This year the City of Busselton will contribute to the global initiative Earth Hour. Earth Hour is part of a worldwide campaign to encourage businesses, communities and individuals to take simple steps to combat climate change.

The City of Busselton is encouraging community members to dispose of their litter responsibly and respectfully.

Due to a number of complaints from construction companies and residents, the Shire would like to issue a friendly reminder that according to the Litter Act 1979, it is an offence to discard your litter in the following ways:

 The City of Busselton is commencing a re - construction of Queen Street between Prince and Kent St in April to May this year (2009).

The upgrade will involve:

The City of Busselton has recently completed a significant works program aimed at improving the Meelup Beach grassed area, which have included improving the water supply, installing a new reticulation system and improving the soil to re-establish a quality grassed area. 

Members of the City of Busselton community are invited to contribute their views towards the Local Cultural Planning Strategy in a survey which will run until mid March.  To date there has been a strong response, based on the large number of surveys received.