Your Local Councils

Contact your local council for information about:

1. property-specific flood information showing impacts on properties, roads and parks adjacent to rivers, creeks and watercourses
2. local road closures due to flooding and storm debris
3. local planning approval guidelines and planning controls due to flooding
4. waste collection following a storm
5. storm water and drainage management
6. coastal erosion

Some of this information may be available on council websites.

The Far West Region extends from the NSW / QLD border in the north, south to include Broken Hill, Ivanhoe and Menindee. It is bounded by the NSW / SA border in the West and extends east to include Cobar and Brewarrina.

Contact details for your local councils in the Far West Region are listed below:

• Bourke Shire Council
  P. 02 6830 8000
  www.bourke.nsw.gov.au
• Brewarrina Shire Council
  P. 02 6839 2106
  www.breshire.com
• Broken Hill City Council
  P. 08 8080 3300
  www.brokenhill.nsw.gov.au
• Central Darling Shire Council
  P. 08 8083 8900
  www.centraldarling.nsw.gov.au
• Cobar Shire Council
  P. 02 6836 5888
  www.cobar.nsw.gov.au
• Unincorporated Far West (C/O Dept. of Natural Resources)
  P. 02 6883 3000
  www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_councilcontactdetails.asp?slacode=8800