Welcome to Etheridge Shire!

Our vision for the Shire is one of growth and development but balanced with keeping our lifestyle as a safe and interesting place to live. Our growth isn’t just theoretical, we ARE growing and we need more residents to move to take up the many jobs and business opportunities available. Mining, tourism and the cattle industry are the predominant sectors in our economy but as our population grows, so will
services need to expand. We have great hospitals, schools and services.

With our roads improving all the time, it is an easy run to Cairns on the coast.
We have ADSL, Next G, four TV Stations radio and pay TV available. The Tax

 Office offers a sizeable rebate for living in our shire. We have land available, it’s a great place to bring up kids and we have a caring and committed community.

• Build on townships
• Encourage housing ownership within the Shire
• Develop Unallocated State Land and Town Commons
• Establish Rural Residential Blocks with the towns
• Improvement of Water Services (Dam)
• Establish a feeling of pride and ownership within our communities
• Transform into an agricultural Shire and utilise the abundance of water

The Etheridge Shire has lots of potential and I look forward to working with
our communities in making the Shire everything that I know it can be.