Welcome to Centroc

Central NSW Councils (Centroc) represents over 236,000 people covering an area of more than 70,000sq kms comprising the Local Government Areas of Bathurst, Blayney, Boorowa, Cabonne, Cowra, Forbes, Harden, Lachlan, Lithgow, Oberon, Orange, Parkes, Upper Lachlan, Weddin , Wellington, Young and Central Tablelands Water.


Centroc exists to advocate and improve operational efficiencies for its members.

 

Position Vacant - Centroc Administration Officer


Live Issues

Centroc's Live Issues page is regularly updated with issues that arise from communities in Central NSW. A current major concern is Telecommunications, including broadband, digital TV and mobile reception in the region. If you are concerned about telecommunications in your community, find out more about what Centroc is doing here.


Advocacy

Centroc advocates on agreed regional positions and priorities while working co-operatively to benefit the councils and communities of Central NSW. Using Centroc's regional strength and leadership in advocacy Centroc lobbies State and Federal Governments to present a more compelling case for regional priorities which are:

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Centroc does not work on the region's behalf in isolation. The following regional teams and organisations work with us:


Projects

Centroc provides a number of information sharing and aggregated purchasing projects which deliver significant cost savings, compliance, improved environmental and business practice to our councils and out into the community.These include:


Useful Links

  • Do you want to find out more about screen services in our region? Click here
  • Looking for some training? For information about Centroc's training service, Click here
  • Are you a community member interested in what's going on with energy and carbon in Central NSW Councils or a Council staff member looking for help with this type of programming? Click here
  • Thinking of relocating your business to Central NSW? Click here
  • Looking for data on your Local Government Area for grant applications and other purposes? Click here
  • Find out about our exciting health workforce attraction and retention program Beyond the Range. Click here
  • Looking for our latest media releases? Click here
  • Want to have a tree planted for your good environmental actions? Click here
  • Does your company offer a product or service that would benefit the councils in Central NSW? If so please Click here and complete the Centroc survey.

 

Useful Tools for Members

 

 

 

Live Issues

Telecommunications

Centroc has audited the broadband needs for this region and has responded to all calls from both the State and Federal Government regarding the regional position on telephony. Centroc seeks to ensure that landline, mobile and data services are constantly improving and to ensure that the region is internationally competitive.

The Centroc "On Top" document regarding broadband needs will be presented to the Federal Government soon, along with the results of the recent Telecommunications Survey. Digital Television will be raised as an issue, as well as support for the recent changes made by the Federal Government to the regulatory framework bringing about functional separation of Telstra.

Centroc’s position on broadband is that:

a.    any upgrades be affordable and will scale into the future with the growth of broadband needs

b.    there be wholesale access to infrastructure

c.    there be price parity

d.    there be no overbuild

e.    the regulatory environment be amended to enable the above

f.    that the Centroc region be considered early in the roll out as it is broadband ready and is an area of need

It should be noted that the policy of Centroc to date fits well with the new direction taken by the Federal Government.

Centroc seeks support from the State and Federal Governments to take advantage of significant work undertaken in the region in auditing its broadband needs and capability and prioritise Central NSW for the National Broadband Network roll out. Centroc seeks to ensure that landline, mobile and data services are constantly improving and to assure that the region is internationally competitive.

For more information on any live issues, please contact Centroc.

Upcoming Training Events

Tue May 22 @08:30 - 04:30PM
Confined Spaces with Breathing Apparatus - Forbes
Thu May 24
Consultative Committee - Lachlan
Fri Jun 15
Construction Induction - Orange

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Members

Atmospheric CO2 data

 

Did you know that atmospheric CO2 was 364 parts per million (ppm) during the Earth Summit in June 1992? In the past decade, atmospheric CO2 has been rising about 1.9 ppm per year. This is the fastest rate since scientists started using high-precision instruments to take CO2 measurements directly from the Earth's atmosphere.

To find out what Centroc is doing about Climate Change, click here.