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Cook Shire Council advises ratepayers that a small administrative error has been identified on a limited number of paper Rates Notices sent by post. Electronic (email) Rates Notices are correct and unaffected. While the amounts payable, fees, charges, levies and due...
Cook Shire Council invites tenders from suitably qualified and licensed tenderers to provide regulated waste collection, transport, processing and disposal services across multiple Council facilities within Cooktown and surrounding localities as described in more...
Cook Shire Council is inviting the community to a relaxed and informative community update and budget engagement on Thursday 19 February 2026, designed to make it easy to understand how the Council budget works and what projects and priorities are shaping the Shire....
Council is now inviting community feedback on Major Amendment 3.0 (Lakeland) to the Cook Shire Planning Scheme. Following completion of the required State interest review process, Council is commencing the mandated public notification period in accordance with the...
Cook Shire Council wishes to advise the Lakeland community that the Lakeland Waste Transfer Station will have a delayed opening today due to access issues. Staff are currently unable to travel from Laura, with river levels preventing safe passage. The facility will...
Cook Shire Council was pleased to welcome a fantastic turnout of community members to last night’s community update and budget engagement, held upstairs at the Sovereign. The event provided a relaxed and informative space for locals to hear about Council’s projects,...
Cooktown Library patrons are advised that the library will be without internet access on Tuesday, 3 March 2026, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm due to an essential NBN upgrade. During this time, the usual Tech Time session will be cancelled. While the library building will...
Get ready, Cook Shire! The Cooktown Shire Hall will come alive with the sound of fiddles, reels and toe-tapping Celtic tunes this March for the St Patrick’s Day Jig. A night of music, dancing and good craic. The celebration will be held on Saturday 21 March 2026 from...