General News
16 February, 2025
Working together in thrive drive
New plan a chance for residents to share ideas, writes Nick Angelo SUPPORTING the community that elected me as their Tarnagulla Ward representative is so important. And likewise the community supporting me as the elected representative is important...
New plan a chance for residentsto share ideas, writes Nick Angelo
SUPPORTING the community that elected me as their Tarnagulla Ward representative is so important.
And likewise the community supporting me as the elected representative is important as well.
My commitment is to assist the Tarnagulla Ward to thrive and grow. I can only do this if my community is with me.
If community members – in any community - don’t think their elected representatives are doing a good job, then it is incumbent on the community to explain why, not just shut the person down or out.
My role as a councillor is to listen and understand what is important to my community.
I intend on doing that for the next four years – so there is plenty of time for us to get to know each other and work together.
Before Christmas I attended a function at Kingower where the community put on a huge feast and the next evening I attended the carols in Eddington with the community who always put on a good show.
Little did I know that eating was such a large part of the councillors role!
On Australia Day I attended three Australia Day community celebrations in the Tarnagulla Ward of the Loddon Shire.
The first was the Eddington service where I had the honour to present Veronica Palmer with the Tarnagulla Ward Loddon Shire citizen of the year for all her hard work in the community- not least, volunteering, coaching and establishing a community garden.
I got to enjoy some of the tasty treats Norm Morrison cooked up!
Next, I attended Newbridge and was honoured to raise the flag at the start of the service and enjoying the top shelf feast the community provided and then I attended the Tarnagulla service where I was pleased to present some awards to the children of Tarnagulla Primary School as well as a great feed cooked up by the Tarnagulla Fire Brigade.
It was great to share Australia Day with so many Community members, young and old.
As councillors and a team, we are now working with our communities to develop our new council plan.
This is an exciting opportunity for community input into what we want to achieve over the next four years. Please let us know if you would like to provide input into the development process.
Nick Angelo is Loddon Shire’s Tarnaguila Ward councillor