News and Media Releases

Bus Safety Week – Monday 17 – Sunday 23 February 2025

Monday 17 – Sunday 23 February 2025 is Bus Safety Week! Buses are large, heavy vehicles. They can’t stop quickly and have large blind spots than other vehicles. Whether you’re out walking, riding or driving, Be Bus Aware.

Saturday 15 February 2025

Bus Safety

Remind your child to always wait until the bus has gone before choosing a safe place to cross the road. Always drop them off or meet them on the same side of the road as the bus stop. Help keep our kids safe: https://education.nsw.gov.au/schooling/parents-and-carers/safe-travel/safe-bus-travel-to-and-from-school

Safer Internet Day – 5 tips for a safer internet

Wentworth Shire Council is proudly supporting Safer Internet Day 2025. Help make the internet a safer place and find tools and resources at eSafety.gov.au

Make sure your child is safe

Make sure your little passengers are properly secured in an approved child car seat for their age and size before heading out on the road. https://www.childcarseats.com.au/

Safety Tips

Lights flash on the back of buses to warn motorists they’re picking up or dropping off kids. Bus flashing lights: https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/road-users/drivers/be-bus-aware#Bus_flashing_lights

School Zones in operation

🚨🚌 REMINDER 🚌🚨 School zones are in operation today, Friday 7 February between 8:00am-9:30am and 2:30pm- 4:00pm around schools. Please check signs for school zone hours. School Zones in operation: https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/community/schools/school-zones

Revised Changes to Waste Facilities: Trial of Amended Operating Hours

Revised Changes to Waste Facilities: Trial of Amended Operating HoursDue to increased potential for fires and fatigue in extreme high temperatures, waste facilities will open and close one (1) hour earlier commencing Saturday 8 February, with a trial period until Friday 14 March 2025. Recent trialled hot weather times (implemented Saturday 1 February) proved to […]

Saturday 08 February 2025

School Zones

Most school zones are in operation between 8am-9.30am and 2.30pm-4pm around schools Monday to Friday. Slow down and look out for children crossing. Please check signs for school zone hours. Help keep our kids safe: https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/community/schools/school-zones

Sturt Highway Taskforce Meeting

Make sure your child is safe

Make sure you have the right car seat for your child’s age and size and you know how to use it correctly. https://www.childcarseats.com.au/

Saturday 01 February 2025

GoodSAM: Help keep them alive, while paramedics arrive

Cardiac arrest is often unexpected and affects up to 9,000 people in NSW every year. For every minute a patient doesn’t get chest compressions, also known as Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), their chances of survival fall by 7-10%. That’s where GoodSAM comes in, an app that helps save lives by empowering the community to respond quickly […]