A roundup of Australian local government or council news, events and projects.
Tickets for the women’s softball World Cup finals next April at Redcliffe, Brisbane, are now on sale. Eight top softball nations will gather at Dolphins stadium, Moreton Bay. from April 5-10 including Olympic champions Japan and 12-time victors USA. The
Kiama recycling moves to fortnightly, and bulky waste is next Kiama Council moved yellow-lid recycling bin collection from weekly to fortnightly at the start of July 2026. In a Mayor’s update published on 2 October 2026, the council said the
All things Pasifika will be celebrated this Kings Birthday holiday weekend at the Pine Rivers Showgrounds in Moreton Bay. The Pasifika Vibes festival will run this Sunday and Monday (October 4-5) and has been attracting more than 20,000 people. Moreton
More urban growth and nature ‘corridors’ are among the features of a draft planning report for Narangba East, north of Brisbane. The report for the Narangba East Rural Residential Investigation Area (RRIA) is now open for public comment and closes
A kindness campaign from Moreton Bay City Council is directed at curbing abusive treatment of its staff. Council says its new ‘Spread Kindness’ campaign is a response to increasing case numbers and severity of occupational violence and abusive behaviour involving
Bathurst’s Supercars mountain race in October will get a concert to delay fans’ departures and ease traffic congestion on the partly-closed Great Western Highway. One of Australia’s biggest regional sporting events, the Mount Panorama races attracted more than 198,000 fans
Lockboxes are in Sydney City Council’s sights which will be removing them from all public property from April next year. Council says these boxes are not permitted on property like poles, signs, fences, trees, tree guards and bike racks. Lord
Blue Mountains roads damaged by landslips will be restored under a $95 million state-federal disaster recovery funding deal. The money is going to the Blue Mountains City Council for remediation work at Mount Wilson, Mount Irvine, Hartley Vale, Megalong Valley,
Five stray dogs a day are being collected across Townsville City and the problem is growing, says council. The city council says that in 12 months, they have housed almost 1800 stray dogs amid reports of them roaming streets, parks
A beach pavilion costing $19 million continues to take shape at Redcliffe in northern Brisbane as the concrete foundation is poured. Construction workers began pouring 160 cubic metres of concrete into slabs for the ground floor of the main building
