Friday 28 November is National Asbestos Awareness Day and Wingecarribee Shire Council is reminding home owners and renovators of the risks of asbestos. “Asbestos was widely used in building materials up until the mid-1980s,” said Council’s Manager Environment and Sustainability, Barry Arthur. “Even though the manufacture and use of asbestos has been banned for over...
How safe is our community? Do you go about your daily activities feeling safe and without fear of becoming a victim of crime? These are just some of the questions Wingecarribee Shire Council is asking the residents of the Southern Highlands as part of its Community Safety Survey. Council’s Community Development Coordinator, Nicole Williams, said...
With schools on the verge of breaking up for the year, Wingecarribee Shire Council is re-launching a safety campaign to remind parents and guardians of their responsibility ensuring teenagers under the age of 18 are not supplied with alcohol this festive season. Now in its second year, the campaign entitled, “The Secondary Supply – Don’t...
The Mayor of Wingecarribee Shire Council, Councillor Juliet Arkwright, is warning residents to be on the lookout for scam artists offering to undertake maintenance work on properties in the local area on behalf of Council. Council has received reports of residents being approached by door-to-door salespeople requesting money to paint kerbside numbering, and claiming to...
As the warmer weather approaches, Wingecarribee Shire Council is reminding backyard pool owners to register their pools and spas online before the October deadline. The NSW State Government legislation was introduced in April this year with all owners of pools and spas across the state required to register their pools and spas by 29 October...
