📣 Cardinia Shire residents! Share your ideas and priorities to help shape the future of your shire. Consultation closes Wednesday 23 December. 👉 www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/imaginecardinia | Cardinia Shire Council
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📣 Cardinia Shire residents! Share your ideas and priorities to help shape the future of your shire. Consultation closes Wednesday 23 December. 👉 www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/imaginecardinia | Cardinia Shire Council
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Cardinia Shire Mayor Cr Jack Kowarzik caught up with some of our first residents to check out the brand-new Worrell Reserve Skate Park! ✨ 🛹 The new skate park was designed with valuable input from the community, ensuring that it meets the needs of all users, from beginners to seasoned pros. A big thank you to everyone who provided feedback! 👏 Don't forget to wear your safety gear and follow the rules for a safe and fun time. See you at the park! 🙌✨ | Cardinia Shire Council
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Cardinia Shire Mayor Cr Jack Kowarzik caught up with some of our first residents to check out the brand-new Worrell Reserve Skate Park! ✨ 🛹 The new skate park was designed with valuable input from the community, ensuring that it meets the needs of all users, from beginners to seasoned pros. A big thank you to everyone who provided feedback! 👏 Don't forget to wear your safety gear and follow the rules for a safe and fun time. See you at the park! 🙌✨ | Cardinia Shire Council
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Meet the people who collect your bins every week and sort your household recycling! ♻️ Many of them have come face-to-face with the dangers of batteries and e-waste in household bins. 💥 Their powerful stories will be featured in ‘Spark: Illuminating Stories of E-waste', on display now at Cardinia Cultural Centre. Featuring art installations, a storytime event and artist discussions, there is something for everyone! 🎨 ℹ️ For more information, go to 👉 www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/spark ❗Never put ba
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Meet the people who collect your bins every week and sort your household recycling! ♻️ Many of them have come face-to-face with the dangers of batteries and e-waste in household bins. 💥 Their powerful stories will be featured in ‘Spark: Illuminating Stories of E-waste', on display now at Cardinia Cultural Centre. Featuring art installations, a storytime event and artist discussions, there is something for everyone! 🎨 ℹ️ For more information, go to 👉 www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/spark ❗Never put ba
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Do you need help identifying, controlling or disposing of ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)? Great news! Our Community Land Management Facilitator, Meghan, is here to show you exactly what you need to do to get the job done! 👇📹🌱 ℹ️ For more information about ragwort, visit https://bit.ly/38eCp7G ℹ️ Or, for more information about what we're doing to help tackle weed issues, including through initiatives such as our weed control grants program, visit www.cardini.vic.gov.au/weeds #WildlifeWednesday #Ou
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Do you need help identifying, controlling or disposing of ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)? Great news! Our Community Land Management Facilitator, Meghan, is here to show you exactly what you need to do to get the job done! 👇📹🌱 ℹ️ For more information about ragwort, visit https://bit.ly/38eCp7G ℹ️ Or, for more information about what we're doing to help tackle weed issues, including through initiatives such as our weed control grants program, visit www.cardini.vic.gov.au/weeds #WildlifeWednesday #Ou
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Meet the all-new force tackling kerbside waste in Cardinia Shire! We’re working hard to reduce waste going to landfill, so which bin you use really makes a difference. By correctly separating your waste we can recycle more and reduce our reliance on landfill. ➡️ Find out more about our new waste trucks: https://bit.ly/3rvV33E ➡️ Or, to make sure you're using the right bin, head to www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/bins | Cardinia Shire Council
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Meet the all-new force tackling kerbside waste in Cardinia Shire! We’re working hard to reduce waste going to landfill, so which bin you use really makes a difference. By correctly separating your waste we can recycle more and reduce our reliance on landfill. ➡️ Find out more about our new waste trucks: https://bit.ly/3rvV33E ➡️ Or, to make sure you're using the right bin, head to www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/bins | Cardinia Shire Council
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Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the Cardinia Shire Good Choice Awards! 👏 🏆 Every year our Cardinia Youth Services team celebrates young people who have made good choices and demonstrated maturity and considered decision making. ➡️ This might look like: • Prioritising study • Applying for a job • Making informed choices about their health and safety • Accessing support networks even when it’s difficult • Prioritising themselves, life goals and aspirations • Choosing to spend time w
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Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the Cardinia Shire Good Choice Awards! 👏 🏆 Every year our Cardinia Youth Services team celebrates young people who have made good choices and demonstrated maturity and considered decision making. ➡️ This might look like: • Prioritising study • Applying for a job • Making informed choices about their health and safety • Accessing support networks even when it’s difficult • Prioritising themselves, life goals and aspirations • Choosing to spend time w
