Local Councils
Contact your local council for information about:
- property-specific flood information showing impacts on properties, roads and parks adjacent to rivers, creeks and watercourses
- local road closures due to flooding and storm debris
- local planning approval guidelines and planning controls due to flooding
- waste collection following a storm
- storm water and drainage management
- 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