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Disaster support on Council website
10/10/2016
Online access to vital disaster preparation and tracking information will be much easier with a new section to be added to the Cook Shire Council website.
Council’s free rural number program rolled out
10/10/2016
Cook Shire Council’s free rural numbering program has been rolled out across the shire to improve safety for residents.
EXTREME WEATHER SEASON IS COMING - ARE YOU READY?
20/10/2021
Get Ready for disaster season with FREE dumping for all sorted domestic waste at all Cook Shire Waste Transfer Stations from Tuesday 25 October until Monday 7 November 2022.
NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN
11/10/2022
Express your appreciation for a worthy individual or group that has made a real contribution to the region by nominating them for an Australia Day Award!
SUNSET WITH SANTA 2022
11/10/2022
Join us at Cooktown's favourite community Christmas event, Sunset with Santa 2022!
VETS TO VISIT LAURA AND COEN AS PART OF COUNCIL'S HEALTHY DOGS PROGRAM
02/11/2021
Cook Shire's Healthy Dogs Program is heading back to Coen and Laura this October offering local residents house-to-house vet visits and complementary pet treatments, including flea, tick, worming, and desexing.
PUBLIC NOTICE | BRIDGE INSPECTIONS SHIPTON'S FLAT ROAD AND PDR
11/10/2022
We have been advised that the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) will be inspecting bridges on Shiptons Flat Road and Peninsula Developmental Road (Laura – Coen) as part of maintenance works.
COUNCIL ISSUES FAKE PHONE CALLS WARNING
13/10/2022
Cook Shire Council is warning residents to be careful when receiving phone calls that claim to be from or on behalf of the Council.
PUBLIC NOTICE | TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF COUNCIL'S REMOTE SKIP WASTE BINS
14/10/2022
The community is being advised that due to the forecast of above-average rainfall and an increased likelihood of an early wet season, Council is temporarily removing skip bins at some remote and hard-to-access locations.