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“We learnt a lot from Black Saturday, so we put a lot of things in place.” The Mayor of Cardinia Shire responds to anger about a perceived lack of action from the council regarding fire prevention. #9Today | TODAY
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📣 Love skateboarding? Don’t miss your chance to help us design the skate park for the future Officer District Park before CONSULTATION CLOSES THIS SUNDAY 21 JUNE!! Your ideas will help us design the regional-level skate park and the 4 other activity zones in the new park 💡 Head to 👉 www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/OfficerDistrictPark now and share your ideas for the design and features you want! 📹 Video produced in partnership with Convic | Cardinia Shire Council
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Mayor Cr Jack Kowarzik provides a snapshot of the outcomes and updates from Monday night's Council meeting 👇 ➡️ Highlights include endorsement of several key plans for community engagement, including the: • Draft Council Plan 2025–29 • Updated Liveability Plan 2017–29 • Draft Road Management Plan 2025–29 ➡️ Council also endorsed grant funding across three of our grant programs for 2025–26, including: • Community Capital Works Grants • Wellbeing Support Grants • Festivals and Events Grants. Tune
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Works to replace the fountain at Lakeside in Pakenham are now complete! The previous fountain had reached the end of its useful life and has been replaced with a new fountain that will provide greater aeration and improve water quality for plant and animal health. The new fountain also features LED lighting displays with more colour and program options! The project was fully funded by Council. We’re also currently undertaking works on the nearby viewing deck. When complete, the deck will feature
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📣 We’re calling for funding and support to address a number of critical needs across Cardinia Shire in the lead-up to the federal election. We’ve launched our campaign seeking urgent investment in essential infrastructure to support the shire’s rapidly growing community. At the centre of the campaign are 4 critical projects that the Cardinia Shire community needs and deserves: • Princes Highway intersection upgrades from Nar Nar Goon to Longwarry • Cardinia Life redevelopment • Road sealing pac
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Mayor Cr Jack Kowarzik provides a snapshot of the outcomes and updates from Monday night’s Council meeting 👇 Highlights from the meeting include: • Our Draft Budget 2025-26 and Draft Revenue and Rating Plan 2025–29 are now available for community feedback • We’ve updated our Rates and Charges Financial Hardship Policy • Council adopted the Community Vision 2040, and received a full report of the Community Panel process and discussions. • Council approved Cardinia Shire’s next 4-year Community E
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Mayor Jack Kowarzik provides a snapshot of the outcomes and updates from Monday night's Council meeting 👇 ➡️ Highlights include: • We adopted Council's new Budget and Capital Works Program 2025–26 and the Revenue and Rating Plan 2025–29 following community consultation. • The proposed Cardinia Planning Scheme Amendment and associated planning permit for the Officer Kiln / James Hicks Pottery site will now proceed to community consultation pending authorisation from the Minister for Planning. •
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Despite the challenges of COVID-19 restrictions, we've been working towards completing a number of major projects for our community, including the new Lang Lang Community Recreation Reserve – so we wanted to give you a sneak preview in this video... 👇👇 The precinct features: ✔️ ovals for footballs and cricket ✔️ netball courts ✔️ cricket practice nets ✔️ a pavilion with multipurpose community space, ✔️ a wetland area and other open spaces for recreational activities. This project is jointly fu
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Pakenham is transforming! 🎉🚧 We're excited to announce Stage 1 of the multi-stage Pakenham Revitalisation Project, a bold vision to reimagine our town centre as a vibrant, inclusive and economically thriving destination. ➡️ The first stage will transform the Gateway precinct with: • wider footpaths and better pedestrian access • safer, updated parking • stylish street furniture and lighting • flexible event spaces and outdoor dining • lush landscaping and improved public spaces 💙 This transfo
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Recycling placed in plastic bags doesn't get recycled when you put it in your recycling bin because it can't be sorted. 💡Make sure to always put your recycling in your bin loose instead. ℹ️ Get to know your recycling today - what you do makes a difference! Find out more about what is and isn’t accepted in your kerbside bins in our A to Z waste and recycling guide 👉 www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/atozwasteguide | Cardinia Shire Council
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We caught up with some of our amazing volunteers at the Emerald and District Museum for International Family History Month, happening throughout August 💙 Many of the volunteers have strong family ties in the area, and others are passionate about sharing and documenting family histories. 👀Check out the video to find out what they had to say about volunteering at the museum 🎥 If you’re passionate about history and heritage, connecting with community, sharing stories, and preserving artefacts, c
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Meet Cardinia Shire waste truck driver, Ross! 💬 🚚 Hear his firsthand experience with a waste truck fire (also known as a ‘hot load’) caused by e-waste being placed in a household bin. This is just one of many stories that will be showcased at the upcoming exhibition ‘Spark: Illuminating Stories of E-waste' 💥 📅 6 August to 3 September • Monday to Sunday: 9am – 4pm • Thursday: 9am – 8pm 📍 Cardinia Cultural Centre, (40 Lakeside Blvd, Pakenham) Featuring an art installation, storytime event and
