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• OFFER EXTENDED UNTIL FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020! FREE PLANTS FOR BUSH FIRE AFFECTED PROPERTIES

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  The Hawkesbury City Council Community Nursery is providing up to 10 free plants to our bush fire affected communities.
  
  The Nursery is offering the local plants to households to replace the native vegetation on properties that have been fire affected. If you are eligible to receive a selection of ground cover, shrubs and trees suitable for your property location, you will need to;
  
  1. Call Customer Service on 4560 4444 to register your details before Friday, 29 May 2020
  2. Nominate either a Wednesday or Saturday to collect the plants from the Hawkesbury Community Nursery, located at 10 Mulgrave Road, Mulgrave.
  3. Council will contact you after the 29 May 2020 to confirm your pick up date.

• Bushfire Clean-up Underway

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  Bushfire clean-up has started in our area. We understand that this can be an emotional time in the recovery process. You might want to check in on your friends and neighbours with a friendly phone call, and if you or someone you know needs help, reach out.

  The following are free services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week:
  ☎️Mental Health Line – 1800 011 511
  ☎️Lifeline Bushfire Recovery Line - 13 43 57
  ☎️Mensline – 1300 789 978
  ☎️Kids Helpline – 1800 55 1800
  ☎️Beyondblue – 1300 22 4636

  If you or someone you know is in immediate danger call 000.

  Impacted property owners who would like their property cleared must register with Service NSW as soon as possible. Call 13 77 88 or register at: www.service.nsw.gov.au/tran…/register-opt-nsw-bushfire-clean

• Bushfire Royal Commission - Public Submission Extension

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  The Commission has adjusted its schedule in line with current health advice to limit public gatherings. The Commission has now extended the closing date for the public submission period by two weeks to 17 April 2020. Submissions can be made through the Royal Commission's online submission portal at https://naturaldisaster.royalcommission.gov.au/submissions.

  Contact details for enquires about the Royal Commission:
  Email: rcnda.enquiries@royalcommission.gov.au
  Post: Locked Bag 2000, Manuka, ACT 2603
  Call: 1800 909 826 (note this information line is currently operating on a call-back basis due to staffing arrangements relating to coronavirus).

  
  

• Bushfire Recovery Services Continuing During Coronavirus (COVID 19) Closures

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  Although Council has closed its in-person access at our Administration Building in Windsor, essential services including any bushfire recovery enquiries will be maintained.

  Council encourages our community to use our online services at www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au or contact us by calling our Customer Service Team on 4560 4444 or by email to council@hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au

  
  

• Phone assistance for NSW Bushfire Inquiry and Bushfires Royal Commission

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  Hawkesbury City Council is required to cancel the community session that was planned for Tuesday, 24 March at the Hawkesbury Digital Domain at the Deerubbin Centre.

  This is a precautionary measure for community members and Council staff due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).

  In place of the drop in face-to-face session, Council is providing a phone assistance service for

  1. the NSW Government’s Bushfires Inquiry and

  2. the Federal Government’s Bushfires Royal Commission.

  Please call Council’s Customer Service on 4560 4444 for assistance.

  NSW Bushfire Inquiry Submission are open until Friday, 27 March 2020.

  NSW Inquiry submissions can be made at any time at

  www.nsw.gov.au/improving-nsw/projects-and-initiatives/make-a-submission-to-the-bushfire-inquiryor by calling 13 77 88 or via email inquiries@bushfireinquiry.nsw.gov.au

  or in person at any Service NSW service centre or at a Mobile Service Centre.

  Royal Commission Submissions open until Friday, 3 April 2020.

  Community members now have the chance to make submissions to the Federal Government’s Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements, also known as the Bushfires Royal Commission. Hawkesbury City Council is encouraging community members to make submissions.

  Royal Commission submissions can be made at any time at https://naturaldisaster.royalcommission.gov.au/submissions

  or call 1800 909 826 to make a Royal Commission submission over the phone or to request a hard copy form.

  Council is also making hard copy submission forms for both the NSW Inquiry and the Federal Government’s Royal Commission available at various locations in the Hawkesbury including Council’s Administration Building, Hawkesbury Central Library Windsor, Richmond Branch Library and central locations in Colo, Bilpin, Kurrajong, Kurrajong Heights and St Albans. The forms are also available on Council’s website www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au

  
  

• Thank You Parade & Festival - CANCELLED

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  Hawkesbury City Council will be postponing major events with an expected attendance of 500 people or more following the advice from the Federal and State Government regarding the Coronavirus (COVID 19).
  
  This includes the ‘Hawkesbury Thank You Parade & Festival’ which was due to take place on Sunday, 29th March.
  
  Updates on rescheduling Council’s major events will be available onwww.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au

  
  

• Mobile Service Centre to Visit Locations in the Hawkesbury

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  The Australia Government's (Services Australia) Mobile Service Centre is visiting several locations in the Hawkesbury this month. Residents can find out about payments that they may be entitled to and can also receive assistance creating their own myGov account. Dates and locations are as follows:

  Bilpin Community Hall Precinct, Bells Line of Road - Wednesday, 25 March
  Colo Heights Community Hall Precinct, Putty Road - Thursday, 26 March
  Archibald Hotel car park, Bells Line of Road, Kurrajong Heights - Friday, 27 March

  For more information, go to servicesaustralia.gov.au/mobileoffice

  
  

• Time to make community submissions to Bushfires Royal Commission

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  Community members now have the chance to make submissions to the Federal Government’s Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements, also known as the Bushfires Royal Commission.

  
  

  Submissions to the Royal Commission are open until Friday, 3 April 2020.

  
  

  Hawkesbury City Council is encouraging community members to make submissions and to assist this, Council is making a room available on Tuesday, 24 March from 9am to 7pm that has computers, NBN internet connection, a printer and a Council staff member on hand for any assistance needed.

  Find our more information here.

• Hawkesbury’s Thank You Street Parade and Festival

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  You're invited to the upcoming Thank you Parade and Festival for our Hawkesbury Emergency Services who assisted with the recent fires.

  
  

  Organised by Hawkesbury City Council, the Parade will be at 11am on Sunday 29 March and march up Windsor Street in Richmond with a festival to follow after at 12pm.
  
  

  This is your chance to personally thank our emergency services.

  
  

  Invite your family and friends, bring a picnic and enjoy this HUGE community event!

  
  

  Street Parade details, Sunday, 29 March

  • Parade commences: 11am at Windsor Street, Richmond
  • Festival commences: Midday at Richmond Oval and Park
  • Official Proceedings: 12:30pm at Richmond Oval
  • Emergency Services Parade – Hawkesbury RFS Brigades, NSW SES Hawkesbury Unit, National Parks and Wildlife, RAAF and Army, Hawkesbury Fire & Rescue, NSW Ambulance – Hawkesbury Unit

  
  

  Festival Inclusions
  

  • Rides at $2 per ride
  • FREE Activities: face painting, bubble soccer, a circus playground, outdoor/ backyard games
  • Food – a variety of food vendors will attend including the Hawkesbury Rotary and Lions Club providing a sausage sizzle. Local cafes, businesses and take away food outlets will be open
    
  • Entertainment stage – Local performers from the Hawkesbury
    
  • Official Proceedings will include a presentation to all volunteer and community groups that assisted during the fires
  • Speeches from the Mayor, Hawkesbury RFS Superintendent Karen Hodges plus other dignitaries
  • Emergency Services Display
  • RFS firetrucks display
  • SES, Police and RAAF displays

  
  

  RSVP to the Facebook event for more updates.