FAQs

Community influence has a positive impact on what we deliver. That’s why it’s important to have a framework that provides opportunities for residents, visitors, businesses and groups to have their say. 

As part of this update, we’re strengthening how we engage with First Nations people and we’re recognising the importance of empowering children and young people to have a say on decisions that impact them. 

We also wanted to give the community and key stakeholder groups an opportunity to tell us how they would like to participate in engagement programs and what methods work best for them. 

You can provide your feedback about the draft Community Engagement Policy in the following ways:

• Online at yoursay.eastgippsland.vic.gov.au 
• In-person at any of our service centres and libraries (hard copy or online) 
• In-person at any of our drop-in engagement sessions (see schedule below) 
• At our mobile library vehicles 
• Complete a quick poll on our Your Say engagement portal 
• Emailing the Engagement and Advocacy Coordinator at feedback@egipps.vic.gov.au 
• Write to us at Attn Engagement and Advocacy Coordinator: East Gippsland Shire Council, PO Box 1618, Bairnsdale, 3875.
  
  

Drop-in session details:

Orbost Service Centre
1 Ruskin Street, Orbost
Thursday 16 October
2-4pm

Omeo Community Hub
179 Day Avenue, Omeo
Thursday 9 October
12-2pm

Mallacoota Service Centre
70 Maurice Avenue, Mallacoota
Wednesday 15 October
2-4pm

Cann River Community Centre
13 Princes Highway, Cann River
Thursday 16 October
10am-12pm

Paynesville Service Centre
55 The Esplanade, Paynesville - Meeting Room 2
Thursday 16 October
10am-12pm

Lakes Entrance Service Centre
18 Mechanics Street, Lakes Entrance
Wednesday 15 October
12-2pm

Bairnsdale Library
22 Service Street, Bairnsdale
Thursday 9 October
6pm onwards

Bairnsdale Library
22 Service Street, Bairnsdale
Tuesday 7 October
10am-12pm

Online drop-in session
Monday 13 October
2pm-4pm
Register your interest by emailing engagement@egipps.vic.gov.au

Online drop-in session
Monday 13 October
6-7.30pm
Register your interest by emailing engagement@egipps.vic.gov.au

What you can expect at a drop-in session:

• Members of our engagement team will be available to answer questions.
• We can take down your feedback for you.
• If you don't want to complete the full survey, you may like to provide feedback about how you prefer to engage with council and how you like to hear about engagement opportunities. 
• What the next steps are for this policy review.

Your feedback is important and will help us deliver inclusive and meaningful engagement programs for our communities. All feedback will be collated and considered by Council and used to inform the final version of the Community Engagement Policy. 

We will then share a summary of the feedback we received and how it was used.  

Our commitment to the community for this engagement process is to keep you informed, listen to and acknowledge concerns and aspirations, feedback and ideas, use these to inform the final policy and provide feedback on how your input influenced the decision. 

This engagement process will use the inform and consult level of the IAP2 engagement spectrum. 

More information can be found on page 12 of our draft Community Engagement Policy.