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Tweed Shire Council
A coastal and hinterland shire on the very northern tip of NSW, right on the Queensland/Gold Coast border — around 99,800 people across Tweed Heads, Kingscliff, Murwillumbah and the Byron-adjacent hinterland. Tweed Heads sits directly across the border from the southern Gold Coast, so many residents cross state lines for work, shopping and services. The council runs the local services you use every week — waste, roads, flood recovery, 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.
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.
Meets 8 of 9 OLG financial benchmarks
Open →Crime & safetyTweed's recorded crime rates, side by side with the NSW average.
6 of 12 major offences below the NSW rate
Open →Mayor & councillorsWho represents you — and where to read their official profiles.
Mayor: Chris Cherry (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 6670 2400
Open →City profileThe basics: how many people live here, how big the area is.
Population: ~99,800 (2023–24)
Open →What's happening
3 updatesRecent items from Tweed Shire Council's public channels, in plain language.
- Have your say
Draft Growth Management, Housing and Employment Strategy open for feedback
Council put its draft Growth Management, Housing and Employment Strategy on exhibition — a shire-wide plan identifying capacity for 11,200 new homes by 2041 (up to 27,400 longer-term) and over 10,900 jobs.
What this means for you: You can read the draft strategy and make a submission if where and how the Tweed grows over the next 15+ years matters to you — as at when checked (mid-July 2026) it was open for a further ~7 weeks; confirm the current closing date on the project page.
Source: Your Say Tweed — Draft Growth Management, Housing and Employment Strategy
- Development
Wardrop Valley employment land rezoning on exhibition
A planning proposal to rezone land at Wardrop Valley Road, South Murwillumbah for local centre, industrial and productivity-support uses (with environmentally sensitive parts protected) was publicly exhibited from 1–29 July 2026.
What this means for you: If you live near South Murwillumbah, this is a rezoning proposal, not yet an approved development — written submissions were open until 4 pm Wednesday 29 July 2026, and the NSW Planning Minister's delegate (not Council) is the determining authority.
- Policy
Council tells the story of four years of flood recovery
Tweed Shire Council launched a six-week flood resilience media series (19 June – 24 July 2026) covering how the community has rebuilt since the 2022 and 2024 floods and Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred — nearly 5,000 damaged sites and close to $350 million in recovery works.
What this means for you: If you live in a flood-affected part of the Tweed, the series covers what's been rebuilt (like Murwillumbah's Budd Park and railway precinct) and what's still being planned, such as the South Murwillumbah Masterplan for flood-buyback land.
Source: The Echo — Tweed Shire Council presents flood resilience series
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