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Fire safety requirements for homeowners All landowners and residents in the City of Stirling must ensure their properties comply with City requirements for the upcoming fire preparedness season. Land area less than 2,000m² • Mow all grass to a maximum height of 5cm and remove all flammable material

Any required works must be completed before 30 November

and maintained until 31 March each year. Remember that regrowth can occur throughout this period and it’s important to tend to your property more than once within the season. If your property does not meet these requirements at any time within the season, you may receive a $250 fine and be charged for remedial works if the City has to arrange remedial works on your behalf. Visit www.stirling.wa.gov.au/firebreaks for more details.

Land area greater than 2,000m² • Install a continuous firebreak of 3m wide and at least 4m high that is clear of all flammable material around all structures and external land boundaries.

Chatter that Matters The City’s Chatter that Matters Caravan – part of the Age Friendly Strategy – has been popping up around the City at various locations to find out what matters to people as they age. The bright and fun caravan engages seniors and community members, providing an opportunity for an informal chat. For more information, please call Stirling Community Care on 08 9205 7832, email community.care@stirling.wa.gov.au or visit www.stirlingcommunitycare.com.au Community care Stirling Community Care provides a wide range of home and community based support to assist City of Stirling elderly residents to live safely and independently in their own homes and continue participating in local communities. The support for eligible seniors might include assistance with transport, shopping, attending social activities or medical appointments, domestic assistance, personal care, meal preparation or home delivered meals. Additionally, we organise and promote various programs and events at our three Day Clubs located in Stirling, Nollamara and Scarborough offering customers social and community outings, centre-based activities and other programs specifically designed for customers with dementia, from culturally diverse backgrounds or groups focussing on men’s interests.

Waste and Recycling Guide 2021/22 Along with a handy online A – Z guide, the City has launched an online service for enabling customers to lodge common enquiries about household kerbside bin collections. You can now visit the City’s website to make an enquiry or lodge a report for: • Damaged bins • Missed services (missed bin collections) New online waste services As part of our digital transformation journey, the City is committed to making it faster and easier for residents to address some of the most common residential waste enquiries. Building a sustainable climate future The City recently endorsed the Sustainability Energy Action Plan – Corporate (2020 – 2030), committing the City to achieving 100 per cent renewable electricity supply by 2030 and a 70 per cent carbon reduction target by 2030. In addition, to help the City reach 18 per cent tree canopy by 2040 and create cool, healthy neighbourhoods into the future, the City aims to plant 10,000 trees on streets and reserves and give 2,500 free trees to residents each year.

Dear resident, Thank you for your ongoing commitment to sorting your waste and reducing landfill. Enclosed is the 2021/22 Waste and Recycling Guide as well as some other valuable information. You can find this guide along with lots of other waste related information by visiting www.stirling.wa.gov.au/waste • New bin requests • Missing (lost) bins. Instead of calling the Customer Contact Centre, you can ow head to the C y’s website nd fi l in a quick and simple form to lodge these requests. Visit www.stirling.wa.gov.au/waste for more information. The plastic wrap of this parcel is made from Low Density Polyethelene (LDPE) plus a special additive that speeds up the degrading process considerably. Please recycle free of charge in the REDcycle bins at Coles/Woolworths or place the plastic wrap in your general waste, red-top bin.

Please place this guide on your fridge | www.stirling.wa.gov.au/waste

The City’s newsletters are now online! To sign up for City newsletters go to www.stirling.wa.gov.au/subscribe Naala Djookan Healing Centre The City of Stirling has coordinated the Naala Djookan Healing Centre in Mirrabooka since its opening in December 2020.

Leading 10 consortium partners, it delivers a specialist service to support women, children and families at risk of or experiencing family and domestic violence (FDV). The centre aims to provide a welcoming, inclusive and culturally responsive entry point for people in the community

to increase their knowledge in relation to FDV and promote healing and empowerment. If you are in need of someone to talk to, please call (08) 9205 7555.

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