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Kyogle Council
A Northern Rivers council against the Queensland border — about 9,600 people spread across 3,584 km² of farmland, forest and World Heritage rainforest, in the town of Kyogle and the villages of Bonalbo, Woodenbong, Tabulam, Mallanganee, Urbenville and Wiangaree. Its recent story is infrastructure: 110 bridges replaced in five years under an $80 million program, an ongoing Clarence Way upgrade, and continuing restoration of roads damaged in the 2022 floods and by Cyclone Alfred. The council runs the local services you use every week — waste, water and sewer, roads and bridges, libraries, planning — 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.
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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.
2026–27 rate peg: 4.4% · overdue interest set at 5%
Open →Budget & financesHow financially healthy the council is, measured against official benchmarks.
7 of 9 OLG benchmarks met (2023–24)
Open →Crime & safetyKyogle's recorded crime rates, side by side with the NSW average.
9 of 12 major offences below the NSW rate
Open →Mayor & councillorsWho represents you — and where to read their official profiles.
Mayor: Danielle Mulholland (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) 6632 1611
Open →Area profileThe basics: how many people live here, how big the area is.
Population: ~9,582 (2023–24)
Open →What's happening
16 updatesAuto-collected from Kyogle Council's public channels and drafted in plain language (pending review).
- Policy
Montgomerys Bridge nears completion, ending the $80M bridge program
The new $3.3 million Montgomerys Bridge on Iron Pot Creek Road was expected to open to traffic at the end of August 2026, restoring direct access for residents west of Iron Pot Creek. It is the final bridge in Kyogle Council's $80 million Bridge Replacement Program, under which 110 bridges have been replaced across the LGA in five years.
What this means for you: For Ghinni Ghi and Iron Pot Creek Road residents, the opening removes a 16-kilometre detour each way that has applied since the old bridge closed for safety reasons in November 2020. More broadly, it marks the end of the council's large bridge replacement program — a shift in where its road budget goes from here.
Source: Kyogle Council — Montgomerys Bridge nears completion
- Policy
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please read the Program Guidelines on Council’s website by following this link
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Source: Kyogle Council — News
- Policy
Community priorities driving Council advocacy for funding support
Community priorities driving Council advocacy for funding support
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Source: Kyogle Council — Media Releases
- Event
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Source: Kyogle Council — Events
- Policy
Budget delivers big investment in the future
Budget delivers big investment in the future
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Source: Kyogle Council — Media Releases
- Development
Planning a Development: Help Council to Help You
Planning a Development: Help Council to Help You
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Source: Kyogle Council — Media Releases
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- Policy
$64.5M Draft Budget Looks to the Future
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Source: Kyogle Council — Media Releases
- Policy
Mallanganee Observatory/Lookout opens to the public
Mallanganee Observatory/Lookout opens to the public
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Source: Kyogle Council — Media Releases
- Policy
Major funding boost for Clarence Way
Major funding boost for Clarence Way
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Source: Kyogle Council — Media Releases
- Have your say
Have your say on the health of the Upper Richmond catchment
Have your say on the health of the Upper Richmond catchment
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Source: Kyogle Council — Media Releases
- Policy
Kyogle Gardens Caravan Park re-opens
Kyogle Gardens Caravan Park re-opens
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Source: Kyogle Council — Media Releases
- Policy
Council adopts its $64.6 million 2026/27 budget
Council unanimously adopted its 2026/2027 budget at the June 2026 ordinary meeting. It includes almost $10 million for roads and bridges, $5 million over two years to fast-track watermains replacement to address discoloured water, $7 million this year (and $17 million in forward estimates) for a new Kyogle sewerage treatment plant, $1.793 million for landfill improvements and quarry rehabilitation, $1.013 million for parks, gardens and village maintenance, and $614,285 for the library and mobile library.
What this means for you: This is the document that sets what council will spend on services and projects in your area this financial year. If discoloured water or village street condition affects you, the watermains and main-street allocations are the lines to follow.
Source: Kyogle Council — media release: Budget delivers big investment in the future
- Policy
$5 million Australian Government grant extends the Clarence Way upgrade
Council received $5 million through the Australian Government's Safer Local Roads and Infrastructure Program and will add $1.25 million of its own to upgrade a further 3.4km of the Clarence Way between Bonalbo and Urbenville — a 2.4km section between Murphys Road and Mills Road at Bean Creek, and a 1km section south of the Yabbra Scrub. The work adds to the existing $47.2 million Clarence Way Upgrade Project between Sandilands and Urbenville.
What this means for you: Work on the additional 3.4km is expected to start in early 2027, so expect roadworks and traffic changes on that stretch. Council says it is still seeking funding to complete the full length of the road.
Source: Kyogle Council — media release: Major funding boost for Clarence Way
- Policy
Council adopts the Community Strategic Plan 2025–2035
The Kyogle Community Strategic Plan 2025–2035 was adopted unanimously at council's 11 August 2025 meeting after six months of consultation that included a community survey and nine community meetings and drop-in sessions in Kyogle and the villages. Council describes it as balancing protection of the area's natural environment, community spirit and character with sustainable development, while focusing on the basics — better roads, reliable communications, well-maintained public spaces and community facilities.
What this means for you: The CSP is council's highest-level plan and guides the annual budget, the four-year Delivery Program and the Long Term Financial Plan. If you want to know why a project is or isn't funded, this is the document those decisions point back to.
Source: Kyogle Council — media release: Council adopts roadmap for the future
- Waste
Waste voucher system revised to allow smaller loads
Council revised its waste voucher system so ratepayers receive a $50 voucher that can be used at the Kyogle landfill or any village transfer station either for one ute-and-trailer load of general waste (maximum trailer 7ft x 5ft) or across a combination of smaller loads up to $50 in value, with council staff tracking the balance. Asbestos, hazardous waste and dead animals are excluded, unused value is not redeemable for cash, and vouchers cannot be combined with cash or card payments.
What this means for you: Kyogle has no kerbside bulky-waste collection, so the voucher is the main free option for getting rid of a mattress, a fridge or a load of household clean-out rubbish. Under the revised system you no longer have to save it for one big trip.
Source: Kyogle Council — media release: New waste voucher system responds to community need
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