The purpose of the Doncaster Hill Mode Shift Plan is to identify actions to encourage a shift of 30 per cent to sustainable transport modes, prior to full development of the Hill, which is anticipated to occur in the next 20 to 30 years.
Focus areas:
The Local Government Act 2020 requires candidates in a council election to return election campaign donations. Returns must be:
Campaign donation returns on gifts to, and on behalf of candidates must contain the amount or value equal to, or exceeding the gift disclosure threshold of $500. This includes the amount or value of:
Election campaign return details relate to the donation period and during an election campaign.
The donation period begins either:
Within 14 days after the deadline for completed returns, summaries will be available on our website. They’ll be available until the entitlement date for the next general election.
We have established a Heritage Advisory Committee (HAC) that includes representatives from the community, historical societies, councillors and council officers. The committee provides advice to Council on the conservation and promotion of, and education about heritage places within Manningham. This includes:
The Committee generally meets every three months.
If you have any questions, contact us.
An interpreter service is available on 9840 9355.
Come and see the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society's Exhibition of Costumes. This exhibition will feature an extensive collection of costumes dating from the Victorian era. ...
Come and see the Exhibition of Costumes, featuring an extensive collection of costumes dating from the Victorian era.
This exhibition is run by the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society, as part of the Manningham Heritage Festival.
Celebrate National Tree Day in 2024, by planting a tree with us at Mullum Mullum Creek. ...
Celebrate National Tree Day in 2024.
Bring along your family and friends for a morning planting native trees and vegetation to help protect the park's natural environment.
Our team will be on hand to help and provide advice on planting for the local habitat.
What to bring
We'll provide all the tools, equipment, and plants. All you need to bring is a personal water bottle and any snacks.
Where to meet
The planting site will be at Mullum Mullum Creek, walk 100 meters upstream from Reynolds Road Bridge, Donvale.
Keep up to date with our latest environment and sustainability events by subscribing to our Environment Newsletter.
Getting involved with your local council is a great way to make a difference in the community. Anyone can be a Councillor if they’re:
Being a Councillor isn’t a full-time job. Councillors do have to go to meetings and briefing sessions held out of normal business hours. They’re also required to attend committees or serve on external committees as a representative.
The definition of a Councillor in the Local Government Act 2020 is a person who:
Councillors also contribute to strategic decision. They help develop and review key strategic documents and the Council Plan.
A Councillor must:
Councillors don’t have the same duties or responsibilities as a Chief Executive Officer.
Being a Councillor is not a full-time job. Most Councillors are in full-time employment and perform their Councillor duties in their own time.
Councillors are required to:
Most, but not all of these meetings, are held after 6.00pm.
The Mayor and Councillors receive an allowance for performing their duties. The Victorian Government sets the levels for allowances paid to Councillors.
Current allowances
The Victorian Independent Remuneration Tribunal has responsibility for determining the level of allowances. The current yearly allowances, as of 18 December 2023, are:
View the most recent Allowance report.
Superannuation
There is also a requirement for an amount equivalent to the superannuation guarantee under Commonwealth taxation legislation (currently 9.5 per cent) to be paid in addition to the allowance.
Expenses
Councillors are entitled to be reimbursed for any necessary out-of-pocket expenses they incur whilst performing their duties. The Council Expenses Policy guides the reimbursement of Councillor Expenses.
Council reports annually to the community on their reimbursements.
Learn more about being a Councillor by following the links below.
We recognise the value of pet ownership, its overall benefit for our health and wellbeing, the importance of welfare for pets and the protection of the community and the local environment from nuisance dogs and cats.
Focus areas:
We are working toward achieving safer roads, roadsides and shared paths and are working with the community to raise road safety awareness, with a view to encouraging better driver behaviour.
Focus areas:
We are in the process of renewing our Road Safety Strategy. To read the Draft Road Safety Strategy 2025-2034 and to provide feedback, go to YourSay Manningham.
