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You are invited to help plan for the future of the Shire of Dandaragan. This workshop will brainstorm some of the areas and ideas that the public have shared with us to develop our strategic community plan, which will determine the vision for our Shire for the next 10 years.

The Shire advises that general waste for Jurien Bay will be collected on Monday, 24 December 2018 instead of Tuesday, 25 December 2018. Cervantes, Dandaragan, Badgingarra and Jurien Bay recycling will be collected Monday, 24 December 2018 instead of Tuesday, 25 December 2018. All other collections will be as normal except for the Jurien Bay Townsite Weekly Recycling over summer period as per the table below:

The Shire of Dandaragan is pleased to provide its Annual Report and Annual Financial Statements for the 2017-2018 financial year adopted by Council at its December Ordinary Council Meeting last week. To see a full copy of the Report please click on the link below:

The membership of the Cervantes Country Club Inc on Sunday 16th December 2018 voted to “…make application to the Supreme Court to be wound up and cease trading no later than 31st January 2019 unless sufficient funding has been committed or raised to allow the Club to trade solvently

The Shire of Dandaragan invites comment on a Draft Local Planning Policy to provide direction for the development of the Jurien Bay Foreshore to attract tourism and commercial activity to Jurien Bay, whilst balancing the potential conflicts between commercial and public use of the Foreshore.

Planning approval has been granted for the addition of 16 eco-cabins in Jurien Bay Heights.

At the December Ordinary Council Meeting, Shire of Dandaragan Council approved entering into a license agreement with operators of a kiteboarding business at Island Point, Jurien Bay.

Council have granted planning approval to construct additional car parking bays and realignment of the pedestrian pathway along Catalonia Street adjacent to the Indian Ocean Rock Lobster premises.

We are happy to announce the winners in the Shire of Dandaragan's Envision 2029 Community, People & Faces Photo Competition. Congratulations Casey Thackray and other winners

My ‘Little Idea’ My ‘Big Idea’ Drawing and Multimedia Competition was a way to get the younger people across the Shire to have a say in our consultation process, Envision 2029, for the major review of our strategic community plan. We received some great ideas from kids across the Shire and it was very hard to choose only 3 winners but here they are

The Shire of Dandaragan has been working with young people since late 2016 to develop the first Youth Plan for the Shire and is now open for public comment.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to s3.12 of the Local Government Act 1995 that the Shire of Dandaragan proposes to make various local laws, the title, purpose and effect of which are outlined below:

During the summer Christmas and New Year holidays of 2018 / 19 the Shire of Dandaragan will be again trialling a weekly recycling waste collection. This service will run from week beginning Monday 3 December 2018 through to and inclusive of Tuesday 28 January 2019. Normal services will resume the week beginning Monday 4 February 2019.

2018 Citizen & Young Citizen of Year Nominees

The Community Scorecard Report, which was stage 1 of the Envision 2029 process, is now available for viewing.

The Shire of Dandaragan will bring forward the prohibited burning season, due to dry seasonal conditions and high risk of fire. As of Monday 15 October, the prohibited burning period comes into effect which means there will be strictly no burning up until 28th February 2018.

Following the discovery of sinkholes in the limestone ledges north of Sandy Cape campsites, permanent warning signs are now being installed. We encourage people to take notice of signage indicating areas of high risk and use caution along the ledges.

Schedule of Council Meeting Dates and Venues for the 2018 / 2019 Financial Year

The Shire of Dandaragan is pleased to advise that following the savings made on the initial sewer project which came under budget in 2015/16 this expansion project is able to take place.

The Telstra Store in Ocean Keys is coming to Cervantes to provide information to our customers in relation to the NBN, whilst at the same time, provide a fund raising opportunity for the local primary School. We are also sponsoring a visit to the school by Caitlyn Basset, who will run a session for the upper primary students on cyber safety. Our dates of our visit will be the 13th and 14th October, opposite the shops as well as September 19th at the school.

The Shire of Dandaragan invites tenders for the construction of Jurien Bay Infill Sewer Stage 2.