Shaping Yarra Ranges
The Panel involved up to 40 members, selected from everyone who registered, reflecting the diversity of the Yarra Ranges community. This included age, background, connection to Yarra Ranges, and life experiences.
All Yarra Ranges residents 16 years or over, with a willingness to learn from others and an open mind to finding solutions were encouraged to get involved. Selection was based on demographics and conducted by a third party, to make sure the process is fair and impartial. Council is committed to involving and hearing from a wide range of people.
Introductory session - Wednesday, 17 July 7 - 9pm, online
Meeting 1: Saturday, 20 July from 9:30am to 3:30pm -Lilydale Civic Centre
Meeting 2: Saturday, 3 August from 9:30am to 3:30pm-Lilydale Civic Centre
Meeting 3: Saturday, 17 August from 9:30am to 3:30pm-Lilydale Civic Centre
Deliberative engagement brings together a group of people who reflect the make-up of our Yarra Ranges community. The group members will be diverse in age, gender, race, language, income, education or other criteria. This group is called a panel.
The panel process allows time for participants to take in the relevant information, ask questions, consider and debate some of the more difficult decisions Council is facing.
We are looking for people who live in Yarra Ranges, aged 16 or older and can commit to attending sessions on a Saturday.
The Expression of Interest (EOI) will ask for personal information, to make sure that we have representation in the room that reflects the people in our community.
By completing the EOI, you are providing Deliberately Engaging Pty Ltd with personal information about yourself. All personal information collected is handled in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles. By completing this registration form, you authorise Deliberatively Engaging to provide Yarra Ranges Council with certain personal information, including your name, contact details and any information necessary, including special needs you may have, to support your participation.
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If you require support to attend and/or participate, please indicate on the EOI and one of our team will reach out to discuss accommodations.
To make sure the process is not biased, Council have engaged a neutral third-party (Deliberately Engaging) to manage the recruitment and selection of the panel, based on demographic data.
By completing the EOI, you are providing Deliberately Engaging Pty Ltd with personal information about yourself. All personal information collected is handled in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles. By completing this registration form, you authorise Deliberatively Engaging to provide Yarra Ranges Council with certain personal information, including your name, contact details and any information necessary, including special needs you may have, to support your participation.
By joining the panel you will:
- Work with other residents to develop recommendations for Council on complex issues that must be resolved to achieve the Community Vision.
- Help Council plan for Yarra Ranges now and into the future, beyond the four-year planning cycle.
- Learn more about local government.
- Receive a payment of $400, in recognition of your commitment and the importance of this work. You must be able to attend ALL four meetings to receive this compensation.
We do require you to be able to attend four sessions of panel activities.
The first session is a meet and greet session, getting to know the group and facilitators. You will receive more background to understand the process and information to help with deliberations in the full-day sessions.
There will be three panel workshop days, all on Saturdays between July - August.
The panel will be made up of around 30 people from across the Yarra Ranges Council area, representing different age groups, backgrounds and life experiences of our residents. The panel will work together to provide input and recommendations to Council, for consideration in the development of the Council, Asset and Financial plans.
The panel will:
External facilitators will support all members to share their viewpoints and work together respectfully.
We will provide you with some reading before each session, and make sure you have the information and support you may need to participate.
Over the three full days, the panel will work through some of the more complex challenges facing the Council and the community to support achieving the Community Vision.
The 'tricky' questions to be debated will be informed by the broad engagement activities taking place between March-May.
To support the panel's discussion, debates and informed recommendations, the following will be provided:
- A neutral facilitator engaged by Council to lead the discussions and facilitate open sharing and learning between all participants.
- Data from earlier engagements, Council services and other relevant sources
- Technical experts, from within Council and other relevant industries, if required, to respond to questions and provide evidence.
We will carefully review and consider the panel recommendations and provide feedback on where they have and haven't been included in the Draft Council Plan in 2025.
We will keep the community informed about the panel process throughout.
