Roberto and Sarah will be back on the Island for three days from this Wednesday, July 27 for The Business Accelerator Program as part of the Islander Way project. As usua read more...

Mayor Annie Revie has resigned from the role of Councillor and Mayor of the Flinders Municipality, effective 18 July 2022, three months short of her four-year term. Annie 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...

Expressions of Interest Flinders Council has established and maintains an Audit Panel under Section 85 of the Local Government Act 1993 and the associated Local Governme read more...

Removal of the desalination plant at Lady Barron  Taswater will soon be decommissioning the reverse osmosis desalination plant located on Franklin Parade, Lady Barron. T read more...

Overview Tasmanian councils are the closest level of government to the community. They are responsible for representing the interests of their communities and delivering read more...

During the first two phases of the LRCI (Local Roads and Community Infrastructure) Program grants, Council focused on upgrading and maintaining community assets.  Inte read more...

Tender for Building Works     Flinders Council is seeking the services of suitably qualified builders to quote on works associated with building a veterinarian clin read more...

FURNEAUX ISLANDS COMMUNITY GRANTS  Every year Flinders Council supports a variety of projects through Community Grants and Gunn Bequest (Sporting Clubs) endowments.  Ap read more...

The exciting new phase of the Islander Way project – the business incubator/accelerator program - is well and truly underway, with a focus on how tourism can be utilised 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...

RECENT FEDERAL ELECTION Understanding the outcomes of the recent Federal Election and how the Parties will work together in the future is very interesting. The results m 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...

Kentish Arts Commerce and Tourism is excited to announce Mural Fest will be taking place between Monday 7th November and Friday 11th November 2022. This year nine artist read more...

The Tasmanian Government is developing the Tasmanian Drug Strategy 2022–2027. The vision is to create a Tasmania where people make healthy choices about alcohol, tobacco 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...

Flinders Island farmers, fishers and producers are being invited to a free Agritourism Field Day on June 4th at Mountain Seas Lodge   The event is being hosted by ‘Open 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...

The Furneaux Maritime History Association invites you to our History Symposium to be held at Lady Barron, in the Lady Barron Memorial Hall, from the 12th to the 14th of A read more...

We have designed the Symposium for visitors and locals alike, with support from local accommodation and travel/ transportion providers. For visitors we have included mea 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...

Delivered by Warren Groves ANZAC Day, 25 April, is a day of national remembrance. In preparing this speech for today, I wanted to remember a slightly different aspect o read more...

June News 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 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...

REGARDING OUR ROADS I want to take this opportunity to offer the community some important information regarding the roads on Flinders Island. Council is well aware that 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...

 Updates to Palana Rd project Grading and overlay preparation will start this Friday 4th Feb at Five Mile Jim Rd and finish on Monday 7th Feb at Fairhaven Rd. This 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...

After receiving so many complimentary comments on my first Island News update, I thought now would be a good time to write a second item and provide residents with a brie 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...

The Flinders Draft Local Provisions Schedule (LPS) undertook a public exhibition period from 2 June 2021 until 2 August 2021. Representations were invited and accepted un 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...

Community Launch  Meet the team and hear about the project and how to get involved! FRIDAY 8 OCTOBER 5PM - 7PMFAEC WHITEMARKPlease RSVP for catering purposes, phone Cou read more...