Tha annual Report is one of the key components of the Integrated Planning & Reporting Framework.  The report helps Councilt o keep our community informed about outcomes and achievements in the previous financial year.

At its meeting on 28 November 2018 Council adopted the 2017/18 Annual Report and 2017/18 Community Summary Report.  

If you are a farmer, fisherman, grower, manufacturer, distributor, chef, retailer, restauranteur, a student of hospitality, tourism or agriculture or a business supporting the agri-food industry - then you can collaborate, share ideas, gain knowledge and be inspired at the FoodCon2018 event.

When: 8.00am - 3.00pm on Monday 26 November
Where: Coffs Harbour Showground

Free entry for the industry.
Bookings essential - trade only event

Tickets & Expo Bookings: foodcon.com.au

Council adopted the Bellingen Shire Coastal Area Koala Management Strategy in 2017. This strategy includes a number of management actions designed to ensure a permanent free living population of koalas in Bellingen Shire and to reverse the current trend of koala population decline.

To assist with the implementation of the strategy Council is establishing a Koala Advisory Group which will include representatives from both Local and State Government and members of the community.

Expressions of interest from community members wishing to be a part of the Koala Working Group are...

Over six hundred and seventy (670) streetlights across the Bellingen Shire are set to be replaced with LEDs, saving Council an estimated $76,000 per year. This will reduce the energy used by the Shire’s street lights by more than a quarter.

The new lights will save enough electricity to power about 16 homes for a year and the reduction in carbon emissions will be the same as planting about 1600 trees.

Bellingen Shire Mayor, Cr. Dominic King said “Changing our street lights to LED is a fantastic outcome for our Shire. It gives us significant cost and energy savings and reduces...