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Our Community Plan

Our 2007- 2017 Community Plan sets out a ten-year vision for the City of Port Phillip and outlines how Council and the community can work together to protect what we value in our city. 

The 2007 - 2017 City of Port Phillip Community Plan is available online by clicking on the Community Plan image or it can be picked up at your nearest ASSIST.

Four parts to the Community Plan

The four parts of our Community Plan are designed to ensure we have a framework that supports action on what we care about, strengthening neighbourhood connections, supporting and encouraging active citizenship and accountability.  More information about each component is available by clicking on the links below.

Each component is supported by year-long action plan which documents deliverables and outcomes which will be reviewed annually to ensure their currency.  The Community Plan Action Plans Year 2are now available.

Fifteen priorities for action in our City

At the Community Summit in April 2007 the community and Council came together to discuss five topics and priorities for action that had been previously identified as the most important issues for our city.  For each of these five topics, the summit participants voted to determine the top three priorities for action giving us fifteen priorities for action to improve our city.  These fifteen priorities will guide our planning over the next ten years and are available by clicking on the image.  

Informing the Community Plan

Our Community Plan is informed by the Community Summit Discussion Guide.  It provides background information and issue analysis for the five core topics that had previously been identified as major issues by the community in the 2006 Community Plan survey and other community research . It can be downloaded by clicking on the Port Phillip Speaks image.

Does Australia Need a Human Rights Act?

On October 20 at the St Kilda Town Hall, Council hosted a debate between Julian Burnside QC and Mirko Bagaric, outlining their different points of view on whether human rights are adequately protected in Australia and whether we need a national human rights act.

Audio recordings of the evening are available at www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/community_leadership

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For more information about our Community Plan contact the Community Governance team or phone ASSIST on (03) 9209 6777 or TTy (03) 9209 6713.

2007 - 2017 Community Plan

Fifteen priorities for action

Community Summit Participant Discussion Guide

	Working Together Component		The first quadrant of our Community Plan outlined the acitivities that will be completed across Council to respond to the Community Plan priorities.
	Neighbourhood Development Component		The second component of the Community Plan responds to the community's feedback about being more involved and understand what was happening in their neighbourhood.
	Community Leadership Component		Following on from the Community Summit's acknowledgement of the importance of people who make a positive contribution to community life in Port Phillip this component focuses on ways we can support and increase the number of people active in the community.
	Monitoring Progress Component		This framework ensures that we keep accountability at the forefront of our planning.
	Small Poppy Fund		Find out about our Small Poppy fund to help 'kick-start' action in our nighbourhood.
	Community Planning in Port Phillip		This is where you can find out more about community planning in the City of Port Phillip.

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