Help shape the future of Gunnedah Shire. Share your views in the 2026 Gunnedah Shire Liveability Survey - one of Council’s most important engagement opportunities. Your feedback will directly guide the next Community Strategic Plan and set priorities for our shared future. The survey takes less than 15 minutes to complete, and you’ll have the chance to win one of three $100 Gunny Money gift cards (T&Cs apply). Survey closes Sunday, 31 May 2026. START…

14 April, 2026 Career pathways for young people are the focus of a free expo in Gunnedah on Thursday, 23 April. Gunnedah Shire Mayor OAM Colleen Fuller said the annual Gunnedah Shire Council event during NSW Youth Week was the ideal way to help young people to find out what’s available to them in their own Shire and beyond. Stall holders at the annual expo will include local businesses and organisations, universities, TAFE and the…

13 April, 2026 Salvaged car parts are reimagined in a body of work coming to the Gunnedah Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery in May. The Wandering Art Collective is behind the distinctive exhibition, Roadtrip!, opening on Friday, 15 May, which offers new interpretations of travel, place, and identity through a feminist lens. Collective artist Joanne Stead said the focus of the exhibition was to take unwanted objects and give them new purpose. “Blending memory, landscape, and…

10 April, 2026 Gunnedah Shire Council is inviting residents to provide feedback on the Draft Blackjack Creek Flood Study Update, which is now on public exhibition. The draft study has been prepared to better understand Blackjack Creek flooding behaviour, including major overland flow and will help inform future flood risk management planning across the Gunnedah Shire. The study defines flood behaviour including flood levels, flow paths and velocities for events ranging from a 20 per…

11 March, 2026 The resilience of regional communities will be highlighted in a travelling exhibition opening at the Gunnedah Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery on Friday, 27 March. Regenerate, Reimagine, Renew is a collection of works by artists who participated in four workshops facilitated by the Borderline Regional Arts Association and funded by Create NSW. The title of the exhibition speaks to the resilient nature of people living in regional areas as they deal with the…

9 March, 2026 Council’s water infrastructure in Gunnedah and the surrounding villages will be assessed for unseen leaks under funding from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW). Work will start on Wednesday, March 11 and is expected to take four weeks to complete. Personnel will not enter private properties. Council will receive a detailed report identifying all leaks, including any leaks found on property service lines. Property owners with service…