Have Your Say: Draft Asset Plan 2025-2035 Golden Plains Shire Council is inviting community members to review and provide feedback on the Draft Asset Plan 2025-2035 (the Draft Plan), a key document that will guide how Council will manage its infrastructure over the next decade. Endorsed for public exhibition at the Council meeting on Tuesday 26 August 2025, the Draft Plan details the extent of the Shire’s assets, from roads and buildings to drainage and community facilities. It also sets out how Council plans to invest in and maintain these assets to meet the current and future needs of the community.
Feedback on the Draft Plan is invited from Wednesday 27 August to 5pm, Wednesday 24 September 2025, and can be completed online at goldenplains.vic.gov.au/consultations. Hard copies are also available at Council’s Customer Hubs, 2 Pope Street, Bannockburn, and 19 Heales Street, Smythesdale. Council will consider all submissions provided on the Draft Plan during the public exhibition period, with the final Asset Plan to be presented for adoption at the October Council meeting.
Women’s Health Week 2025 Events
Golden Plains Shire Council is hosting two free events to celebrate Women’s Health Week 2025, a nationwide initiative dedicated to the health and wellbeing of women, girls and gender-diverse people. Community members are encouraged to come along to ‘Pain to Power’ on Thursday 4 September from 10am to 12pm at the Golden Plains Civic Centre, 2 Pope Street, Bannockburn. This event is open to everyone and features speakers from Women’s Health Grampians, Golden Plains Medical Centre and Golden Plains Shire Council. Women and girls aged 5+ are also invited to attend ‘Be Kind to Your Mind’ on Friday 5 September from 4 to 6pm at the Bannockburn Cultural Centre, 27 High Street, Bannockburn. Facilitated by Firefly Wellbeing, this intergenerational art workshop nurtures both creativity and connection. To register for the events, visit goldenplains.vic.gov.au/events.
Have Your Say: Draft Financial Plan 2025-2035 Council’s Draft Financial Plan 2025-2035 (the Draft Plan) is now available for public review and feedback, following Council’s endorsement for public exhibition at its meeting on Tuesday 26 August 2025.
and legislative requirements.
This important document outlines how Council plans to manage its finances over the next decade, ensuring the responsible use of funds for operations, services and infrastructure projects.
Hard copies are also available at Council’s Customer Hubs, 2 Pope Street, Bannockburn, and 19 Heales Street, Smythesdale.
The plan acts as a roadmap, forecasting revenues, expenditures, and capital investments, to ensure financial decisions align with both community priorities
Feedback on the Draft Plan is invited from Wednesday 27 August to 5pm, Wednesday 24 September 2025, and can be completed online at goldenplains.vic.gov.au/consultations.
Feedback on the Draft Plan will be considered before it is presented for adoption at the October Council meeting.
2 Pope Street, Bannockburn, VIC 3331 19 Heales Street, Smythesdale, VIC 3351
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