Category: News

SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE’S PASSION FOR RURAL HEALTH

The 2022 Greg Norris Memorial Health Scholarship recipients, Olivia Marie Bittner and Jym Feer-Ah Nagashima, look forward to one day making a contribution to health care in the Huon Valley. The aim of the scholarship is to assist Huon Valley residents to study in the health field of their choosing. Olivia has chosen to study…

Mayor Bec Enders responds to anonymous letter drop on ABC Radio

An anonymous flyer has been distributed to select residents of the Huon Valley. The flyer refers to the Huon Valley Draft Local Provisions Schedule (LPS) and the rezoning of selected properties to Landscape Conservation Zone. Mayor Bec Enders spoke to Ryk Goddard on ABC Radio Hobart yesterday morning in relation to the inaccuracies in the…

Facts regarding Landscape Conservation Zone

An anonymous flyer has been distributed to select residents of the Huon Valley. The flyer refers to the Huon Valley Draft Local Provisions Schedule (LPS) and the rezoning of selected properties to Landscape Conservation Zone. Due to there being some key inaccuracies in the flyer we appreciate there will be members of our community confused…

Are you bushfire prepared?

“It’s like something you think will never happen to you. It’s a bit like being burgled… it sort of violates what you see as being that safe space which is your home.” Peter Cooke from Heartfelt Wholefoods in Cygnet, is talking about his experience in the 2019 southern Tasmanian bushfires. Many people in the Huon…

Natural Resource Management

We are seeking keen community members to join us in co-designing the new Huon Valley Natural Resource Management (NRM) Strategy. The NRM Strategy expired at the end of 2021. The new strategy will broaden the focus to include data collection, monitoring, planning, and implementation. Natural Resource Management  is about looking after natural values – such as our…

Ordinary Council Meeting – Wednesday 23 February 2022

Watch via live stream This Ordinary Council Meeting will be live-streamed at 6pm on YouTube. Attend the public gallery The Huon Valley Council is able to accommodate a maximum of 8 people in the public gallery in accordance with Public Health maximum density limits. Book on Eventbrite (tickets open at 8am on Monday 21 February…