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​The City of Mount Gambier Junior Sports Assistance Fund will waive membership fees for member organisations in 2020/2021 to provide financial relief and help local sporting clubs to focus on rebuilding after COVID-19 hindered activity. Read full article

City of Mount Gambier is seeking community feedback about the Mount Gambier City Bus service through an online survey. Once the consultation process is complete, feedback will be provided to the Department of Infrastructure and Transport to improve the provision of public bus services delivered in the city. Read full article

​City of Mount Gambier joined Burrandies Aboriginal Corporation to acknowledge and celebrate the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community with the launch of NAIDOC Week, 8 - 15 November 2020. Read full article

​The Riddoch Arts & Cultural Centre is calling for submissions for the ‘My 2020 Poster Exhibition’. Entrants can design, draw, collage, photograph, print, paint, stitch, graph or even crayon a movie poster that captures the year that has been, through the artists eyes. Read full article

In support of Planet Ark’s National Recycling Week, City of Mount Gambier will host a program of free activities from Thursday 5 to Saturday 14 November 2020 around this year’s theme ‘Recovery: A Future Beyond the Bin’. Read full article

​The Riddoch Arts & Cultural Centre will host the International Limestone Coast Video Art Festival in Mount Gambier from 6 November to 6 December 2020. The festival is based on the theme ‘Video art during and after the pandemic’ and will showcase innovative works created by 37 local, Australian and international video artists. Read full article

​City of Mount Gambier has shortlisted three potential names for the Community and Recreation Hub: Wulanda, Berrin and Mount Gambier CoRe. Council is calling on community members to make their preferences known and recommend an extended title for the new facility. Read full article

​Civil works and demolition has begun on site at Olympic Park on Margaret Street to prepare for the development and construction of the City of Mount Gambier’s largest ever infrastructure project, the Community and Recreation Hub. Read full article

Keep Australia Beautiful announced the winners of the 2020 Australian Sustainable Communities Tidy Towns Awards on Wednesday 14 October 2020 via an online ceremony. Mount Gambier was awarded the Resource Recovery and Waste Management category having been crowned the 2019 KESAB Sustainable Communities (Tidy Towns) winner in December. Read full article

​A Special Council Meeting was held in the Council Chamber at Civic Centre tonight to discuss the resignation of City of Mount Gambier Chief Executive Officer Andrew Meddle and Council’s future direction. Read full article