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Council coffers have received a boost with the announcement of more than $1.3 million in funding under the Federal Government’s Financial Assistance Grants scheme. The $1,340,794 grant is $565,594 above what Council had budgeted to receive under its first FAGs allocation, the...

The latest CEO report tabled at yesterday’s Ordinary General Meeting highlighted a variety of activities and projects Council is undertaking or has recently completed. The projects and activities include: Community participation – Involved in organising activities for NAIDOC...

Council to make submission to Aquaculture Regulation report Douglas Shire Council will prepare a submission to the Queensland Competition Authority’s draft report on Aquaculture Regulation in Queensland. The Queensland Government has requested the QCA produce a draft report which...

The Degarra Community will have significantly improved access with the announcement Douglas Shire Council has been successful in a grant application for its Degarra Causeways Access Flood Upgrade Project. The Commonwealth and State Government will contribute 70 per cent of the...

Mossman, it’s time to retune! As the final step in Australia’s successful move to digital-only TV, all channels will change frequencies today in Mossman. Viewers will now need to retune their digital TV, set-top box or digital TV recorder to find the channels that...

Missed recycling collections from last week will start to be collected tomorrow along with this week’s collection. All recycling collections next week as per usual.

Asphalt reseals starting Monday August 25 • Junction Road from mill street to the Junction Bridge • Snapper Island drive from Wonga Beach road to Giblin Street • Cnr Mossman Daintree Road and Oleander Drive  50 mt section • Shannonvale road from  Cook HWY 400mt along the road...

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Extra resources from both within and outside of the Douglas and Cairns area have been engaged to clear the backlog of waste that has not been collected. Priority will be focused on general waste (green lid bin) collections. Recycling in some areas may be...

Half yearly Rate notices were issued on the 28 July 2014. Ratepayers have until the close of business 28 August 2014 to pay their accounts. Payments can be made via different methods outlined on the Rates and Water Payment Options page of the Council website. Anyone in the...

Douglas Shire Council is conducting a community forum to provide information to and receive feedback from residents, community groups and businesses north of the Daintree River. The community forum will be held at the Diwan sports shed between 10am and 2pm on Thursday, August 28....