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Cabonne Council
A large rural council in the Central West that wraps around the City of Orange — around 13,900 people across towns and villages like Molong, Canowindra, Eugowra, Cudal, Manildra and Yeoval, on an agricultural economy of fruit, wine, flour milling and livestock. The council runs the local services you use every week — waste, water, roads, parks, development — and sets your rates. Here's the snapshot, then the stuff that affects your week.
Everyday essentials
The things people actually need from the council — fast.
Get to know your council
The basics, in one tap — open any card for key facts and a link to the official source.
This year's rate rise, how it compares across NSW, and why bills differ.
2025–26 rate peg: 4.4%
Open →Budget & financesHow financially healthy the council is, measured against official benchmarks.
Among the lowest average residential rates in NSW
Open →Crime & safetyCabonne's recorded crime rates, side by side with the NSW average.
All but one major offence below the NSW rate
Open →Mayor & councillorsWho represents you — and where to read their official profiles.
Mayor: Kevin Beatty (Independent)
Open →Elections & votingWhen the next council election is, and how voting works.
Next election: Sat 9 Sep 2028
Open →Contact & servicesHow to reach the council and report a problem.
Customer service: (02) 6392 3200
Open →Area profileThe basics: how many people live here, how big the area is.
Population: ~13,900 (2024)
Open →What's happening
3 updatesRecent items from Cabonne Council's public channels, in plain language.
- Waste
Council to launch a FOGO kerbside service in 2028
Cabonne will introduce a food-and-garden-organics (FOGO) kerbside service from 2028: eligible households get a green-lid FOGO bin collected weekly, while the red-lid general-waste bin moves from weekly to fortnightly. It is part-funded by a $191,950 NSW EPA grant.
What this means for you: From the 2028 rollout, most households will have a new weekly green FOGO bin (with a kitchen caddy) and their red bin collected fortnightly. Community education is planned over the next two years before the change.
- Waste
Annual bulky waste clean-up runs in May 2026
The council's yearly bulky waste kerbside clean-up ran in May 2026, with items placed out 9–10 May for collection from Monday 11 May. The service is for households that have a regular Council bin service.
What this means for you: Once a year, eligible households can put out bulky household items for a booked kerbside collection. Check the council's current dates and eligibility before putting items out.
- Development
$2 million for a new Eugowra housing and land development
The NSW Government committed $2 million from the Regional Development Trust for the Cabonne Housing and Land Development Project — around 20 new residential lots near Loftus Street in Eugowra, outside the mapped flood envelope, with water, sewer, power, roads and stormwater.
What this means for you: If you live in or around Eugowra, this supports new home sites on higher ground for residents relocating from flood buy-back properties, part of recovery from the November 2022 floods. The council and NSW Government pages set out the detail.
Source: NSW Government — New housing project to support Eugowra's flood recovery
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