Kyogle Council

18/06/2026

📣 We’re hiring – Customer Service and Records Officer (Part Time)

Council is looking for a team-oriented and enthusiastic Customer Service and Records Officer to join our team.

In this part-time role (three days per week), you’ll work across both Customer Service and Records, delivering courteous, high-quality service to internal and external stakeholders, providing general administrative support, and helping maintain a strong and reliable records system.

What we’re offering:
✔ Generous salary above award – up to $971.71 gross per week (dependent on experience)

To learn more about the role, including key responsibilities and selection criteria, and how to apply, go to the Positions Vacant page on Council's website https://www.kyogle.nsw.gov.au/council-engagement/jobs-news-community-feedback/positions-vacant/

18/06/2026

The Tip Shop at the Kyogle Waste Facility will be closed on Saturday 20 June and Sunday 21 June.

Council apologises for the inconvenience.

18/06/2026

📣 Have your say on disaster planning 📣

Kyogle residents are invited to drop in and be part of the conversation about how our community prepares for and responds to natural disasters.

📍 Kyogle Memorial Institute Hall
📅 Tuesday 23 June
⏰ 3pm–6pm

The NSW Reconstruction Authority is developing the first multi-hazard Disaster Adaptation Plan (DAP) for the Northern Rivers – and your local knowledge and ideas are important.

This region faces a range of natural hazards, including floods, bushfires, storms and heatwaves, and these are expected to become more frequent and severe. The plan will focus on practical actions to reduce risk where possible and help communities adapt where risks can’t be avoided.

You can also share your feedback online until 0 June, but the Kyogle drop-in session is a great opportunity to speak directly with the team and contribute your ideas.

👉 For more information or to register for the Kyogle session, follow this link https://comms.reconstruction.nsw.gov.au/pub/pubType/EO/pubID/zzzz69fc0a9b8b818369/interface.html

17/06/2026

Council steps up advocacy campaign

Kyogle Council is stepping up its campaign to secure funding from the State and Federal Governments for community identified infrastructure projects.

As part of the campaign, Council has developed a series of advocacy briefs seeking additional funding for essential priority projects such as:
✅ Sealing 15km of unsealed roads every year, focusing on school bus routes;
✅ Replacing all causeways with bridges or box culverts;
✅ Finishing the upgrade of the Clarence Way between Sandilands and Urbenville;
✅ Completing stage 2 and 3 of the Kyogle Memorial Recreation Centre;
✅ Developing mountain bike trails and facilities.

Council is also lobbying the State Government to permanently take Kyogle off the list of Councils that pay the waste levy and for funds to maintain public access to Bells Bay at Toonumbar Dam.

Kyogle Council Mayor Danielle Mulholland said the advocacy campaign was grounded in community feedback.

“These priorities have been shaped by the community and what they have told us, time and time again, matter most to them - better roads, improved local facilities and increased resilience to natural disasters such as floods and fires,” Cr Mulholland said.

“We are taking that message directly to decision-makers and working hard to secure the funding needed to deliver for our residents.”

The advocacy briefs identify community concerns and the impacts infrastructure funding gaps are having on local people, while highlighting Council’s proven track record of delivering multi-million-dollar projects for our funding partners.

Cr Mulholland said Council was determined to ensure the voices of people living in the Kyogle local government area were heard.

“We might be a small rural council, but we are not shy about taking our community’s case to the State and Federal governments,” she said.

“We have listened to our community and we know what they need, we have strong projects ready to go, and we have consistently demonstrated that we can deliver major infrastructure when the funding is secured.”

Caption: Council is seeking government funding support to replace all causeways on its road network with either box culverts or bridges.

17/06/2026

⚠️ Temporary Road Closure - BAILEY BRIDGE - from 2 July ⚠️

To enable slip remediation works on Bailey Bridge Road, the road will be closed with detours in place.

📅 Closure starts:
Thursday 2nd July 2026

📌 Duration:
10 weeks, weather permitting

🚫 Detour Routes:
Road users should follow the signed detours via Summerland Way (B91) or Wiangaree Back Road

If you require further information, please contact Council on 02 6632 1611. Thank you for your patience.

16/06/2026

Are you an experienced leader with a passion for environmental sustainability, regulatory excellence and community wellbeing?

Council is seeking a motivated and strategic Manager Environment and Regulatory Services to lead a multidisciplinary team, oversee critical environmental and regulatory functions, drive strategic initiatives, and foster strong relationships with government agencies, industry groups and the community.

What Council is offering:
👉Generous salary above award up to $164,626.80 dependant on experience
👉Flexible working arrangements, 35 hours per week, 9 day fortnight
👉Meaningful Work: Contribute to environmental sustainability, community wellbeing and the protection of our natural assets.
👉Professional Growth: Lead strategic initiatives, major projects and service improvements while developing your leadership capabilities.

