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3 days ago

RATES NOTICES GET A NEW LOOK THIS AUGUST

Townsville ratepayers will receive a new look rates notice in their mailbox or inbox this August. The new notice seeks to improve the level of information for ratepayers and what they are being charged for by featuring breakdowns of rates, utilities, State Government levies,…
08/06/2021

COUNCIL TO UNDERTAKE MAINTENANCE ON FOOTBRIDGES

Townsville City Council is undertaking maintenance works on a number of pedestrian footbridges across the city’s active transport network to give them a new lease on life. The works, to be conducted by Council crews, will include the replacement of the Stuart Drive (Wulguru),…
16/04/2021

ROSS RIVER PIPE REMOVAL TO START NEXT WEEK

A 20-metre length of steel pipe weighing around 25 tonnes that washed on to the banks of the Ross River adjacent to Apex Park during 2019’s unprecedented monsoon is set to be removed.   Townsville City Council has engaged local commercial diving and construction company…
07/04/2021

WATER MAIN UPGRADE FOR HERMIT PARK & HYDE PARK

A more than $1.7 million upgrade of water mains in Hermit Park and Hyde Park is underway now.   Water mains along Yeatman Street, Armstrong Street and Queens Road will all be upgraded as part of the project which is funded by the Queensland Government’s…
10/11/2020

Mayor’s Christmas Appeal launches to help locals in need

Local can help locals with ease this festive season with the new-look Mayor’s Christmas Appeal. Townsville City Council has revamped the Mayor’s Christmas Appeal to help make it simpler to donate directly to local community organisations that are making a difference across the city. Mayor…
23/10/2020

Flinders Lane open to the community this Sunday!

Construction on a brand new Melbourne-esque laneway in Townsville’s CBD is complete and open to the community from this Sunday. Flinders Lane, which has been delivered in partnership with Martin Locke Constructions, links the central business district to the Bus Hub, Queensland Country Bank…
10/08/2020

Community living reimagined by Townsville student

An Oonoonba State School student has won top honors in a state-wide competition that encouraged students to create and plan their perfect community.   Grade 3 student Victor Jensen has recently presented a $2,500 cheque by Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill for his winning entry in…
29/07/2020

Queensland Border Restrictions

Queensland puts restrictions on Sydney travelers Queensland has today declared the greater Sydney area a COVID-19 hotspot, following increasing cases across the NSW capital. Today, 34 (31 new plus three previously declared) local government areas have been declared hotspots by the Chief Health Officer Dr.…
24/04/2020

Care Army Journey Begins in Townsville

Here at YWAM Townsville, we are helping to extend the reach of Queensland’s Care Army across the state’s north by coordinating our local volunteers to provide much-needed support to seniors through the pandemic. The Minister for Communities and Minister for Disability Services and Seniors and Member for Mundingburra…
15/04/2020

Insights for Leaders During the COVID-19 Crisis

The words ‘unprecedented’, ‘volatile’ and ‘uncertain’ are now entrenched in the language we use to describe the start of 2020. The impacts of COVID-19 are being felt in everyday life – from how we shop to how we work, engage in community, learn,…
31/03/2020

How Businesses can Recalibrate During Times of Crisis

In the last few weeks, it has seemed that every day has brought yet another piece of bad news, pushing the world deeper and deeper into crisis mode. With more and more job losses, confirmed cases of Covid-19 infection and uncertainties arising, it…