Latrobe Council's Small Grants are currently open for application but close soon. This is the only round of funding for the 2018-19 financial year so, if you have a project coming up that fits the criteria of either the Emerging Needs Grant or the Arts, Culture, Sport and Festival Sponsorship Grant, please apply before 7 May, 2018.

Council will be undertaking its annual roadside weed control program commencing 9th April, 2018, for a period of approximately six weeks, weather permitting. If you require further information or do not wish to have herbicide sprayed adjacent to your property, please contact Latrobe Works on 6426 4444 to register your name on Council’s No Spray Register.

The following information regarding the detection of fruit fly in Tasmania has been provided by Biosecurity Tasmania. All residents are urged to keep informed.

Latrobe and Kentish Councils welcome today’s announcement by the Tasmanian Government of $600,000 funding of the Wild Mersey Mountain Bike Trails project. Valued at over $4 million, the project is a new adventure tourism product for the North-West Coast and will be a key economic driver for the region.

Recently the government have passed new legislation in relation to neighbour disputes about overhanging and nuisance trees/shrubs called the Neighbourhood Disputes about Plants Act 2017.