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Advocacy
We're your local business advocatesAdvocate for Business
We will advocate for business and a catalyst to stimulate economic development.Education
Promote positive and relevant educationWe strive to educate our members
Promote positive and relevant communications with its members, potential members, and with the community at large.
Networking
Opportunities aboundPromote Networking
Promote networking opportunities amongst its members.Our Objectives
The NSW Tweed Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. is dedicated to promoting a vibrant business environment by cooperative interaction among businesses, the government, and the community.
- Objective 1: Be an advocate for business and a catalyst to stimulate economic development.
- Objective 2: Improve communications with its members, potential members, and with the community at large.
- Objective 3: Enhance programs and services to be responsive to the needs of its membership.
- Objective 4: Promote the image and perception of the community as a great place to live, work and play.
Latest News Posts
Strategic Plan Update: New sign to draw Tweed tourists
by Rick Koenig 11th Apr 2018 4:00 PM BUSINESS operators have been forced to take the Tweed's reputation into their own hands, applying for a grant to beautify the entry to the shire from Gold Coast Airport. Calls by the community and local councillors to do something about the shabby entryway have for years fallen on deaf ears, with neither the State Government nor Tweed Shire Council willing to take responsibility for the upkeep of the road which connects [...]
Residents urged to drop in for critical flood lessons
Source: Tweed Shire Council Media Release - Wednesday 4 April, 2018 Flood modelling graphically illustrates the risk Murwillumbah township residents and businesses are urged to attend a Council drop-in session this Friday afternoon to learn some critically important lessons about flooding in the area. The drop-in session will allow residents and businesses to see flood modelling and mapping of central Murwillumbah under flood conditions from Catchment Simulations Solutions consultant David Tetley, who has prepared the draft Murwillumbah CBD Flood Levee [...]
Lightbulb Moments – Get Your Idea Growing!
It’s often the ‘bright ideas’ local people have that create the greatest impact for local communities in regional Australia, and with 8.8 million regional Australians your ideas are just the beginning! But sometimes, even the very best ideas and projects need a little helping hand to get going. Have you got a fantastic project or bright idea that you are passionate about that will really make a difference to your community and economy? We want to hear about it! The [...]
Tweed Shire
Tweed Shire covers 1303 square kilometres and adjoins the NSW Local Government Areas of Byron, Lismore and Kyogle, with the NSW/Queensland border to its north where it divides the twin towns of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta.
With 37 kms of natural coastline, the Tweed Shire boasts a unique and diverse environment.
Centrepiece of the Shire is Mount Warning, where the sun first hits the Australian continent. The surrounding McPherson, Tweed, Burringbar and Nightcap ranges form the caldera of the fertile Tweed Valley.
Prior to European settlement, the area was blanketed in sub-tropical forest and was home to the Bundjalung people. Many of the Shire’s towns and villages derive their names from the language of those Aborigines.
The area was settled by timber-getters around 1844; the first school opened in 1871; and by the 1890’s, the river port of Tumbulgum was the centre of population. The focus moved to Murwillumbah when the first Local Government municipality was declared in 1902. The Tweed Shire, which amalgamated the Municipality of Murwillumbah and Shire of Tweed, was declared in 1947.
Today in excess of 80,000 people live in Tweed, scattered through 17 villages, two towns, and the major urban areas of Tweed Heads and South Tweed. The last twenty years have seen enormous growth, with the population increasing, on average, approx. 1.9% per year between the 1996 census and the 2001 census, largely due to southern retirees drawn by the temperate climate and relaxed lifestyle.
The retail, hospitality, agricultural and tourism industries are major employers, while construction, fishing, and light industry are other significant contributors to the local economy.