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LIGHTNING RIDGE 24TH NOVEMBER, WALGETT AND CARINDA 25TH NOVEMBER LOOK FOR THE BIG BLUEBUS
The NSW Government is hosting a series of online workshops to prepare and encourage more women to become involved in local government ahead of next year's September elections.
Content includes:
The role of councillor and understanding your obligations as a candidate
Planning your campaign part 1: building your team, and developing your game plan.
Planning your campaign part 2: develop your communication plan, fundraising, media, and using technology to reach voters.
The pointy end: meeting deadlines, election publicity, election day, and what comes next.
These workshops will be held on 17 and 23 November.
Register at https://bit.ly/34CjguD
At The Sheepyard Inn
POSITIONS VACANT
Walgett Shire Council’s Tourism Team have put together a Facebook page to promote employment opportunities across the Western Region.
The Facebook page is called “Western NSW Employment/Job Opportunities and is designed to house all manner of employment options from Tenders to Careers, Permanent & Casual Positions, Holiday Jobs and Seasonal Work.
The target area includes the following Local Government Areas: Walgett LGA, Bourke LGA, Brewarrina LGA, Central Darling LGA, Cobar LGA, Coonamble LGA, City of Broken Hill, Warren LGA, Narromine LGA, Bogan LGA, Gilgandra LGA, Warrumbungle LGA. All of these Western Councils have been contacted and encouraged to share with their community so we anticipate reach will continue to grow as word spreads.
There are a myriad of advantages to using social media as part of your recruitment strategy including but not limited to:
Increased job visibility
Higher quality candidates
Better employer brand awareness
Reduced costs of hire
Referrals
Opens the door to engagement
Allows you to target your vacancies more
Screen your candidates
Shortens hiring time
We encourage you to join the group (its free to join and post) and use it to fill all manner of positions vacant. If you would rather email your vacant positions through, our Staff are happy to place them on the Facebook page, plus include in our weekly bulletin.
Fire + Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is currently recruiting for Retained Firefighters in Walgett. The Walgett Brigade responded to 50 incidents in 2019/2020. This included fires, hazard materials incidents and rescues.
Firefighters undertake a wide range of duties including: fire suppression (buildings and bushfires), rescue, hazardous material response, community education and fire prevention activities.
To ensure the brigade is able to continue to provide this service to the community, we are currently looking for more firefighters. I am asking employers in Walgett to encourage their employees to become part of FRNSW.
There are benefits to the community at large as well as human resources benefits for employers. FRNSW provides firefighters with extensive training including first aid, working at heights, heavy vehicles, confined space, breathing apparatus use, atmospheric monitoring, manual handling and rescue operations. It also provides an essential emergency service to the people and businesses of Walgett.
Walgett Brigade Captain, Zac Whiteman, is keen to hear from interested people living in the community who would be willing to be trained as a retained firefighter. FRNSW welcomes applications from men and women, indigenous people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Shift workers, full time or part time workers, mums with children at school are all encouraged to apply for this on call, part time employment opportunity.
To be eligible to apply for a Retained Firefighter position the applicant should: be available to attend fire calls and other incidents to suit the station needs; live within a reasonable distance from Walgett Fire Station; have good communication skills and be able to work as part of a team; meet FRNSW’s medical and physical requirements and be an Australian Citizen or permanent resident.
Included with this letter are some information sheets that you can pass on to your staff. For further information please call myself or Karen Burow at the Dubbo Zone Office on (02) 5853 2300 or, alternatively, visit Walgett Fire Station at 7pm on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month.
Walgett Swimming Pool: CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Unfortunately the walgett swimming pool is not ready to re-open, once we have a confirmed date to do so, we will ensure to let people know. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause please see other Shire Swimming Pool opening dates and times.
Public lighting plays an important role in providing safe, secure and attractive public areas for both pedestrians and vehicles, over the past few months Essential Energy has spent over $100,000 upgrading all existing street lighting in the Walgett Shire to a more energy efficient LED Lighting in a bid to minimise costs and carbon emissions.
In addition to this major upgrade Essential Energy in partnership with Walgett Shire Council are seeking community input from individuals and business houses to identify dimly lit streets in their neighborhood.
Residents are encouraged to submit proposed streetlight locations by 5pm Friday 30th October 2020.
NOTICE OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
Walgett Shire Council has received a for Development Application, DA2020/23, from Warwick Stimson (Stimson Urban & Regional Planning) to construct an indoor recreation facility (PCYC) located on Part Lots 4, 5, 6 & 9 Section 40 Crn Fox & Dewhurst Streets, Walgett.
The Development Application, Statements of Environmental Effects and plans will be on public display at Walgett Shire Council’s Administration Offices, 77 Fox Street, Walgett. The documents may be viewed Monday to Friday between the hours of 9.00am until 4.30pm until 10 November 2020.
All written submissions on the proposed developments will be considered by Walgett Shire Council if received prior to 5.00pm 10 November 2020. If a written submission is made that objects to the development, then the grounds of objection should be specified within the submission. Council will not consider any submissions confidential.
If you have any further inquiries regarding these applications please contact Libby Cumming, Council’s Contract Town Planner on 0427 963 975.
Walgett Shire Council is seeking quotations from suitably qualified contractors to undertake Provision of Geotechnical Investigation Services for Reconstruction and Sealing of 52km of Come by Chance Road RR7716.
Did you know Walgett Shire Council has a Local Trades Register?
@ your favourite Tradie here and if we haven't got them we can add them to the list!
Electricians, Builders, Carpenters, Handyman, Plumber, Metal Fabricator, Fencers, Concrete, Glass, Carpet Cleaning, Pest Control, Bulk Haulage, Locksmiths, Graphic Artists, Printers, Artists, Photographers, Commercial Cleaners and so on!!!
This register is also used by local and external companies and contractors working in the Walgett Shire, They are often looking for local contractors to assist in projects both large & small.
