Over 100 community submissions have prompted Gilgandra Shire Council to abandon controversial plans to introduce new fees for household rubbish and green waste at the Gilgandra Waste Facility.
Following a six-week public consultation, councillors voted not to introduce the proposed user-pay charges for the 2026/27 financial year after widespread community opposition.
The proposal would have seen residents charged $5 to dispose of a domestic wheelie bin of household rubbish, $5 per wheelie bin of uncontaminated green waste, $15 per ute or box trailer load of green waste and $20 per cubic metre for other uncontaminated green waste…