Council & Business
2 September, 2025
Council priorities flagged
Central Goldfields Shire Council are seeking community feedback on multiple key documents that will direct their strategy in the years to come.
The Draft Council Plan 2025-2029 provides a strategic roadmap for the current council’s term in local government.
The officer’s report presented in the August council meeting said the plan was informed by community and staff engagement, including a community panel process, formal input from the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation (DJAARA), and a preliminary assessment on how policies, pro-grams or services may impact people of different genders.
It is also the first council plan to incorporate council’s Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan putting the community’s health and wellbeing “at its core”, the report read.
The 10 year Draft Financial Plan and Draft Asset Plan, which are reviewed each year, are also available for feedback.
Councillor Gerard Murphy said it was important the community gave feedback on the draft plans, particularly in-person, to help tweak them to the community’s needs.
“Coming here and giving feedback personally, sometimes it might be hard, but to us the councillors it’s very important,” he said.
“We get your emotions, we get what you’re really saying, not just what’s in the letter.”
It’s a sentiment which was echoed by councillor Jake Meyer.
“The more feedback we get from the community the better this is for us,” he said.
“I’d like to see many ... give us feedback so we can tweak the things we need to tweak and we can all move forward as a community.”
Residents can view the documents and provide feedback by visiting www.engage.cgoldshire.vic.gov.au or email mail@cgoldshire.vic.gov.au
They are also available to view at the Customer Service Centre at 22 Nolan Street and the Maryborough Library.
Feedback is invited until 5 pm, Sunday, September 21.
Any person who provides written feedback on the draft council plan may be heard by council on Wednesday, October 1.
A final draft, informed by all feedback, will be considered at the