Please click on the following Media Releases below:

A Partnership Renewed – CNSWJO and RDA Central West – September 2024

Councils Not Welcome – August 2024

Central NSW Joint Organisation Honoured at Local Government Awards – August 2024

Local Leaders Develop Policy on Water Management – July 2024

Central NSW Councils pilot simulation technology to enhance disaster preparedness – May 2024

Chair and Deputy Chair Returned Unopposed – March 2024

Collaboration on bridge safety secures funding – November 2023

Council budgets and the environment reap the benefits of buying renewable energy – November 2023

Sustainability in focus for regional contracts – November 2023 

Mayors of the Central NSW region are raising concerns about the current direction of the NSW and Australian Government’s efforts to get to net zero greenhouse gas emissions – October 2023

Councils get on the electric journey to a net zero future – October 2023

We need to be better at social media say Mayors across Central NSW – September 2023

Widespread disappointment with the Wyangala Dam decision – September 2023

Central NSW Councils tackle better readiness for Natural Disaster – August 2023

Central NSW Joint Organisation to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Rural Doctors Network – August 2023

Call to get more houses built in Central NSW – August 2023

Country Mayors Welcome Minister’s Commitment to Local Water Utilities remaining in public hands – May 2023

Sydney gets smart – but not Central NSW – May 2023

The eleven Mayors of the region take their ideas to Canberra – May 2023

Emergency Services Levy is the latest disaster – May 2023

Central NSW Mayors welcome Minister’s commitment to fair and equitable access to water – May 2023

CNSWJO Chair welcomes collaborative approach to better Health and Social Care for our Communities – April 2023

Charles Sturt continues to put regional Australia first: new Local Government Policy Working Group – April 2023

CNSWJO Chair welcomes the recently announced NSW Cabinet – April 2023

Central NSW Councils say no to bank closures in regional Australia – March 2023

Central NSW Joint Organisation have secured $647K for their member Councils in Central NSW for the Disaster Risk Reduction Fund – March 2023

Lithgow Proclaimed as a member of the Central NSW Joint Organisation – March 2023

Central NSW Joint Organisation Water Loss Management Maturity Audit being rolled out across regional NSW – March 2023

Central NSW JO receives NSW government Grant to help Councils work together towards Net Zero

Chair of Central NSW JO encourages community members to respond to the for the EIS for Blackheath to Little Hartley – February 2023

Central NSW Councils call for bipartisan support for regionalisation – February 2023

Wyangala Wall raising Business case – November 2022

Good roads are good business – November 2022

“What’s yours is yours” Central NSW Councils push back on NSW Government on accounting for RFS assets. – November 2022

Centre of Attention – August 2022

Councils in Central NSW secure renewable energy deal – August 2022

Wyangala Must Proceed – June 2022

Local communities the big winner in the federal election – May 2022

Central NSW Councils supports the recent extended tunnel announcement – the longer the better – May 2022

Mayors of Central NSW call on all sides of government to prioritise aged care and telecommunications – May 2022

Time to do things differently – April 2022

Push for the Regionalisation Agenda – April 2022

CNSW Joint Organisation Board present a united front in Canberra – April 2022

There is no money tree in the Council carpark – March 2022

New leader of leaders elected unopposed – February 2022

Outgoing Chair of Central NSW Councils calls for common sense in State programming – February 2022

Central NSW Joint Organisation Welcomes New Cabinet Ministers – December 2021

How independent is IPART? – December 2021

Time for a steady hand – October 2021

NSW Government common planning assumptions are beyond a bad joke – September 2021

Central NSW JO backs progress connecting the two Wests – September 2021

Wyangala Dam Overflows – August 2021

Confusion reigns over NSW Emergency Services Levy (ESL) – May 2021

All shovels in the soil to raise Wyangala – May 2021

Central NSW Joint Organisation loves tunnels. The longer the better! – May 2021

Beyond frustration for our visitors’ experience – 12 April 2021

Leaders in Central NSW positive about a new way of doing business with the State Government on Water Security – 9 February 2021

Mayors concerned for our visitors’ experience – 13 November 2020

Central West NSW CBD Business Survey – 23 October 2020

Central NSW Welcomes Renewed Effort in Energy Management – 15 October 2020

Push for Tresillian Residential Service in the Central NSW Region – 8 October 2020

Primary producers to inform the support they need for harvest – 21 August 2020

Don’t Take the Foot off the Pedal on Water Security – 13 August 2020

Central NSW Joint Organisation Electric Vehicle Toolkit goes Live – 3 July 2020

Central West’s Future Medical Students receive $75k Scholarship Boost – 29 June 2020

Three projects to be undertaken to build capacity in Central NSW – 13 May 2020

Stay Connected – 7 April 2020

Nothing but Gold – 15 November 2019

Less Blame & More Whole of Government Work on Solutions – 30 October 2019

Wyangala Dam Announcement – 15 October 2019

Calling for Sensible Work on Water Security – 17 September 2019

Visitor Spend in Central NSW – 1 September 2019

The NSW Rural Fire Service expansion welcomed news for the region – 1 August 2019

Central NSW Councils seek some common sense in the emergency services levy – 20 May 2019

The Southern Lights Group celebrating a win for Councils on Streetlighting Costs – 15 May 2019

Ready for New Opportunities working with the NSW Government – 5 April 2019

Central NSW Discovery Passport – 28 March 2019