Councillor KateO

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Councillor KateO

Hello All, I am the proud President of the Shire of Gnowangerup.

15/06/2026

L A N D F O R S A L E ‼️🏡 Land Release & Tender Update | Shire of Gnowangerup

A reminder that the tender for 2 Garnett Road, Gnowangerup closes at 4:00 PM TODAY — don’t miss out!

And exciting news for our community — we’re thrilled to announce that three new blocks of land are now available for purchase:

📍 27 Whitehead Road, Gnowangerup
📍 9 House Street, Gnowangerup
📍 Lot 213 Carpenter Street, Ongerup.
Increasing land availability and housing options has been a strategic priority for Council for some time, and it’s wonderful to see this vision becoming a reality. Opportunities like these are an important step in supporting the growth and future of our region.

All sales are being managed by Elders Katanning. For enquiries, please contact Ian Hannah on 0427 215 076.

We encourage anyone interested to reach out to Ian directly — these are fantastic opportunities and we’d love to see them go to people who want to call our Shire home. 🌾

Housing

03/06/2026

This morning, ’s Nadia Mitsopoulos spoke with .mettam about the very real crisis facing health services in rural WA — and our Local Government Rural Health Funding Alliance was part of that conversation.

We’re grateful to both Libby and for amplifying this issue. Rural communities deserve access to GP services, yet local governments are being left to financially carry what should be a state and federal responsibility.

We’re calling on and to act — because the status quo is not sustainable for our communities. 🌾

27/05/2026

Budgets, budgets and more budgets…. Council and Executive staff have been working tirelessly to complete our 2026/27 budget, and of course an important role in our planning is to set rates. Here’s a little update of the direction we are moving in.

25/05/2026

🏛️ Taking rural health to Parliament House. Today the National Rural Health Alliance brought its message straight to Parliament House in Perth, meeting with Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Health, Libby Mettam MLA, to highlight a growing challenge facing communities like ours. The conversation focused on the very real financial pressures local governments are under when it comes to funding GPs — costs that are increasingly being met from the ratepayers’ purse. For rural and regional councils, propping up essential medical services is becoming an unsustainable burden, and it’s a conversation that needs to be had at the decision-making table. It was great to see Libby genuinely engaged and interested in the issue. .mettam has assured the Alliance that she will raise it as part of future budget deliberations — an encouraging step for rural communities working hard to keep healthcare local. Access to a GP shouldn’t depend on your postcode. We’ll keep advocating for fair, sustainable funding so our communities can get the care they deserve. 💙

18/05/2026

What a day! 🚜🤖
The CEO and I started this morning with Susi Tegen to talk through the great work of the National Rural Health Alliance and what’s next for rural and regional health — a conversation that matters deeply for our shire. Susi is a proven leader with a track record of driving change in healthcare, rural economic development, and policy reform.
From there, we headed to the Australian Automation and Robotics Precinct (AARP) — a world-leading innovation hub and Australia’s largest test and development site for automation, robotics, remote operations and zero-emissions technology.
We came looking for ideas. We’re leaving with possibilities.
Tomorrow we drive home with full notebooks, big ideas, and a renewed commitment to making our shire the best it can be — for the people who live here today and the generations who’ll call it home tomorrow.

07/05/2026

THIS MONDAY 🧒 The Early Years Expo on Monday is shaping up to be a great event. We have a ton of stalls booked including;

✨ Gnowangerup Family Support Association
✨ WA Country Health Service
✨ A Smart Start Great Southern
✨ AnglicareWA
✨ Palmerston Association
✨ Gnowangerup Public Library
✨ Gnowangerup Playgroup
✨ DOC Early Years Partnership
✨ Uplift
✨ Gnowangerup & Districts Toy Library
✨ Little Love Groves
✨ The Rustic Chicken
✨ The Little Hive
✨ Rural Connect Collective
…and more.

9.00am Official Opening & Morning Tea
9.30am Jamie the Clown Special
10.00am Early Childhood Development & Support
Sally Ford & Amanda Baxter (Uplyft)
10.30am Jamie the Clown Special
11.00am Supporting Your Child’s Development
Kim McLean & Jolene Olde (Uplyft)
11.30am Jamie the Clown Special
12.00pm Parent Wellbeing
Amanda Baxter & Dee Mantach (Uplyft)
12.30pm Lunch & Door Prize Draw
1.00pm Jamie the Clown Special

06/05/2026

The budget process begins…. Stay tuned for more information 💯

12/04/2026

🎭 FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT 🎙️Come down the the Gnowangerup Sporting Complex tomorrow night (Monday 13 April) for a ripper comedy show. Bring the kids as they’ll be entertained by Monsterball inflatables down on the courts. BYO drink of choice, a delicious platter of nibbles will be provided. 🎙️🥂🧀

09/04/2026

We’d love your help, community!

The newly completed (or nearly refurbished) bridge on Park Road is ready — and we think it deserves a name that reflects our Shire, our history, and our people.

We’re inviting the community to submit suggestions for what we should call the Park Road Bridge. Whether it recognises local history, landscape, families, or something uniquely Gnowangerup — we’d love to hear your ideas.

Please share your suggestions:
• In the comment section below, or
• By PRIVATE DM, or
• Via email to me

We’re looking forward to seeing the creativity of our community and choosing a name we can all be proud of.

Thanks in advance for your ideas and involvement.

30/03/2026

Today I had the opportunity to attend a strategic planning meeting with the National Rural Health Alliance, as we continue to advocate for fair and sustainable funding for GP services in rural and remote communities.

The meeting was hosted by the Shire of Lake Grace and brought together in person and online Shire Presidents and CEOs from across the Great Southern and Wheatbelt, along with key health bodies and advocacy groups, and and . A special thank you to Caroline Robinson from 150Square for facilitating a focused and productive discussion.

Our shared goal remains clear — to secure Federal Government support to help recoup the significant cash contributions that local governments are currently making to attract and retain GPs in areas where the provision of health services is simply not viable in a free market.

These are essential services, and without this support, the burden on small rural Shires is not sustainable. We also call on the Hon Meredith Hammat to urgently address the financial load being carried by remote and very remote local governments, who are not only funding the cash component for GPs but also providing housing, practices, vehicles, utilities and other critical supports required to deliver these services and deliver doctor services to regional hospital.

It was a constructive meeting, and we look forward to continuing this work in partnership with the Hon Meredith Hammat and the Hon Mark Butler as we push for meaningful and timely outcomes for our communities.

Address

Yougenup Road
Gnowangerup, WA
6335

Website

http://www.gnowangerup.wa.gov.au/

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