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Applications are open for the Cardinia Community Leadership Program 2024 until Sunday 7 April. If you’re an existing or emerging leader, aged 18 years and over, living in Cardinia Shire – check it out and get your application started now at 👉 www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/communityleadership This program is for you if you want to: ✔️ develop and improve your leadership skills and confidence ✔️ cultivate relationships and networking skills ✔️ better understand your local community and Council ✔️ learn
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💬 Shape the future of our waste services, including household bin frequency, the glass-only service, hard waste collection and green waste disposal options. Your feedback will help us draft the new Waste Resource and Recovery Strategy. 🗺️ This strategy will serve as a 10-year roadmap for the future direction of Council’s waste services, education and advocacy. ⏰ Consultation is open until Wednesday, 9 July. You can provide your feedback: • Via our online survey at 👉 www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/wa
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Merry Christmas from Mayor Councillor Jack Kowarzik! 🎄🎁 This year, Council is teaming up with the Salvation Army, Bless Collective, ADRA, and Campeyn Group to deliver Cardinia Shire’s first ‘Christmas Together’ program. The program is providing food, toys, and financial assistance to local residents in need of support this festive season💙 ➡️ If you’d like to donate to Christmas Together, it will be gratefully received at the senior citizens center at 38 James Street Pakenham. ➡️ Or, to find o
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📣 We’re calling for funding to seal roads in the hills to improve access and safety during emergency events. Council is seeking $109 million for road sealing in emergency-prone areas in the northern region of the shire, including Emerald, Cockatoo, Gembrook and surrounding towns. 🚗 Our hills communities are home to an extensive network of unsealed roads that present significant safety, maintenance and amenity issues. Our community has been asking for safe, reliable roads in this part of the sh
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It’s important that local community infrastructure meets the needs of our changing community. That’s why we want to know: what facilities are most important to you? 🏘️Our first-ever Community Infrastructure Plan sets out how public buildings and facilities that provide community services to residents will be planned, designed, operated and maintained for community use into the future. 💬 To find out more about the draft plan and discuss community infrastructure, head to a workshop near you: • T
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📣 We’re calling for funding and support to deliver an expanded and modern sports and aquatic centre for our growing community. 🏊 Council is seeking $28.5 million from the Australian and Victorian governments to begin stage one of the Cardinia Life redevelopment. This project is one of 4 priority projects that Council is advocating for in the lead-up to the Federal election on 3 May. 🚧 We’re proposing to undertake the redevelopment in 3 stages to deliver: • new aquatic facilities • an addition
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We’ve been working around the shire to create artificial habitats to protect and shelter the endangered Southern Brown Bandicoot. The best habitat for bandicoots is dense understory vegetation, such as small shrubs and long grass. This provides protection from predators, especially if plants are prickly 🌱 🍂 Gardens for Wildlife is a program available to Cardinia Shire residents, offering guidance and resources to help you design a garden that attracts and supports local wildlife. For more info
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We caught up with farmers and agricultural businesses across Cardinia Shire to find out what the present and future of farming looks like - and how young people are key to its success 🍎🐮 🤝 It’s part of our three-year ‘Futureproofing Farming’ project with VicHealth to help connect local young people aged 12-25 with jobs in the local agricultural and related sectors. Watch the full docuseries at 👉 go.cardinia.vic.gov.au/futurefarmvideos ℹ️ Or, for more information about our Futureproofing Farm
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Our updated Liveability Plan 2017–29 was adopted at our October Council Meeting! 🎉 This has been our second, four-year review of the Liveability Plan 2017–29, which has been developed to provide a clear framework for public health planning in the shire. 🤝 The plan recognises Council’s role in coordinating local public health planning by bringing together a range of organisations, groups and our local community to work together to protect, improve and promote the health and wellbeing of our com
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📣 We’re calling for urgent upgrades to dangerous intersections along the Princes Highway between Nar Nar Goon and Longwarry. Council is seeking $25 million to develop a business case for the construction of four grade-separated interchanges along this busy stretch of highway, which carries approximately 30,000 vehicles per day between Nar Nar Goon and Bunyip. 🚧 Significant improvements to road design are needed to ensure visitors and locals arrive at their destinations safely and on time. The
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🐴 We’re excited to introduce you to Adam Humphreys, a sculptor who specialises in equine and figurative pieces and has been appointed to complete a public art piece in Lang Lang. 💬 Adam’s design for the sculpture has been informed by community input and will pay homage to the town's long-running event, the Lang Lang Rodeo. The sculpture looks to include three horses that appear to be running wild as a small herd. Closer inspection will reveal each horse undertaking a separate rodeo discipline:
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