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Yarra Ranges Council respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners, the Wurundjeri people, as the custodians of this land. We pay respect to all Aboriginal community Elders, past and present, who have resided in the area and have been an integral part of the history of the region.
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Our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information is regulated by the Victorian Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014. You can find more information about your privacy rights at the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner.
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When you register for a Shaping Yarra Ranges, we collect: an email address, password, a name, location (post code or suburb only), year of birth and gender. It is necessary to complete each of these fields to register for an account.
On registration, we will validate your email address by asking you to respond to a communication to that email address, but we do not check the accuracy of any other information you submit.
You may sign up to Shaping Yarra Ranges using an email address that does not include your name and by providing a nickname rather than your actual name.
Yarra Ranges Council does not seek to identify anyone on the basis of the information submitted, except to address a query made by that account holder to the Yarra Ranges Council.
We may combine your account information with data we collect about your use of our digital services, including behavioural and location data, and other information you provide to the Yarra Ranges Council. This combined information may include data that we have already collected about you.
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We may allow some third parties to use cookies and other technologies to collect data about your use of our digital services so that they can provide us with promotions, analytics, ratings, and marketing services. Some third parties may be able to match this data with personal information they already have about you.
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Please keep in mind all responses to the Council can be subject to Freedom of Information requests.
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Please keep in mind all responses to the Council can be subject to Freedom of Information requests.
When you participate in research or surveys, we may collect basic personal information such as your name, gender, and age. We may also collect contact details such as your email address and telephone number, as well as the specific information that you provide in relation to the research being conducted.
This site is owned and operated by Yarra Ranges Council using software licensed from Social Pinpoint. For details on how Yarra Ranges Council collects and protects your personal information, refer to their Privacy Policy below. For details of how Social Pinpoint may access personal information, please refer to Social Pinpoint’s Privacy Policy.
We may give you the option to provide sensitive information about you, including information about your race or ethnicity, physical or mental health or sexuality. You should only provide us with such information if you consent to us collecting it and handling it in accordance with our Privacy Policy and any collection statement given to you. We will treat it as personal information and will handle it in accordance with our Privacy Policy on the understanding that you have consented. In some circumstances, you may not be able to participate unless you provide us with sensitive information.
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When you sign up to receive a Yarra Ranges Council newsletter (electronically or in hard copy) or enter a competition or promotion, we may collect basic personal information such as your name, gender, and age. We may also collect contact details such as your postal address, email address and telephone number, as well as the information or content that you may provide for a competition or event.
When you sign up to receive a Yarra Ranges Council newsletter, we may also ask you to provide other information about yourself, including your preferences and interests.
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We may allow some third parties to use cookies and other technologies to collect data about your use of our digital services so that they can provide us with marketing, promotions, analytics and ratings services. Some third parties may be able to match this data with personal information they already have about you.
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Yarra Ranges Council is required to comply with the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) and any submission provided to Yarra Ranges Council may be the subject of a request under that Act.
All requests for access to survey results or other engagement activites will be dealt with in accordance with the FOI Act. The Act includes various exemptions for documents such as documents provided in confidence and personal information.
Any FOI application that relates to personal information or confidential survey answers will be processed in accordance with these exemptions. Freedom of information Yarra Ranges Council
Please keep in mind all responses to the Council can be subject to Freedom of Information requests.
If you think the privacy of your personal or health information has been interfered with, within Council or we have breached the Privacy Policy, please contact the Privacy Officer on 1300 368 333 or email mail@yarraranges.vic.gov.au.
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While using the site, you must not violate any applicable laws and regulations. It is our duty to protect the confidentiality of content you provide on our site in accordance with our Privacy Policy. When you create an account with us, you must always provide us with accurate information. Failure to provide accurate information violates the Terms, which may result in immediate termination of your account on our service. You are responsible for protecting your own password you use for this site and for any activities done under that password. Unauthorised use of your password or account must be immediately reported to us. In some cases, we or our agents may require access to your user accounts to respond to technical issues.
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