Social Media at Council

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Connecting with us on social media 

Bathurst Regional Council has several social media accounts which provide information and news to the community.  

Council’s use of social media aims to: 

  • Inform & communicate information on projects, activities and events 

  • Encourage participation and open discussion 

  • Extend communication to a wider audience 

Council’s digital services, including our social media pages, supplements the information published on Council's websites. 

Responding to comments or direct messages 

We manage our social media pages during business hours and respond to comments and direct messages during this time.   

If you’re trying to reach us on social media outside of these hours to notify us of an urgent matter, there are other ways to contact us including our after hours call number 6334 2795 or the contact us form on the Council website.  

Social Media Community Guidelines 

It is important that the online community on our pages is a safe and positive place for our residents to connect. Join the discussion, ask questions and share your views but make sure it is respectful and on-topic.  It is also important that respect is shown to everyone who interacts with our pages. 

Personal attacks, harassment, name-calling, bullying, trolling and abuse will not be tolerated.  This includes comments about Council, Councillors and Council staff and other online platform users.  

When you post or comment on our social media channels, or otherwise respond to one of our posts, you agree to our Social Media Community Guidelines.  Our guidelines are: 

  • Keep comments relevant to the specific post and thread 

  • Do not harass, abuse or threaten other visitors on site 

  • Do not post comments or images that are likely to offend others, particularly in reference to an individual’s race, age, gender, sexuality, political leaning, religion, or disability 

  • Do not use obscene or offensive language including masked profanity where symbols, initials, intentional misspellings or other characters are used to suggest profane language 

  • Do not post repeat comments continuously 

  • Do not promote anything that may constitute spam, such as commercial interests, advertisements or endorsements 

  • Comments, posts or direct messages must not contain spam or links to any kind of virus, malware, spyware of similar program that could damage the operation of other people's computers or mobile devices 

  • Do protect your personal privacy by not including email addresses, phone numbers, or home addresses on the public wall 

  • Content must not breach any of the terms of any of the social media platforms themselves 

If you don’t adhere to our Social Media Community Guidelines, we reserve the right to remove your comment.  If you repeatedly breach these guidelines, we may restrict you from engaging on our social media pages.  

Our social media pages

Facebook & Instagram: 

  • Bathurst Regional Council 

  • Bathurst Winter Festival 

  • Bathurst Regional Art Gallery 

  • Bathurst Sea of Sound 

  • Visit Bathurst 

  • BMEC Bathurst 

Facebook only: 

  • Bathurst Regional Council Events 

  • National Motor Racing Museum 

  • Bathurst Rail Museum 

  • Chifley Home & Education Centre 

  • Australian Fossil & Mineral Museum 

  • Mount Panorama Circuit 

  • Sustainable Bathurst 

  • Bathurst Business Hub 

  • Bathurst Regional Council Childrens Services 

  • Bathurst Library 

Instagram only 

  • Museums Bathurst 

  • Bathurst Youth Council 

  • Hill End Artists in Residence 

X (formerly Twitter) 

  • Bathurst Regional Council 

LinkedIn 

  • Bathurst Regional Council 

 

 

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