Archives: 2008 March

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March 25, 2008
The Bega Valley Shire Council’s free Golden Gig luncheon and concert in the Merimbula RSL Club on Wednesday, April 9, from noon to 4pm, has been booked out.
Some 350 tickets to the Seniors Week celebration have been given out and there is a waiting list but it is unlikely that many tickets will […]

March 20, 2008
The film “Caravaggio” will be screened at a wine, cheese and film night in the Bega Valley Regional Gallery next Thursday, March 27, 6.30pm.
Caravaggio was the famous Italian Baroque painter, the most outstanding naturalistic painter of the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
This 1986 release by Derek Jarman is a visually […]

March 20, 2008
Bega Valley Shire Council is a leader in combating climate change and was the first local government authority in NSW to buy renewable energy from Country Energy for 100 per cent of its sites.
Over the next four years, the council will power all 197 of its sites - including water and sewerage facilities, […]

Council Tourism Expenditure
Bega Valley Shire Council staff have undertaken an assessment of Council’s contribution to tourism since July 2000.
During this period:

Council has expended general rate revenue of $3.9 million on tourism marketing and promotions and the booking service;
Expenditure on tourism over the period aggregated to $6.6 million (VICs, booking service and promotions – including capital […]

March 20, 2008
An independent body will be established in the Bega Valley Shire to manage Sapphire Coast Tourism and the accommodation booking service.
Councillors resolved this week to endorse a proposal from the Bega Valley Shire Business Forum (the combined chambers of commerce) to register a new incorporated organisation to manage the tourism industry in the […]

March 20, 2008
The Bega Valley Shire Council’s telecommunications infrastructure project research group will make a submission to the Federal Government on a national broadband network.
The Mayor, Cr Tony Allen, said the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy had invited submissions that would assist in the development of a National Broadband Network.
“A […]

March 20, 2008
The Bega Valley Shire Youth Council has teamed with local transport providers and the Roads and Traffic Authority to provide free transport vouchers for young people in the Shire.
The transport voucher system is supported by the RTA’s Arrive Alive funding and a local community development expenditure scheme.
It was introduced over the summer as […]

March 20, 2008
Member for Eden Monaro Mike Kelly says supporting Earth Hour by switching off
unnecessary lights at 8pm for an hour on March 29 will be a good start towards his
goal of a 50 per cent reduction of carbon emissions by 2020 for the electorate.
Dr Kelly’s 50/50 by 2020 goal also involves a transition to […]

March 20, 2008
The Member for Eden-Monaro Dr Mike Kelly is convening a Combined High
Schools 2020 Summit in his electorate on Thursday April 3 to
give students an opportunity to feed ideas into the 2020 Youth Summit.
Dr Kelly’s Eden-Monaro 2020 Summit, involving 80 students, will be held
on April 3 at the Monaro High School in Cooma - […]