News and Media Releases

SES Moderate Flood Bulletin #52

Darling River at downstream of Bourke Issued: Monday 19 September 2022 at 4.00pm

New citizens welcomed at Wentworth Shire

Four Wentworth Shire residents were conferred as our newest Australian citizens at Council’s chambers on 17 August. Ratana Ponham (Thailand), Ranie Medaglia (Philippines), Maeva Lopez (Spain) and Vinicius Leao (Brazil) were granted their Citizenships at the ceremony held before the August Ordinary Council Meeting. To mark the special occasion the four were gifted a Native […]

National Tree Day

One hundred new trees were planted on the Silver City Highway near the Wentworth Aerodrome as part of this year’s National Tree Day celebrations on Thursday. While National Tree Day is traditionally the last Sunday in July, and Schools Tree Day the last Friday in July, Pomona and Wentworth public schools got an early start […]

Council Connects July 2022

Willow Bend Caravan Park update

Underground asset services are ready to be undertaken at the Willow Bend Caravan Park site in readiness for the much-anticipated project to move forward. Following internal Council resources completing the earthwork for the park’s foundation a local contractor in Wall Constructions has been engaged to help progress the major infrastructure upgrade. In conjunction with contractors, […]

Wentworth Long Day Care Centre update

Construction works are continuing at the site of the Wentworth Long Day Care Centre and Preschool in Murray Street, Wentworth. The project is a major revamp of the existing Preschool which will further expand its services to meet the community’s needs, accommodating a new entrance and foyer, office, two daycare rooms, staff room and amenities. […]

SecureEnergy Milestone – First camp and laydown underway

SecureEnergy has hit the ground running commencing one of the first milestones of the EnergyConnect Project with the construction of the first camp and laydown area in Buronga, NSW. The camp and laydown area is nearly 30 hectares in size and when complete in early November will house up to 400 employees. The site is […]

Buronga HealthOne update

Community Grants – Donations, Contributions and Grants

There are two types of financial assistance that Council provides to groups and organisations: 1. Fee Waivers (Up to $2000) – We are accepting requests under this program all year round. 2. Financial Assistance Program Grants – Any other Grant requests under the Financial Assistance Program will be referred to Council for a resolution. It […]

EnergyConnect project to deliver economic benefit to Wentworth Shire

Wentworth Shire Council is excited for the continued economic boost to be brought about by Transgrid’s $1.8 billion EnergyConnect project, launched at Buronga on Tuesday. More than 9000 kilometres of conductor cabling, enough to span from Sydney to Perth three times, will be used to deliver Australia’s largest electricity grid project which will enable the […]

Historic painting donated to Wentworth Shire

A PART of Wentworth’s history has been returned to the town with the Dichiera family donating an oil painting of the Crown Hotel in the 1890s to the Wentworth Shire Council for display. Vince Dichiera, former owner of the Crown Hotel, handed the painting completed in the 1980s by his brother-in-law Terrence David Doyle to […]

National Rural Health Commissioner tours Wentworth Shire

The National Rural Health Commissioner Ruth Stewart and her Deputy – Allied Health and Indigenous Health Faye McMillan toured the Wentworth Shire earlier this week, touring key health services. Prof. Stewart’s visit included a tour of the Wentworth Health Service, Coomealla Health Aboriginal Corporation and the Buronga HealthOne development and included an update on the […]

Wentworth Shire Council Civic Centre Courtyard construction to begin

THE first stage of the Wentworth Shire Civic Centre Redevelopment will commence next week with the construction of the Courtyard.

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