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​City of Mount Gambier Councillors will consider a report outlining recommendations for members of the Mount Gambier Regional Sport and Recreation Centre Community Reference Group (CRG) for endorsement at its monthly full council meeting on Tuesday 17 July 2018. Read full article

​​City of Mount Gambier welcomes the announcement of $3.5million in Federal Government Building Better Regions Funds to support District Council of Grant’s Mount Gambier Airport redevelopment project. Federal Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government Hon Dr John McVeigh MP made the major announcement at the Mount Gambier Airport this morning. Read full article

​In April 2017 Natural Resources South East (NRSE) and City of Mount Gambier translocated 200 Southern Pygmy Perch (Nannoperca australis) from Pick Swamp at Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park to the large water catchment area at the Railway Lands. NRSE Wetlands Conservation Ecologist Steve Clarke said the project aimed to take a sterile pond and make it function as a native ecological system. Read full article

​Tourism Mount Gambier welcomes $20,000 in Federal Government Building Better Regions Fund Community Investments, to bring the Guides of Mount Gambier visitor economy project to life to revitalise the local tourism industry. Tourism Mount Gambier will match the funds provided by the Federal grant to develop Guides of Mount Gambier, a long term project in partnership with the City of Mount Gambier to create a formal professional tour guiding program within the local tourism industry. Read full article

​City of Mount Gambier adopted its 2018/2019 Annual Business Plan and Budget at a special meeting on Tuesday 3 July 2018. Council will spend a total of $38.4million - $30.2million in operating expenditure and $8.2million in capital expenditure - on the delivery of services and programs, maintenance of assets and the development of new and upgraded assets. Read full article

An award winning team of artists, engineers and scientists from Victoria University today installed 29 three-dimensional butterflies on the light posts of Percy Street as part of the second installation of the Ripley Arcade and Percy Street Public Art Projects. Skunk Control combines art, science and design and collaborated with local schools to merge creativity and science into public art works for Mount Gambier. ​​ Read full article

​The City of Mount Gambier continues to plan for the proposed $40million Mount Gambier Regional Sport and Recreation Centre as demand analysis begins. Simply Great Leisure Consulting Group (SGL) has been contracted to complete a demand analysis to feed into the business case. Read full article

The City of Mount Gambier Junior Sports Assistance Fund congratulates Basketball Mount Gambier juniors Oliver Thomson, Emily Dawe and Sarah Nulty on their selection in the State Country U/16 Boys and Girls teams to attend the 2018 U/16 Australian National Basketball Championships to be held on the Sunshine Coast later this month.​ The City of Mount Gambier Junior Sports Assistance Fund made a donation of $1,050 ($350 each)​ to help Oliver, Emily and Sarah participate in these events. Read full article

A children’s book rich in local indigenous culture will be officially launched as part of NAIDOC Week 2018 in conjunction with the Mount Gambier Library on Monday 9 July at 6:00pm at City Hall, Main Corner Complex. The book is written and produced by Aunty Michelle Jacquelin-Furr and is a tribute to her great grandmother, Annie Brice. Read full article

During Refugee Week 17 - 23 June 2018, City of Mount Gambier Mayor Andrew Lee signed the Rural Australians for Refugees and Refugee Council of Australia Refugee Welcome Scroll. The six metre Welcome Scroll has toured Australia during the past 12 months and aims to confirm Local Government commitment to welcoming refugees into local communities. Read full article