Working Groups
Working Groups
A working group, is a group with specialists skills, expertise or a keen interest who work together to achieve specific goals. Working groups assist Council’s operations by providing a strategic focus on issues or undertaking activities to ensure best practice, ongoing maintenance and continuous improvement.
Companion Animals Management Working Group:
The Companion Animals Working Group has been established to assist Council’s operations by providing a strategic focus on community education and improved community safety associated with the residential keeping of companion animals (dogs and cats) in Broken Hill.
To nominate for this Working Group use the online form.
Terms of Reference - Companion Animals Management Working Group(PDF, 101KB)(PDF, 102KB)
Tidy Towns Working Group:
Representatives of the Tidy Towns Working Group will assist Council in undertaking activities to ensure best practice waste management and recycling systems, whilst maintaining a green and attractive city in an environmentally responsible manner.
Constitution of the Tidy Towns Working Group(PDF, 141KB)
To nominate for this Working Group use the online form.
Fruit Fly Control Awareness Working Group
Broken Hill is currently in the Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone and it is unlikely that Broken Hill will be reinstated into the ‘Pest Free Area’ as Queensland fruit fly is now considered endemic to NSW. Queensland fruit fly is now in mass numbers across the State and there is no Government obligation at any level (local/State/Federal) to control Queensland fruit fly in backyard fruit trees.
The current NSW Government policy around Plant Biosecurity & Product Integrity (TI-O-150) specifies that backyard Queensland fruit fly management is the responsibility of the land owner, however community groups may be formed to help control pest and provide information and guidance.
To this end Council is establishing a Fruit Fly Control Awareness Working Group to provide a strategic focus on community education programs for the backyard management of Queensland Fruit Fly in and around Broken Hill.
Terms-of-Reference-Fruit-Fly-Control-Awareness-Working-Group.pdf(PDF, 103KB)
To nominate for this Working Group use the online form.
Nominations close Friday, 21 April 2023.