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The City of Busselton and Rio Tinto have resigned a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), cementing their long-standing partnership for another three years.

Community groups, individuals, businesses and schools can once again benefit from the City of Busselton’s You Choose community funding program, after its success in 2021/2022.

The City of Busselton is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Pierson and Maxine Palmer to the positions of Director Corporate Strategy and Performance and Director Economic, and Business Development respectively.

The City of Busselton has developed a Business Development, Events & Marketing Program, including new grant funding that supports economic development and marketing initiatives delivered by stakeholder groups.

During NAIDOC Week and the month of July, the City held an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artwork Competition.

Nominations are now open for City of Busselton inaugural sports awards to be held on 24 October 2023.

Fixing roads, drainage and improving recreation and reserves are key features of the City of Busselton’s 2023-24 budget.

Have you ever strolled past the Old Busselton Cemetery (Pioneer Cemetery) and wondered about its origins? Perhaps you have a relative buried there. The community is invited to provide some of the missing links – for example, dates and family stories for additional interpretation. The City will receive information until November 2023.

City of Busselton councillors have endorsed a new vision for the Busselton Cultural Precinct.

The most effective way to protect Meelup Regional Park and similar areas within the City is to arrive clean and leave clean.

The City of Busselton has secured $150,000 funding for the construction of a certified ‘Changing Places’ accessible change facility along the Busselton foreshore.

National Reconciliation Week commences on 27 May and runs through to 3 June each year. Members of the public are invited to join the City in its second National Reconciliation Week Walk taking place on Friday, 2 June 2023 at 10.00am.

City of Busselton Mayor Grant Henley has announced his intention to not challenge the October Local Government Mayoral election, after 14 years of service to the community.

The quality of groundwater at and in an area around (to the north) of the former landfill site on Rendezvous Road, Vasse has reduced as a result of legacy issues from the use of this site as a former landfill facility, and also potentially from other current and historical uses in the area.

Recent media interest in aquatic facilities within the City of Busselton has compared our facilities alongside local governments with populations twice our current size (Rockingham, Mandurah and Greater Bunbury Region). The City’s aquatic facilities have also been compared to legacy pools built by rural inland communities decades ago for populations that have no access to the coast. Many of these are now closed or have restricted opening hours as councils struggle to afford to operate and staff them.

SUP Life Busselton will be hosting an all-inclusive come and try day as part of the City’s Harmony Day celebrations. SUP Life Busselton will be available for people with disabilities to have a go at paddle boarding at the Busselton foreshore on Sunday 19 March 2023 from 9.00am to 12.00pm. Sand play and a sausage sizzle will also be available.

The City of Busselton and Rio Tinto continue to work together to deliver valuable youth services across the region, celebrating 10 years of running a 12 month youth-focused trainee program. The City welcomes Sinead Saylor as its tenth new youth development trainee. This important role is funded in partnership with Rio Tinto.

New camping facilities have been developed at Southern Stars Holiday Park in Dunsborough for the specific purpose of providing much-needed seasonal worker accommodation in 2023-24.

As part of today’s Australia Day celebrations, both Busselton and Dunsborough held a Citizenship Ceremony and presented Community Citizen of the Year Awards.

Mayor Henley visited FAWNA Inc. and its Possum Finishing School today, where some of Busselton’s Black Swan cygnets have been admitted and cared for by volunteers.

Do you love living in the South West, surrounded by beautiful bushland? Are you passionate about the environment and want to leave a positive legacy for future generations?

The City of Busselton is excited to announce that a permit has been approved for Neuron Mobility to operate e-scooters in Busselton on a 12 month trial.

Since 2012, the City has been growing Dunsborough’s public art collection through an acquisitive prize at Sculpture by the Bay.

Busselton production ‘Beyond the Vasse’ was one of four West Australian creative projects to share in $557, 535 in grant funding to create performances in regional WA.

Be inspired by some of our local birds and animals from one of WA’s newest artist collectives - WA Wildlife Art.

Another successful project complete as part of the community led initiative and the City’s ‘You Choose’ Community Funding program budget.

The City of Busselton Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Tony Nottle as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the City of Busselton.

The foreshore at West Busselton, like many areas along the Geographe Bay foreshore, has been subject to foredune erosion. There are narrow buffers to infrastructure and recovery of eroded foredunes following northerly winter storms occurs but is a relatively slow process.

The City has been awarded the 2022 Planning Institute of Australia (WA) Award for Climate Change and Resilience.

This bushfire season the City of Busselton will be trialling a new SMS notification system to advise community members when a Harvest and Vehicle Movement Ban is being issued.