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The Shire of Coolgardie Scheme Amendment No 4 is currently being advertised and the closing date for submissions is 22 February 2022. For more information including a copy of the amendment and submission form please follow the links below.

The Shire of Coolgardie's Seniors Christmas Luncheon went off with a double bang this year with both a Seniors Luncheon in Coolgardie and Kambalda.

Shire Deputy President Tracey Rathbone welcomed The Hon. Mark McGowan Premier of Western Australia to Kambalda yesterday.

Today in the Coolgardie Play Group, we celebrated three birthdays and found out “What the Fluffy Bunny said to the Tiny Mouse” by P. Crumble and Chris Saunders.

Christmas craft has started in Coolgardie Recreation Centre on Monday’s 1pm to 3pm. This week we made Christmas Bell Hangers. Next week we are making Christmas Angels and the following week Snow Man Pine Cones. Our classes are free with an afternoon tea.

During this time the Shire has a broad all-encompassing duty of care to its staff and all those who visit its workplaces, public places and facilities.

Our December events calendar has been released and there’s plenty happening in the Shire of Coolgardie this month as we head into Christmas.

In a first for Kambalda, the Shire of Coolgardie has established a kids basketball team to play in the Kalgoorlie Boulder Basketball Associations Competition.

Shire of Coolgardie staff gained valuable life saving skills recently and earnt a Certification in HLTAID011 to provide first aid.

Tender submissions will open tomorrow (12 November) for installation works for the proposed Worker Accommodation Village in Kambalda. The tender will seek quotes for site preparation, bulk earthworks, power, water, plumbing and ancillary works at the Kambalda site.

What began in 1992 as a small event in South Perth as part of the Seniors Recreation Council of WA Inc. has also become very popular in the Shire of Coolgardie and since grown to be one of the most popular annual events for Seniors in our community.

Nominations for Australia Day Awards 2022 are open!

Go for 2 serves of fruit and 5 serves of vegetables and family connectedness were the messages of the day at the Kambalda Children’s Week go For 2 & 5 event held at the Kambalda Aquatic Facility on October 31st.

The Shire of Coolgardie would like to warmly welcome it’s new Councillors in the Local Government Election held on Saturday 16 October. Councillors Rose Mitchell and John Williams are newly elected with Councillors Malcolm Cullen and Sherryl Botting returning to council.

In November this year, the Shire of Coolgardie will launch a new Customer Service Portal which will enable residents and ratepayers to submit and track service requests online. In a partnership with local government software provider, IT Vision, the Shire will be the first local government in the State to implement the customer service solution named Altus Customer Experience.

Congratulations to Cr Tracey Rathbone for achieving her Diploma of Local Government (Elected Member).

Local resident Malcolm Cross (pictured) is proud to see a new ramp installed and ready for use at the Kambalda Community Recreation Facility Gym.

The winners of the Shire of Coolgardie ‘Showcase Our Shire’ Photography Competition were announced last week, with Tari Laatz taking out the top prize!

R U OK? Day, held Thursday 9 September every year, is a national day of action that reinforces the importance of staying connected with friends, family and colleagues through all life’s ups and downs, big or small.

On Thursday 12th August, KBCCI Business Adviser Sharni Foulkes and Kambalda Community Resource Centre came together to deliver the Kambalda Business Networking evening at the newly re-opened Kambalda Hotel with Managers Darlene and Steve Cole joining the evening.

On Thursday, 26 August 2021 we transformed the Kambalda Public Library into a theme of old worlds, new worlds and other worlds along with a handmade time machine and props that magically turned children into dragons, robots and a knight for CBCA Book Week 2021.

On Thursday 29 July 2021 the Kambalda Community Resource Centre partnered with the Shire of Coolgardie Ranger Services to bring the Ranger Information Evening to the Kambalda community.

On Wednesday 14th July the Kambalda Community Resource Centre saw a great turn out of garden enthusiasts attend the Sustainable Kitchen Garden Workshop at the Kambalda Rec Centre.

The Kambalda Community Resource Centre hosted another well attended bi-annual Welcome to Town Morning Tea on Wednesday 21 July 2021 at the Kambalda Community Recreation Facility.

Shire of Coolgardie President, Malcolm Cullen is pleased to announce an extension to the Seniors Staying Connected program.

With over 40 years of experience between them we caught up with your elected members of Council to see why they became councillors, what is the best thing about it and why you should run for council.