The Local Government Board has released a series of Information Packs, in line with the nine Community Catchments Identified by the Board in its Stage 2 Interim Report.  read more...

Attention Lady Barron Transfer Station users:   To address the ongoing flooding issue, Council will be carrying out works at the Lady Barron Transfer Station.   **On read more...

Bringing together new ideas and opportunities to foster creativity and innovation in the business, social, and environmental spheres for the Furneaux Islands Community. read more...

The Tasmanian Planning Scheme and Local Provisions Schedule, including the Specific Area Plans (SAPs), have certainly sparked community discussion in recent days. Council read more...

Public Meeting Representatives from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmaniawill provide an information session regarding the Scalefish Review - read more...

29 Council Areas reduced to 9 Communities of Interest On the 18th April 2023, the Minister of Local Government, Nic Street, released the Future of Local Government Stage read more...

With the recent announcement of the closure of our Bendigo Bank Agency and the Beaconsfield Agency, Kylie Clifford, Warren Groves and I travelled to Beaconsfield this wee read more...

Council is reviewing the progress on our 2021-2031 Strategic Plan. Council developed a comprehensive Strategic Plan in 2021 to steer our actions for the next ten years, read more...

The Tasmanian Government has commissioned the Local Government Board to undertake a Review of the role, function, and design of local government in Tasmania. The Stage 2 read more...

The Background Context and Community Engagement report of the Islander Way is now available for feedback The aim of the Islander Way project is to firstly, identify to read more...

FURNEAUX ISLANDS COMMUNITY GRANTS & GUNN BEQUEST Every year Flinders Council supports a variety of community groups, providing funding for specific projects through Comm read more...

The Autumn School Holiday Program was a held over the Easter school holidays. It all kicked off with the colourful and sparkling Easter Bonnet Making extravaganza, perfec read more...

At the December 2022 Council Meeting, the Furneaux Weed Strategy and 5 Year Action Plan 2022 - 2037 was endorsed by Council. DOWNLOAD the Strategy Here Background: At read more...

19th May 2023 Update There have been some recent positive developments with the Safe Harbour project and I thought it timely to update the community on where the project read more...

Redesigning tourism on a small island We are proud to announce the release of the podcast series: Latitude 40: Redesigning tourism on a small island as part of the Islan read more...

Flying by the Seat of Their Pants: Pioneering Aviation Across Bass Strait 1919 – 1939 The Furneaux Museum is working in collaboration the Tasmanian Aviation Historical S read more...

The Island Life online video series features Kitchen | Lifestyle videos featuring local community members, cooking classes and exercise classes, that celebrate vitality, read more...

At the end of last year, Flinders Council was successful in funding from the State Government’s Weed Action Fund. Council have engaged two environmental consultants Eve L read more...

The first stage of improvements to the Whitemark Tip Infrastructure is anticipated to be completed by the end of June. This stage comprises of the building of concrete so read more...

In March 1973 Flinders Island celebrated the bi-centenary of Tobias Furneaux “discovering” Flinders Island. It was a week-long fanfare –   A Civic Receptio read more...

Following on from the workshops held In April, the Islander Way project team are launching a 'pre-accelerator program' where you can be involved in the next stage of the read more...

With all major construction work on the Henderson Dam upgrade finished, Whitemark residents can now have confidence in their water security. To celebrate this TasWater i read more...

The NRRA (National Recovery & Resilience Agency) is holding a community outreach event in Whitemark on 26th of May. They have partnered with a number of organisations w read more...

The past month has seen the Islander Way project move into an exciting new phase identifying regenerative tourism projects. Roberto Daniele from the Changemakers’ Lab joi read more...

The Tasmanian Government has commissioned the Local Government Board to undertake a Review of the role, function, and design of local government in Tasmania.   The read more...

INFORMATION FOR THE ISLAND BOATING COMMUNITY The Island boating community will know that Council set up the Flinders Boating Special Committee in 2021. The Boating Commi read more...

The last week or so has been particularly busy for the Project Team, with both of us back on the Island. It’s been wonderful catching up after a longer period away than w read more...

Council is now sending out a monthly e-newsletter. It will include the Ordinary Council Meeting Agenda, general news and updates. If Council does not have your email add read more...

The Islander Way project team has had a busy start to the new year, and Dianne and Sarah are looking forward to their return to the Island this week.  Now that the Commu read more...

SUCCESS IN GAINING A $1.6 MILLION GRANT FOLLWING THE 2020 FOOCHOW FIRE The Commonwealth Government offered grants for municipalities that were affected by the 2019/2020 read more...

Council Office and Works Depot will be closed from Friday 23rd December and will reopen on 9th January 2022 Council provides essential services over the Christmas holida read more...

The first thing you will notice, on Flinders and the Furneaux group of islands, is the breathtaking scenery. In every direction, what you see is like nothing else in the read more...

Did you know that Flinders Council maintains a Casual Employment Register?   We are currently accepting Expressions of Interest for casual administration positions read more...

  Stage two water restrictions will apply to Whitemark from Saturday 15 January 2022. This is to ensure the community has a continuous water supply over the warme read more...

The COVID@home program has been developed to provide safe and supportive care for individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 who are well enough to be treated within the home. read more...

Residents and visitors to Flinders Island and the Furneaux Islands are now benefiting from the $3.6 million federal funding which enabled the Airport to continue to opera read more...

 A complete rebuild of Henderson Dam is taking shape on Flinders Island. TasWater Capital Delivery Office Dams Project Manager Quentin Ward said excavation of the origin read more...

Flinders Island District High School now has a new basketball court after a contribution by TasWater. While working on the Henderson Dam upgrade on the island, we have b read more...

  SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY works to promote positive mental health and prevent suicide by normalising conversations about mental health and encouraging people to seek hel read more...

Wombats and Wallabies Social Distancing Flyers We produced these 'island-style' messaging posters for our local community during COVID #KeepOurCommunitySafe   Dow read more...

Looking for something to entertain the kids over the school holidays? Over the two-week Winter School Holiday break, Flinders Council will organize three activities. A g read more...

Council’s process to develop a Waste Management Strategy for the Furneaux Islands that guides the way forward for the next four years, has now reached the stage that it c read more...

Whitemark Tip Hours  Monday       1:30pm - 4:30pm Tuesday      7:00am - 10:00am Wednesday  8:30am - 11:30am Thursday     7:00am - 10:00am Friday          1:30pm - read more...