Applications close 10 July. For further information, go to the Positions Vacant page on the Council website https://www.kyogle.nsw.gov.au/council-engagement/jobs-news-community-feedback/positions-vacant/

15/06/2026

15/06/2026

The 100th anniversary of the start of work on the Kyogle to Brisbane rail line will be celebrated with a Sod Turning Re-enactment at the Kyogle Showgrounds on Tuesday, 23 June at 10.30am for 11am start.

As a nation building exercise, then Commonwealth Attorney General the Hon. Mr JG Latham, KC, representing the Prime Minister, turned the first sod of soil on the construction of a single gauge railway line from Kyogle through the rugged Macpherson Ranges to Brisbane on 23 June 1926.

The construction of this railway line, including the engineering marvel that is the Cougal Spiral Border Loop would take four years to complete, opening in September 1930.

As a call-to-action, Kyogle Museum welcomes all community members and railway enthusiasts to join the 2030 Centenary Kyogle – Brisbane Railway Committee to commence planning for the centenary year.

For further information on the re-enactment centenary celebration or how to join the Centenary Railway Committee please contact Brett McNamara on 0417 292 885 or email [email protected]

12/06/2026

As the days get shorter and the weather clears, we look forward to weekends of cozy community gatherings, country music socials and historical milestones.
🎹Don’t miss the launch of our Kyogle Street Piano, this Saturday, 13 June. Painted by local artist, Sally Joyce, the piano now graces Stratheden Street, next to the KMI Hall. 🎨Visit the Roxy Gallery in the morning for the exhibition launch of ‘Ways of Being’, then join our local musicians on the street as they welcome the piano to its new home.
Join with friends and family to walk the Kyogle Harmony Labyrinth for the Winter Solstice (21 June), a time to reflect on the months ahead.🌞
🚂Centenary Commemorations of the Brisbane to Kyogle Railway begin with the reenactment of the Sod-turning Ceremony on 23 June at the Kyogle Showground.
Shop local and support your community businesses as Kyogle Chamber of Commerce features three days of mid-winter sales (June 25-27).
Closing out the month, the Stratheden Street Markets celebrate our local growers and artisans, with a focus on the history and stories of our region. Visit the markets, take a stroll through the Kyogle Museum, catch the working dog trials, and finish with a cuppa at the CWA tearooms whilst listening to jazz in the Civic Heart.

11/06/2026

🚧 Works update – 11 June 2026 🚧
Council is pressing on with its planned works, despite the persistent wet weather which continues to soak the region.

The concrete deck on the new Methvens Bridge was poured last week and the crew are installing the barrier rail as rain showers allow. Council hopes to have the bridge open to traffic by the end of the week, but that will be dependent on the weather.

Once traffic can use the bridge, Council will remove the side track and install guardrail.

The new Montgomerys Bridge also is taking shape, with installation of the centre span girders scheduled for this week. Each girder measures 24.5m in length and weighs more than 29 tonnes.

The installation process is a highly coordinated operation involving Council, the transport contractor and the crane operator. Each of the pre-cast girders requires escorted transport on extendable trailers from Brisbane and the use of a 250-tonne crane to position them on the bridge.

Following installation of the girders, the crew will commence construction of the final abutment.

Piling works are progressing on the Clarks Lane footbridge, with one pile installed on the Clarks Lane side of the river.

Once all the piles on that side are completed, the piling rig will shift to the Daleys Lane side of the river.

Work is continuing on flood damage repairs including:
⚒️ Landslip remediation on Lions Road – earthworks have been completed, with concreting and planting of native trees to be undertaken.
⚒️ Landslip remediation on Gradys Creek Road – mostly completed, with the re-instating of the job site the last of the works to be undertaken.
⚒️ Road repairs Lions Road – sealing works are almost complete, line marking still outstanding.
⚒️ Road repairs Gradys Creek Road –overlay and drainage works are progressing with stabilising to happen next week if the weather allows.
⚒️ Landslip Iron Pot Creek Road – Council is monitoring the slip daily and reinstating the road when necessary.
⚒️ Landslip remediation on Forest Road – work on the slip is completed, however a culvert still has to be installed.
⚒️ Landslip remediation on Horseshoe Creek Road – work to replace a pipe was scheduled to occur this week but was weather dependent.
⚒️ Landslip remediation on Hillyards Road – repairs are due to start next week but are weather dependent.
⚒️ Preliminary works are being carried out on a landslip on Baileys Bridge Road and a second landslip on Gradys Creek Road.

Meanwhile, Council, on behalf of Transport for NSW, is undertaking heavy patching works on the Summerland Way south of Wiangaree.

On the local roads front, a construction crew is undertaking rehabilitation works on Lindsay Creek Road and grading crews are working, when the weather allows, on Hootons Road and Collins Creek Road. Roadside slashing is happening on Fawcett Plain Road and Old Grafton Road.

Potholes are being patched on the Bruxner Highway, while kerb and gutter works are continuing in Koorelah Street, Bonalbo.

On the Clarence Way, guardrail installation and line marking was scheduled to start at the end of this week, however the work is dependent the weather.

A bird's eye view of remediation works on the Forest Road landslip.