Mayor and Chair of the Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) Bill Ludwig and Member for Keppel Brittany Lauga today toured The Caves and Mount Etna area to inspect the damage and to meet with the hard working firefighters, SES and residents.Livingstone Shire Council are providing support to the Caves Community with the delivery of a diesel fuel trailer along with two 30,000 Lt water tankers to replenish water supplies at the Capricorn Caverns Resort that were depleted during yesterday’s flare-up in that area.Following another flare-up due to adverse heat and wind conditions in the vicinity of the Cammoo Caves nearby residents were advised to prepare to leave as a precaution and some did self-evacuate.A joint briefing between the Livingstone Local Disaster Management Group, District Disaster Coordination Centre and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Regional Operations Centre advice was held this afternoon at 4.30pm.The updated advice at that time was that with the combined assistance of 17 ground appliances and aerial water bombing the active fires have once again been contained.

Livingstone Shire’s Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) met again this afternoon at 4.00pm at the Local Disaster Coordination Centre (LDCC).

Livingstone Shire’s Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) and the Local Disaster Coordination Centre (LDCC) moved to full activation mode, Standing Up at 1800 hours this evening.Livingstone Shire’s L…

If you need help with your ‘what-if’ plan or want to learn more about coastal hazards, Council is inviting residents along to the Get Ready, Get Resilient – Hub Open Day on Saturday, 8 December from 9…

With just days left until nominations close for the Livingstone Shire Australia Day Awards, Council is encouraging the community to nominate someone they believe goes above and beyond for their commun…

Ten local community groups and individuals have shared in more than $36,000 worth of funding from the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF).The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between …

The latest round of the 2018/19 Livingstone Community Grants saw a total of 12 deserving community groups and sporting organisations each receive a share in just over $22,000 dollars to fund a broad r…

Over the next two weeks, three landmarks in Livingstone will light up in the colour orange in support of the annual, global campaign – ‘Zonta says NO to violence against women’.Community Development C…

Causeway Lake amenities are set to get more accessible to both locals and our growing visitor numbers this month, as works begin on installing two PWD (persons with disability) toilets.Deputy Mayor an…