Victoria

Regional Development Australia (RDA) committees in Victoria

Use the links provided in the table below to access individual RDA committees.

RDA Committee	Office
Northern Melbourne	Glenroy
Western Melbourne	Glenroy*
Southern Melbourne	Dandenong
Melbourne East	Vermont
Loddon Mallee	Bendigo
Barwon South West	Geelong
Grampians	Ballarat
Hume	Wangaratta
Gippsland	Traralgon

* Office space in Western Melbourne is being explored

• Contact details for RDA Victoria committees [PDF: 148 KB]
• View maps of RDA committee regions in Victoria
• Local Government Areas that each RDA committee in Victoria represents [PDF: 29 KB]
• Current RDA committee members for Victoria [PDF: 73 KB]
• Profile of Chairs and Deputy Chairs [PDF: 29 KB]

RDA Victoria press releases

• Joint Media Statement: Local Leaders Chosen For Regional Development Australia
• Joint Media Statement - New Regional Body Seeks Victorian Community Champions

To view the latest RDA news from Victoria, visit the RDA Newsroom.

RDA arrangements in Victoria

RDA in Victoria is a partnership between the Australian and Victorian Governments.

On 26 June 2009, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) setting out the arrangements for the RDA network in Victoria was signed by Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, the Hon Maxine McKew MP, and the Victorian Minister for Regional and Rural Development, the Hon Jacinta Allan MP.

Victorian RDA committees are unincorporated advisory bodies. The Victorian Government, as represented by Regional Development Victoria (RDV), provide the Victorian RDA committees with the administrative support they need to deliver RDA activities. There are 9 committees in Victoria which are generally aligned with the Victorian Government administrative areas.

• Signed MoU between Australian and Victorian Governments [PDF: 165 KB]

RDA committee membership in Victoria

The key features of the RDA committees in Victoria, as agreed in the MoU, are:

• each committee will have up to ten members, including a Chair, Deputy Chair and at least three local government representatives;
• for the five provincial RDA committees, one of the ten committee members will be a representative from the Victorian Regional Development Advisory Council (to be nominated by the Victorian Government);
• committee appointments will be for up to three years;
• committee members will be jointly appointed by Australian Government and Victorian Ministers responsible for Regional Development;
• in making appointments, the Ministers will consider the composition of the committee in terms of gender, skills, demonstrated community leadership, and cross sectoral diversity; and
• Chairs and Deputy Chairs are to be leading members of the community with a strong understanding of the economic, social, and environmental opportunities and challenges facing their communities.

Local government representation on the committees ensures that the three levels of government work in partnership to benefit local communities and find local solutions.

Committee members are committed volunteers drawn from the region who represent the community, business and local government. Applications for committee membership are obtained through Expression of Interest (EoI) processes. Applications are now closed. Find out more about EoI process for RDA committees in Victoria.

Contact

For more information about RDA in Victoria please contact rda.vic@rda.gov.au