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MEDIA RELEASE | BOWLS OF GOODNESS AS COUNCIL AWARDS KIOSK LEASE TO COOKTOWN FAVOURITE
10/06/2022
Cook Shire Council has awarded the lease of the waterfront kiosk at William Daku Park in Cooktown to food van vendor and small business owner, Bek Stewart of Bektopia.
MEDIA RELEASE | CURTAIN CLOSES ON COOKTOWN'S 2022 DISCOVERY FESTIVAL
20/06/2022
The 2022 Cooktown Discovery Festival lived up to its name this weekend, as community members, special guests, visitors and stakeholders came together to celebrate, discover – and rediscover – some of what makes Cooktown and life on the Cape so great.
MEDIA RELEASE | MODERATE AND REALISTIC 2022-23 BUDGET FOR COOK
01/07/2022
Cook Shire Council adopted the 2022-23 Budget at the Council Meeting held on Tuesday 28 June.
MEDIA RELEASE | CAPE COUNCILS PUSH TO GET REGIONAL AGED-CARE ADDRESSED
08/07/2022
Cook Shire Council has tabled a preliminary business case that addresses the need for aged care services through a regional partnership of three neighbouring Councils: Cook Shire, Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire and Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire.
MEDIA RELEASE | SAILING OFF ON A HIGH: COOK SHIRE CEO BID A HEARTFELT FAREWELL
27/07/2022
Cook Shire Council Mayor Peter Scott expressed his heartfelt gratitude and respect for retiring CEO Linda Cardew at the July Ordinary Council Meeting – Mrs. Cardew’s last ahead of her retirement – held on Tuesday 26 July 2022.
MEDIA RELEASE | COUNCIL URGES COMMUNITY TO GET READY AHEAD OF EXTREME WEATHER SEASON
14/10/2022
Cook Shire Council is urging community members to get ready for extreme weather season and is offering free dumping for sorted domestic waste at all Cook Shire Waste Transfer stations, from Tuesday 25 October until Monday 7 November 2022, to help them prepare.
MEDIA RELEASE | RESIDENTS RELIEVED AS MARTON SWING BRIDGE RE-OPENS AHEAD OF WET SEASON
21/10/2022
Cook Shire Council is pleased to announce that with repairs to the approach ramps of the Marton Swing Bridge coming to completion, the bridge is scheduled to reopen in coming days – ahead of the approaching wet season.
MEDIA RELEASE | ONE-WAY AND A SHARED PATHWAY AS SHERRIN ESPLANADE SETS TO REOPEN
12/08/2022
Stage 6 of the Revitalisation of Charlotte Street, the upgrade works to Cooktown’s Sherrin Esplanade, are due for completion in the coming weeks, with the road anticipated to be open in September.
MEDIA RELEASE | COOK SHIRE'S NEW CEO JUMPS RIGHT INTO HIS NEW ROLE
25/08/2022
This week Cook Shire Council’s new Chief Executive Officer, Brian Joiner, jumped straight into the hot seat of managing the day-to-day operations of Queensland’s largest local government area.
