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The Gillard Labor Government’s investment in community infrastructure in the Bega Valley Shire is delivering results with 28 projects worth more than $1 million already completed and another seven projects worth nearly $450,000 currently underway.

The Gillard Labor Government will continue to drive investment and job opportunities in Eden Monaro, the Minister for Defence Materiel and Science and the Minister Assisting the Minster for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet said today.

Labor Member for Eden-Monaro, Mike Kelly today said regional hospitals would benefit from the Gillard Labor Government’s commitment to train more emergency doctors and nurses.

Liberal MP Andrew Constance has called on Labor's Emergency Services Minister Steve Whan to provide a comprehensive response to the key recommendations of the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission before the beginning of the State’s bushfire season in the South East.

A Gillard Labor Government – in partnership with the Keneally Labor Government – will invest $85 million to build a far superior Bega Bypass than originally planned. Add a comment

Bega Valley Shire Council will create a range of outdoor smoke-free zones in some of the areas it owns or manages following a decision by Councillors last week.

Bega Valley Shire Council has extended the exhibition period for the Central Waste Facilty development application by two weeks. Add a comment

People living and visiting the Bega Valley Shire are advised to take precautions against mosquito bites, due to the risk of contracting the Ross River and Barmah Forest viruses. Add a comment

Road Closure Information - 19-2-2010 Bega Valley Shire

date:19-2-2010, 9.00am

This is the final situation report.

All major roads are open, some minor roads are still closed. And when possible those minor roads will be opened. But Upper Cobargo Road will remain closed at Double Creek Bridge (Paddy Otton’s Bridge)

Thanks

Jenny Cullen

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Mayor of the Bega Valley Shire, Cr Tony Allen, has extended the condolences of Council to the family of a former Shire President and Mayor, Leonard Raymond (Mick) Allen.
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I know I speak for all in my community when I say we are stunned and devastated by the tragic accident on the Princes Highway at East Lynne.

Bega Valley Shire beaches have all scored the highest 4-star rating under the State Government’s Beachwatch program. Monitoring and reporting on water quality at many popular local swimming spots is underway again this summer.
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The Federal Member for Eden Monaro, Mike Kelly, and the State Member for Bega, Andrew Constance, will be among the official guests at the Australia Day ceremony in Bega on January 26, 2010.
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Bega Valley Shire council has engaged the demographers, id consulting, to provide and maintain an online economic profile of the Bega Valley Shire using their id.economy® software.

Just before the end of the 2009 school year, pupils from Candelo Public School made the first official crossing of the new footbridge across the Candelo Creek.
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Are you thinking of buying a portable pool for the kids for Christmas? Beware! That is the message from Bega Valley Shire Council’s environment health co-ordinator, Greg O’Donnell.

Council Offices and Depots

The Bega Valley Shire Council offices and depots will be closed from 3pm on Thursday, December 24, 2009 until 8.30am on Monday, January 4, 2009. For emergencies phone 6499 2222.

The Auditor General has confirmed Labor is failing to deliver for patients and medical staff on the Far South Coast according to the Member for Bega Andrew Constance.
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Bega Valley Shire Council has joined forces with WSN Environmental Solutions and MobileMuster to provide residents with a free service to recycle their old mobile phones without even leaving home.
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Bega Valley Shire Council is calling for expressions of interest from organisations and community groups to organise an International Women’s Day event in the Shire in 2010.
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With festive season celebrations in full swing, there are plenty of great events across the shire, but the big question is how do you get to them?
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Bega Valley Shire Mayor Tony Allen has welcomed the news that Australia’s Coastal Wilderness National Landscape is the recipient of Federal funding to develop a Brand Toolkit and top class website to support the regions’ key position on Tourism Australia’s www.australia.com
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Council is seeking expressions of interest from people with broad community connections and influence with an active interest in the arts to serve on the Bega Valley Regional Gallery’s Advisory Committee.
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Enormous numbers of frogs, toads and other amphibians in Southeast Asia face extinction through habitat loss and over-harvesting researchers warn in an article published today in Biology Letters.
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