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While the multiple impacts of climate change on the environment are well-known, relatively few people have considered what this means for human health.

After three years of disruptions due to COVID-19, the Warrnambool RSL’s traditional Anzac Day services resume for 2023.

With the 2023 flu season imminent, Warrnambool Mayor Cr Debbie Arnott and CEO Andrew Mason have had their flu shots, and they are encouraging everyone to do the same.

A public holiday will be held in the Warrnambool municipality on Thursday, May 4, 2023, to coincide with the final day of action at the May Racing Carnival.

A summary of the Warrnambool City Council Meeting held on April 3, 2023

The Warrnambool Library and Learning Centre has been shortlisted for the 2023 Australian Interior Design Awards.

If you see a brightly coloured van with roof-mounted cameras driving around Warrnambool over the next fortnight, it’s not Google.

Over three thousand competitors will be in action across three major porting carnivals this Labour Day weekend.

1983 saw the official opening of the Warrnambool Performing Arts Centre (now the Lighthouse Theatre) as well as the beginning of Kate Ceberano’s musical career.

The next generation of South West entrepreneurs, inventors and innovators gathered together for the first time on March 7, with the inaugural event of the 2023 Ideas Place program held at the Light

A summary of the Council Meeting held on Monday March 6 2023

The South West will have a prominent presence at the Healthcare Job Fair in Melbourne on Saturday, March 4.

Warrnambool City Council is in process of delivering a Public Health in Changing Climate Forum in late May 2023. 

Each year in February and March, an independent research company undertakes the Community Satisfaction Survey on behalf of most Victorian Councils.

Local clubs and groups can apply for up to $5000 in funding via the Warrnambool City Council Community Development Fund.

After 44 years in the industry, possibly Warrnambool’s longest serving IT professional Peter Newell has decided to retire. 

February 14 is a special day, it’s Library Lovers Day. Mayor Cr Debbie Arnott is encouraging library lovers to explore the new library this week and sign up as a Library Champion. 

A summary of the Council Meeting held on February 6, 2023

The Warrnambool City Council’s program to renew the asphalt footpaths in the city centre is under way, with work beginning in Banyan Street this week.

Work has begun on the new McGennan Car Park amenities building.

Cycling legend and multiple Grand Tour winner Chris Froome described the Powercor Melbourne to Warrnambool as a 'great race but brutal', after surviving over seven hours on the bike to finish in 12

Fathers love their children. They always have. But the public perception of dads as a “provider” rather than a “nurturer” is deeply ingrained in society.

Warrnambool City Council is distributing free Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) on behalf of the Department of Health.

A Warrnambool resident who has been a driving force within Warrnambool’s creative industries is this year’s Warrnambool Citizen of the Year.

Twenty Warrnambool residents are scheduled to become new citizens on Australia Day.

Anyone aged 12-25 with a desire to make Warrnambool a better place is encouraged to join the Warrnambool Youth Circle.

Three diseased Canary Island Palms in Warrnambool will be removed in the coming weeks.

Sisters Olive and Keela Adams are part of the next generation of young artists to have their artworks lit up for all to enjoy.

Expressions of Interest are invited for an independent member to fill a vacancy on Council’s Audit and Risk Committee.

The café at the Warrnambool Library and Learning Centre is now open.