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Propagating seagrass to redevelop and restore key marine precincts in Albany’s waters has won local marine scientist Geoffrey Rowland Bastyan the Albany Citizen of the Year Award for 2023.

Binalup will be buzzing this Australia Day when the City of Albany welcomes 24 new Australian Citizens at 9am before a festival of summer fun takes over the precinct from 11am.

Art meets marine science when MIX Artists present their new exhibition, Immerse, at the Albany Town Hall this month.

The City of Albany has been awarded a Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal ABC Heywire Youth Innovation Grant to fund the 2023 Allies Project.

Following significant consultation with the Albany community and key stakeholders, the City of Albany Bicentenary Strategic Plan was adopted by Council at Tuesday night’s Special Council Meeting.

City of Albany has officially welcomed its newest Elected Member as Councillor Elect Stephen Grimmer made his Declaration as West Ward Councillor at last night’s Special Council Meeting.

The City of Albany has made a significant contribution to its Urban Tree Inventory with the total number of trees in the inventory reaching more than 12,000 across the municipality.

City of Albany Council has approved the use of a logo that aims to make marginalised groups within the community feel included, welcome and safe in the City of Albany.

Albany innovation will be well-represented by local school groups when they compete in the FIRST LEGO League WA Championship in Perth this month.

The City of Albany’s Youth Advisory Council (YAC) has taken home the Young Legends award for their environmentally-led Heywire Project at the 2022 Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities Awards.

Albany’s CBD will come alight for the festive season this weekend with the return of the popular City of Albany Christmas Lights Trail.

Rio Tinto and the City of Albany have extended their partnership to provide dedicated youth support in Albany for the next three years and support new projects and initiatives that drive youth engagement.

With the Bicentenary of Albany only three years away, the City of Albany has spent a number of months engaging with community in the development of the Bicentenary Strategic Plan.

The latest exhibition to the Albany Town Hall commences next month as artist Tjyllyungoo/Lance Chadd presents work that reflects his Aboriginal spirituality and connection to country.

The City of Albany is calling for eligible residents who are keen to represent the West Ward community to nominate for the Extraordinary Election when nominations open on 2 November 2022.

Albany’s Green Fair on the Square is back this weekend, providing eco-friendly tips and tricks in the heart of the CBD.

In 2022 Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II became the first Australian Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee after 70 years of service. The City of Albany commemorated this significant occasion with a tree planting this month.

Great Southern tourism operators, businesses and visitors to the region have another reason to look forward to the summer holidays with the City of Albany’s launch of the Great Southern Flexi Pass.

Community is invited to have their say about how an e-scooter trial will operate throughout the Albany CBD at an upcoming co-design workshop with community and e-scooter providers.

City of Albany Rangers are currently investigating a series of illegal tree felling offences that have occurred in City reserves over the past three months.

Schools, community groups, businesses and everyone in between are invited to register their floats for this year’s Christmas Festival and Pageant.

The City of Albany is on the hunt for local community groups to partner with the City to spread the much-anticipated 2023 Community Calendar into the homes of Albany residents.

City of Albany has undertaken a review of Local Planning Scheme No.1 and is seeking feedback from community in relation to proposed changes within the draft scheme, Local Planning Scheme No. 2.

Albany Town Hall will honour the late Queen Elizabeth II on her National Day of Mourning this week by lighting up in purple and opening its doors for the community to sign a book of condolences.

The world of Roald Dahl has been entertaining young minds for decades and this month children across the Great Southern can experience his stories first hand when Roald Dahl and the Imagination Seekers takes centre stage at the Albany Town Hall.

Albany representation has triumphed at the 2022 Cinesnaps Short Film Competition in Busselton as they turned the theme of ‘space’ into creative expressions of film.

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The City of Albany will welcome a new Executive Director of Corporate and Commercial Services after Council endorsed the appointment of Mr Matthew Gilfellon to the role at its July Ordinary Council Meeting.

The City of Albany will welcome a new Executive Director of Corporate and Commercial Services after Council endorsed the appointment of Mr Matthew Gilfellon to the role at its July Ordinary Council Meeting.