The Cassowary Coast Regional Council was formed on March 15th, 2008 through the State Government local government reform process, and comprises of the former shires of Cardwell and Johnstone.
While some information resides here, other content is available through the former Councils’ Web sites.
The Cassowary Coast Regional Council issued its first ever rates notices on August 25th, 2008.
The due date for the payment of these rates notices is the 24th of September, 2008.
There is certainly some truth to the saying that “the hip-pocket nerve is the most sensitive one in the human body’ and people are understandably protective of benefits they have received in the past. Read more
Cassowary Coast Regional Council currently has a vacancy in its Environmental Health Departmant for a Patrolman/Animal Control Officer. Read more
The Innisfail Animal Refuge will be closed from 25th September and will be reopening on 9th October 2008. Read more
The budget and annual report are the most important local government documents produced each year. Read more
Cassowary Coast Regional Council currently has a opening in its Civil Works Department for a Surveyor’s Assistant - Chainman. Read more
The Cassowary Coast Regional Council has embarked upon two mammoth tasks in its first budget - the allocation of funding for a massive capital works program to upgrade or replace essential infrastructure across the region, and the integration of the two rating systems previously administered by the Johnstone and Cardwell Shire Councils. Read more
Politics is a strange business. It’s not for the faint hearted and it’s just as well I enjoy it! Whether one is working too hard for rate payers, or not working hard enough, is clearly in the eyes of the beholder. It’s hard to win!
The Community for Coastal and Cassowary Conservation Inc. (C4) Mission Beach Artists Inc, and the Mission Beach Visitor Information Centre have been successful in securing a $50,000 public art grant from Arts Queensland’s ‘art+place’ programme. Read more
Mental Health Week from October 5-11 is an annual national awareness event Read more
