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Council will temporarily close the remainder of its non-essential services from tomorrow in keeping with the NSW Government’s latest COVID-19 restrictions for regional NSW.
The NSW Government yesterday announced all people who live in regional NSW, including the Tweed, would be subject to stay-at-home orders from 5pm yesterday until 12:01 am on Sunday 22 August as part of measures to limit the spread of the virus.
As a result, Council will shut its customer-facing facilities including:
• Customer Service Counters at Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads
• Stotts Creek Resource Recovery Centre (tip) closed to residents, except for essential and commercial waste disposal or waste that may become a public health issue
• Tweed Regional Aquatic Centres
• Starting Block Café at TRAC Murwillumbah only open for takeaway meals and beverages
• Tweed Holiday Parks, with some exceptions, including for permanent residents, overnight travellers, persons working in the local area, persons who have no other place of permanent residence.
These closures and additional details are listed on Council’s COVID-19 Emergency Dashboard and are in addition to those already announced last week, including:
• Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre
• Tweed Regional Museum
• Tweed JUNKtion Tip Shop
• Library branches at Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads and Kingscliff
• Visitor Information Centres
• Council events
• Council-approved community markets, including at Kingscliff, SALT Village, Pottsville, Murwillumbah and Tweed Heads.
Essential services including water and kerbside waste collection services will operate as normal.
The next Council meeting on Thursday 19 August will be a virtual meeting only - for Councillors, staff and the general public – and will be livestreamed, with details on how to join available via Council’s website.
Mayor of Tweed Shire Chris Cherry said Council had acted swiftly to do everything possible to minimise the spread of COVID-19 in the interests of community safety and urged residents to comply with stay-at-home orders.
Cr Cherry said Council had relaunched its Together Tweed campaign, encouraging residents to take care of each other during this difficult time.
“Tweed residents are faced with additional difficulties – not only do we have to comply with strict stay-at-home orders but we are faced with the double whammy of having to navigate ever-changing rules to cross the border into Queensland,” she said.
“I know how difficult this situation is for so many of our residents and businesses – particularly in the north of the Shire where multiple border crossings are a daily occurrence – and I urge everyone to be kind to each other and show understanding.
“Together, we have overcome difficulties in the past and it has made us stronger and together we will do the same again now.”
Council staff through our Contact Centre are still available to answer the community’s questions.
Call our Contact Centre Team on (02) 6670 2400, chat to us online or email us at tsc@tweed.nsw.gov.au. Any issues can be reported online via our Report a Problem webpage or direct message us on Facebook.
Keep up to date with closures and service impacts on Council’s COVID-19 Emergency Dashboard.
For the latest on regional and rural restrictions, including stay-at-home rules, visit the NSW Government website at nsw.gov.au/covid-19/rules/affected-regions.
To find out more about Queensland border restrictions, visit the Queensland Government website.
To find your nearest COVID-19 testing clinic, visit nsw.gov.au/covid-19/health-and-wellbeing/clinics and search by suburb or postcode.
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