The purpose of the Green Gully Linear Park Management Plan is to provide a vision for the future use, development, management and maintenance of the Park. It also outlines the extension of the Green Gully Trail to link directly with the Mullum Mullum and Main Yarra Trails. The Plan identifies objectives and actions to achieve that vision, and to provide the basis for new capital works funding to improve the Park over the next ten years.
Focus areas:
There is a legal process to enable the planning scheme to be amended. You can find the recent changes to our planning scheme below.
Resolution to seek authorisation from the Minister for Planning to prepare and exhibit an amendment
Authorisation may or may not be granted by the Minister for Planning, or may granted subject to conditions.
Opportunity for the public, and other key stakeholders, to make a written submission in support of, or objection, to the proposed amendment
Consideration of all written submissions. Council must then decide to either:
Consideration of the submissions by an independent Panel, appointed by the Minister for Planning
Consideration of the Panel's findings and recommendations. Council must then decide to either:
Submission of final adopted amendment by Council to the Minister for Planning for approval
Minister for Planning approves or refuses the amendment
To view all planning scheme amendments, you can:
The Vibrant Villages Action Plan aims to support the development of vibrant and inclusive local places, aligning with key policy initiatives to create a high-quality urban environment, enhance community well-being, and promote economic growth.
Focus areas:
The Liveable City Strategy 2040 (LCS) is Manningham’s 20-year plan to improve the liveability of our municipality, from our urban/suburban neighbourhoods to our rural areas.
The LCS will help shape the future of the municipality over the next 20 years and ensure Manningham will continue to evolve as a liveable, resilient, and desirable place to be.
The strategy covers the following key directions:
The LCS focuses on:
Importantly, the LCS provides a plan for every neighbourhood as well as our activity centres.
A key concept in the strategy is ‘Living locally - 20 minute neighbourhoods’ which is a core principle of Metropolitan Melbourne’s Plan Melbourne 2050.
The aim of a '20-minute neighbourhood’ is to create a place where people can meet most of their daily needs within a 20-minute walk from home, with safe cycling and local transport options.
The LCS was created following feedback from Imagine Manningham 2040 (IM2040) – an extensive community engagement project undertaken in 2019 that captured the views of a wide cross-section of Manningham’s diverse and varied community.
Manningham Council is committed to being a child-safe organisation, supporting the health and wellbeing of children, and is compliant with Victoria’s Child Safe Standards Legislation.
Our commitment to building a culture of child safety recognises that Manningham Council will prioritise the safety of children in our care and will build child safety into everyday practice.
Manningham Council is committed to:
If a child is in immediate danger, call the Police on 000.
For immediate concerns and to report abuse, contact the Police and/or the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) Child Protection Eastern Division Intake Team on 1300 360 391 or 9843 6000; or the afterhours DHS Child Protection Emergency Service on 13 12 78.
In addition to reporting child safety concerns to the relevant authorities, please report your concerns to Council by contacting the Manningham Council Child Safety Contact Officer, Kerryn Paterson - Director of Experience and Capability, by:
Phone: 9840 9201
Email: childsafetyofficer@manningham.vic.gov.au
In writing:
Written and confidential child safety concerns or complaints sent through the post should be marked:
Strictly Confidential
Group Manager People and Communications
Child Safety Contact Officer
Manningham City Council
PO Box 1
Doncaster VIC 3108
Manningham Council takes all allegations and concerns about potential child abuse seriously and has practices in place to investigate and escalate to authorities, if necessary. Nothing prevents a person, who holds a reasonable belief that child abuse has been committed, to report such allegations directly to the relevant authorities.
Local Government in Victoria is administered under the Local Government Act 2020, which provides a framework for the establishment and operation of councils.
The Act is the main legislative instrument for Victoria's seventy-nine councils.
Part 1A of the Local Government Act contains the Local Government Charter, which describes the purpose, objectives and functions of council.
In addition to these matters, the Local Government Act also includes provisions for:
Manningham’s Community Local Law 2023 is a local law made under Part 3 of the Local Government Act 2020 and section 42 of the Domestic Animals Act 1994.
