What the council is working on
Recent deliveries, what's underway now, and what's planned next — drawn from the council's own plans, budgets and project pages. We report what the council has publicly said it's doing; every item links to its source.
The council's stated direction
Greater Hume's direction is set out in its Community Strategic Plan 2025–2035 and a Delivery Program with an annual Operational Plan and budget, shaped by the 2024 rollout of a three-bin FOGO waste system and by long-term financial sustainability across a large, sparsely populated rural area with heavy reliance on grant funding.
The council manages local roads, water, waste, parks and planning across a large rural LGA in the Riverina that straddles the Hume Highway and the Sydney–Melbourne railway near Albury and the Victorian border, with an economy built on agriculture (cropping and livestock). Its Delivery Program is the elected council's statement of commitment for its term.
The council reported an operating deficit (performance ratio −4.3% in 2023–24) and own-source revenue well below benchmark (40.4%, reflecting heavy grant reliance typical of small rural councils), so long-term financial planning is a recurring theme in its Integrated Planning & Reporting documents.
Underway now
Financial sustainability
Ongoing via Integrated Planning & ReportingWith an operating deficit and own-source revenue well below the OLG benchmark reported in the time-series data, long-term financial planning is a recurring priority in the council's Community Strategic Plan and Resourcing Strategy. We present the ratios and their benchmarks; readers can judge from the sources.
Source: Greater Hume Council — Draft Community Strategic Plan 2025–2035
Planned / committed
Community Strategic Plan 2025–2035
On public exhibition 2025The council's 10-year Community Strategic Plan, prepared alongside a Resourcing Strategy and Delivery Program, sets the long-term direction for the shire and was placed on public exhibition in 2025 for community feedback before adoption.
Source: Greater Hume Council — Draft Community Strategic Plan 2025–2035
Recently delivered
Three-bin kerbside system with FOGO
Rolled out from 1 July 2024The council introduced a three-bin kerbside system — red general waste and yellow recycling collected fortnightly on alternating weeks, plus a new green food-and-garden organics (FOGO) bin collected weekly. The change was part-funded through the NSW EPA's regional FOGO grants program via the Riverina & Murray Joint Organisation, and puts Greater Hume ahead of the NSW-wide 2030 FOGO mandate. The associated waste-charge increase drew community opposition during 2024–25 budget consultation.
Source: Greater Hume Council — Greater Hume Council Moves to 3 Bin System in 2024