On Wednesday 12 October, two of the senior staff recently appointed to the evolving MidCoast Council structure visited the Cove for a quick tour and a meeting over an early . . .
Issues concerning MidCoast Council
What does MidCoast actually mean? Can a meaningful identity encompassing the whole of the merged council area be manufactured? How would Tea Gardens, Hawks Nest, Pindimar, Bundabah and North Arm . . .
Council election weekend has just passed for many parts of NSW but the residents in this newly minted MidCoast Council area must wait another twelve months to have their say.Meanwhile . . .
This week saw the announcement of the appointment of four directors to the MidCoast Council's management team. Each of the three directors from the old Great Lakes Council have now . . .
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Invitation📎
The Saturday June 11th meeting of the Residents Association will have a little bit of something for everybody.At our April meeting we had a Federal Candidates Debate between Peter Alley . . .
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Information
Statement by Administrator John Turner Mid Coast CouncilJohn Turner has been appointed the Administrator of Mid Coast Council, which is a merger of the former Great Lakes Council, Greater Taree . . .
GLC's Community Engagement Meeting (Wednesday 30 March) focused almost entirely on the current proposals to merge GLC with Gloucester and Greater Taree councils. General Manager Glenn Handford stressed the significantly . . .
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Invitation
In light of the significant developments regarding merger proposals, Great Lakes Council has issued a press release and brought forward its Community Information Session to 30 March. There is also a public enquiry being undertaken by the Chief Executive of the Office of Local Government delegate and the nearest meeting occurring as part of this enquiry will be held at Bulahdelah on 5 April.
Great Lakes Council invites us to participate in the next community information session to be held in Hawks Nest/Tea Gardens at the Tea Gardens Baptist Church, Thursday, 5 November 2015 . . .
It seems the Cove's relationship with Council has, for many years, mostly been a case of we give and they take. A significant amount of rate money has flowed to . . .