This Local Law is made in recognition of Manningham’s Generation 2030 Community Plan and the Council Plan, which, as Council’s overarching strategic documents, provide a long-term shared vision for Manningham and the community by guiding the development of policy and strategies.
Find out what information you can request and how in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act).
Manningham City Council and its service providers value the privacy of every individual's personal information.
Council is committed to protecting the information it collects and uses by compliance with its obligations under the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014. To review Council’s privacy statement and policies, please visit Manningham Council's Privacy Policy.
The Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 is a law that protects the human rights of all people in Victoria.
The Charter requires all public authorities and their employees to act compatibly with human rights in the delivery of services and when making decisions.
Manningham City Council recognises and respects that everyone has the same human rights entitlement to allow them to participate in, and contribute to, society and our community. We recognise that all persons have equal rights in the provision of, and access to, Council services and facilities. We also recognise that, at times, such rights may be limited, insofar as to strike a balance between individual rights and the protection of public interest.
The Charter complements other laws such the Equal Opportunity legislation and protects rights such as freedom of speech, freedom from forced work and freedom from degrading treatment which previously had no legal protection. The Charter sets out a list of twenty rights that assist all people to live with freedom, respect, equality and dignity.
For more information:
Council is the custodian of significant public funds and assets therefore it is important that the community has assurance that these are adequately protected.
In December 2022, Council approved the Manningham Council Fraud and Corruption Policy.
The Policy sets out specific guidelines and responsibilities regarding appropriate actions that must be followed for the investigation of fraud and corruption and other similar irregularities.
The Policy should be read together with the Manningham Risk Management Strategy and relevant legislation.
The Public Interest Disclosures Act 2012 (the Act) facilitates the making of public interest disclosures about improper conduct within the public sector without fear of reprisal. The Act aims to ensure openness and accountability by encouraging people to make disclosures and protecting them when they do.
Manningham is committed to the aims and objectives of the Act and encourages the making of disclosures about improper conduct. Council will not tolerate improper conduct by the organisation, its workers or Councillors nor the taking of reprisals against anyone who discloses such conduct.
Public Interest Disclosures (PID) are reports about:
A person making a disclosure must believe, on reasonable grounds, that the Council, worker or Councillor has engaged in, or proposes to engage in, improper conduct.
A PID may only be made by a natural person or a group of people making a joint disclosure. A PID cannot be made by a company or organisation.
We can only address disclosures that relate to Manningham City Council and its workers. A person making a disclosure can do so by contacting Council or the Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC).
Council recommends that a written disclosure is sealed in an envelope and clearly marked:
If your disclosure is about a Councillor, your disclosure must be made to the IBAC or the Victorian Ombudsman.
Manningham will take all reasonable steps to protect a person who makes a public interest disclosure. All correspondence, phone calls and emails from a discloser will be referred to the Public Interest Disclosure Coordinator.
The Public Interest Disclosure Coordinator will take all necessary steps to ensure that the identity of the discloser and the person who is the subject of the disclosure are kept confidential. Where appropriate welfare support will also be provided.
Anyone considering making a disclosure is encouraged to read Manningham’s Public Interest Disclosure Procedures on this page. The procedures will guide you through the process and help you understand how to make a disclosure and activate the protections available under the Act.
Disclosures to Manningham should be made confidentially to the Public Interest Disclosure Coordinator or to one of the Public Interest Disclosure Officers listed below:
Disclosures can also be made directly to the IBAC.
Disclosures about Councillors must be made directly to the Victorian Ombudsman
The Public Interest Disclosures Procedures are designed to complement normal methods of submitting a complaint to Council and existing communication channels between workers and line managers. If your complaint does not meet the threshold of a public interest disclosure, it will be referred through to the appropriate person for action.
You can find more information about public interest disclosures in the Guidelines for handling public interest disclosures on the IBAC website.
Manningham’s Public Interest Disclosures Procedures have been prepared in accordance with these guidelines and advice from the IBAC.
