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Council & Business

The Central Goldfields Shire Council will consider reintroducing question time at its meetings.

Question time on the cards

Community questions ahead of council meetings could be back on the table for the Central Goldfields Shire Council.

2 January, 2026

No decision on new broiler farm - feature photo

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No decision on new broiler farm

Planning decisions in the Central Goldfields Shire now have a formalised framework after the December council meeting.

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Council backs planning policy

Pyrenees Shire Council’s new mayor, Damian Ferrari.

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Ferrari Pyrenees Shire’s new mayor

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Funding benefits community

Who let the dogs out? That’d be the Central Goldfields Shire Council who now welcome a man’s best friend in Maryborough’s CBD. After a recent change to the local laws, canines are now allowed in the CBD for the first time in 10 years — news Sam Thomas and Lucy took full advantage of.

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Dogs return to town CBD

A “critical governance gap” remains due to other governance gaps at the Central Goldfields Shire Council.

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Rules cause planning policy to crumble

DCV is hopeful of strengthening tourism across its region, including the Central Goldfields.

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Tourism body hopes to enable growth

Clunes facilities revisited - feature photo

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Clunes facilities revisited

Central Goldfields Shire Council have shelved plans for a splash park and to turn the Carisbrook Railway Station into a community hub.

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Splash park, Carisbrook Railway Station projects shelved amid financial pressures

In a vote not without its controversies, Central Goldfields Shire Council has elected councillor Ben Green as mayor and councillor Anna De Villiers as deputy mayor.

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Ben Green shire’s new mayor

Central Goldfields Shire CEO, Peter Harriott, and Rural Assistance Commissioner, Peter Tuohey. Photo: Supplied.

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Council push for drought support

The Avoca Swimming Pool has been refreshed ahead of the coming pool season.

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Pools ready to make a splash

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