Mount Alexander Shire Council

Vote for her story! 🎨 Our shire has been shortlisted for a new public artwork honouring seven local women who founded Castlemaine Art Museum. We need your vote to make this vision a reality! Vote before Sunday 8 December at https://lnkd.in/gFtu_4bM. Help us spread the word by sharing this amongst your networks. Together, we can make this happen.

Council is proud to support the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign, which gets underway today. 🌸 Council’s Executive team (pictured) are proudly displaying orange ribbons and crochet flowers to show their support for the international initiative that aims to end gender-based violence. There are lots of ways to show your support, raise awareness and take action. Join the community vigil at the Northern Arts Hotel today - Monday 25 November at 4.30pm. - Enjoy the nightly art installation at the Northern Arts Hotel. - Get involved in the Crochet Flower Project by crafting orange flowers to wear and share. - Join an online event where Women’s Health Loddon Mallee will be discussing men’s roles in respect and equality to prevent gender-based violence. - Join an author talk at the Castlemaine Library where Hana Assafiri will be talking about her new book Hana: the audacity to be free Find out what’s on during the 16 Days of Activism at https://lnkd.in/g5SNz648. Image (left to right): Darren Fuzzard, Chief Executive Officer, Lisa Knight, Director Healthy Communities, Julie Landy, Director Corporate Services, and Michael Annear, Director Infrastructure and Development.  

We need your vote to tell her story! 🖌 For too long the stories of local women have been absent from the history books. Together, we can change that. Our shire has been shortlisted for funding to create a new public artwork honouring seven local women in history. But we need your vote to make this vision a reality! Vote now at https://lnkd.in/gDcpHukP and together, we can make this happen.

Did you know that the manufacturing sector provides jobs for over 1,500 people in our shire? To keep those numbers growing, we need to ensure there’s enough suitable industrial land for businesses to thrive and expand right here in our community. We’re working to create a strong plan to provide for the sustainable growth of our industries, and we want your feedback. Find out more at https://lnkd.in/gt87t5xA and provide your input by Friday 6 December.

We're stoked to announce that we've commissioned three local artists to create digital artwork for our new waste collection trucks. A big congratulations to Joe Pratt, Kirsten Moegerlein and Thea Sydes! We have more exciting news on the way about upcoming public art projects. Subscribe to our quarterly Arts News enewsletter and be the first to hear about them: bit.ly/SubscribeArtsNews

The Victorian Electoral Commission has formally announced the results of the 2024 Mount Alexander Shire Council elections, with four councillors returning and four new councillors joining the team for the next four years.   Barkers Creek Ward – Rosie Annear (returning) Calder Ward – Tony Cordy (returning) Campbells Creek Ward – Bill Maltby (returning) Coliban Ward – Phillip Walker  Forest Creek Ward – Toby Heydon Loddon River Ward – Matt Driscoll (returning) Moonlight Creek Ward – Lucas Maddock Tarrengower Ward – Rosalie Hastwell To find out more about the election results, visit vec.vic.gov.au/voting. Councillors elect will be formally sworn in at an Unscheduled Meeting of Council on Tuesday 26 November 2024.

Join our team 👷♀️ We have a number of roles open for enthusiastic people who are passionate about our community: Crew Leader - Gardener Team Leader - Sealed Roads Direct Care Worker Find out more about each role and apply now at https://lnkd.in/g72MGpPM

⭐ Win a $500 voucher for Castlemaine Mowers & Ag! ⭐ We're celebrating local agriculture and farming with a photo competition! 🐑 Growing Mount Alexander is an opportunity to submit photos of local agriculture and farming – think animals, fresh produce, crops, harvest. Calling all farmers, food producers, market stall holders and backyard growers, this is your chance to showcase your produce and the vital work you do. Competition runs until Saturday 30 November. Enter at https://lnkd.in/gjW4w-Fe Image: Betty the cow submitted by Zara.

We have a target to achieve zero-net emissions for Council operations by 2025 ♻ We have and are continuing to make some big changes as an organisation so we can reach our goal, including switching to renewable energy to power our buildings and lighting, transitioning our fleet of vehicles to electric, and much more. The next step is for us to offset any remaining, residual emissions. We’ve developed a draft Carbon Offsetting and Drawdown Policy, which outlines our approach to do this. Have a read and let us know what you think before Monday 18 November. You can also meet our Climate Change Coordinator, Brendan Garrett, to find out more about the project by stopping by the Castlemaine Library on Saturday 9 November from 9.45am to 11.00am and on Tuesday 12 November from 3.00pm to 4.30pm. Find out more at https://lnkd.in/gCxh58jP

Join our team 👷♀️ We have a number of roles open for enthusiastic people who are passionate about our community: Crew Leader - Gardener Team Leader - Sealed Roads Direct Care Worker Find out more about each role and apply now at https://lnkd.in/g72MGpPM