Busselton Shire President, Cr Wes Hartley, has said "Today Flight Training Operators will be advised by the Shire of Busselton that the Busselton Regional Airport cannot be used for flight training unless valid planning approvals exist and that future flight training will require planning approval in accordance with the Town Planning Scheme 20".

Leavers' Week will soon be upon us for 2009, and a positive outcome is that non-government and not-for-profit groups are invited to apply for funding for initiatives that benefit the Dunsborough community, from funds raised during Leavers' Week activities.

Two rounds are offered each year, with Round One now open for 2009.

Busselton Shire Council on 12^th August unanimously resolved upon a proposal to build a Community Resource Centre and expand the existing Busselton Library site.

Today the Shire of Busselton launched on its web-site IntraMaps Public - a powerful interactive mapping system that has been designed to provide a wide range of mapping-based information in an easy-to-use web based application that anyone will be able to access.

The benefits of this new mapping system to the community are:

In the Busselton-Dunsborough Mail of Wednesday 29^th July 2009 a front page article appeared stating that the Member for Vasse, Troy Buswell MLA, had written to the Minister for Local Government, the Hon John Castrilli MLA, indicating the Minister should, amongst other things, investigate the conduct of the meetings of the Busselton Shire Council.