowledge local Jurien Bay resident, Mr James (Jim) Clarke, on being awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in recognition of his contributions as an outstanding and inspirational Australian.

Are you a business looking to expand your services or add value to your customers?

As part of the continuing development of the Shire's Economic Development Strategy, PRACSYS have put together a survey to gauge the level of importance on each of the initiative / projects that have been put forward.

The Shire is pleased to announce the release of its new Corporate Business Plan (CBP) which specifies the activities and initiatives

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to s3.12 of the Local Government Act 1995 that the Shire of Dandaragan has made the following local laws, which will come into effect on 19 November 2019, the title, purpose and effect of which are provided by clicking on the link below.