SOUTHERN Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) adopted new Community Local Laws at its unscheduled meeting on Wednesday December 21, 2022, with several significant changes passed, that will impact the community.

The law changes are designed to improve safety of residents and include the introduction of permits for the planting of vegetation along roads and nature strips, the introduction of permits for rummaging through rubbish at Council’s Transfer Stations and a domestic cat curfew from sunset to sunrise.