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Send us Fan Mail After years of negotiations, the State Government has agreed to return more than 80 hectares of crown land to the local Land Council. It happened after Orange City Council and the Orange Local Aboriginal Lands Council sat around the negotiating table with officials from the Crown Lands Dept representing the state Government. The government’s new approach was designed to avoid the one-by-one series of native title claims, a process that can take years to sort through in ...
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Send us Fan Mail Orange City Council's Sustainability Project Officer Eleanor Pratten sat down with Calum Harvey-Scholes from Rewiring Australia to discuss the recent Electrify Your Home event and talk about opportunities for Orange residents to transition to a more resilient and sustainable energy future.
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Send us Fan Mail There’s been a major step forward in a long-running change which has the potential to transform the local indigenous community. In Orange a community fun day was held to acknowledge the start of new co-management deal to oversee the management of the Moulder Park Velodrome. And, a visit to Orange by state government minister Tara Moriarty delivers the opportunity to look at why its takes so long to build a sports precinct.
Send us Fan Mail NSW senator Deb O’Neil was in Orange on Monday to announce joint state and federal funding for the first steps of a plan to explore building a pilot plant to produce Purified Recycled Water (PRW) for Orange residents to drink. In the same way that Orange has led the way Australia-wide to draw on Stormwater Harvesting to deliver drinking water, the next step is to use Purified Recycled Water. It's a decision with a huge potential impact for the city’s future. This week, ...
Send us Fan Mail When it comes to Orange's suite of festivals, there are a couple of new kids on the block. The Orange Podcast chats to locals at the launch of the next Rainbow Festival. And, we meet one of the new faces on Orange City Council, Cr Marea Ruddy, who’s aiming to make the work of Council a bit more approachable for the community…