Please contact the Council’s Protected Disclosure Coordinator on 9840 9360 for further information or a confidential discussion. Advice can also be received from IBAC on a confidential basis.
You can request to install private memorial plaques in Council reserves when the plaque is associated with Council-approved park furniture or tree.
Complete the online application or download and complete the Request for Memorial Plaque and Donation of Park Furniture or Tree.
Read the Memorial plaques and public donation of park furniture or trees policy before you apply.
The applicant is responsible for the cost and ordering of the approved plaque.
Prices include GST.
You need an access across reserves permit to get access to private property through an adjoining Council reserve or Council property for any building works or similar.
There are some reasons where we may not issue a permit depending on:
The property owner and/or their contractor can apply for this permit.
The application fee is $161.90 (non-refundable).
You will also need to pay a refundable security deposit (minimum $250 to $2,000 plus).
To apply for consent you will need:
Allow 14 business days for us to review your application.
The following process once we receive your application:
We will advise you by email if your application is approved or not. If approved, we will issue a tax invoice for both the permit fee and the security deposit.
The permit will be sent to you by email.
We may revoke the permit if conditions are not met and an infringement may be issue.
Contact us to cancel your application.
Every Council is guided by a long term Community Vision and four year Council Plan.
Developed with the local community, they guide the actions we will take to deliver better outcomes for the community.
Manningham is a peaceful, inclusive and safe community. We celebrate life with its diverse culture, wildlife and natural environment. We are resilient and value sustainable and healthy living, a sense of belonging, and respect for one another.
— Manningham Community Panel
The Community Vision 2040 was developed for the community, by the community.
Developed at the beginning of our Council's four year term in 2021, the community discussed priorities of today, as well as those raised by the community in the Generation 2030 Community Plan in 2012.
We now consider the Community Vision and our Council Plan 2021-2025 in all our future planning and how funding is spent.
Find out more about our performance and track our progress.
The Council Plan is our promise to you in pursuit of our community’s vision for the future and to achieve the very best for Manningham.
We pride ourselves on delivering outcomes for the Manningham community. We regularly monitor and report on our performance across the year.
To help you understand your rates notice, we've put together a sample rates notice.
This example has been prepared as a guide only, the information and figures may not be a true reflection of a current rates notice.
The period relating to this notice, effective from 1 July to 30 June each year.
This is the date that the notice was printed and issued.
Council’s identification of your property. Please have this handy when making enquiries regarding your rates notice.
Provides the first instalment amount with the due date. If you are on Direct Debit, or have an arrangement with Council, this will be noted in this section. If you are on Direct Debit, Council will debit your payment.
If you would like to receive your notices via email, register online.
This section has your property address, title particulars, the Australian Valuation Property Classification Code (AVPCC) and the owner's details. The AVPCC is assigned to your property according to the use of your land.
If you have made any changes or payments that were received by Council after this date, they may not be shown on this rates notice.
This is the total amount due on your account (including any arrears). If you have any arrears, please pay the arrears amount immediately.
Your rates and charges amount due in instalments by the respective dates.
If you’re an artist living or working in Manningham, join us for an online meet and greet to build creative connections in your backyard....
If you’re an artist living or working in Manningham, join us for an online meet and greet to build creative connections in your backyard.
Facilitated by Debby Maziarz, this inaugural community of practice event will look at what dramatic adaptation can mean for your arts practice, with particular regard for opportunities and challenges presented by online tools and modes of working.
You'll hear from local creatives Adrian Rice, Cath Rutten and Lindy Yeates about their experiences, particularly in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as have the chance to share ideas and discuss your current practice.
Free event.
Limited numbers, registration essential.
Image: Lindy Yeates, installation shot from the Sanctuary Project, 2020-21.
Located at the entrance to MC Square, Manningham Art Gallery presents a diverse range of contemporary art exhibitions and related public programs throughout the year. See all upcoming exhibitions.
GO Soccer Mums is an introductory soccer program designed specifically for women. ...
GO Soccer Mums is an introductory football program designed specifically for women, where participants can have fun, meet new people, and learn basic football skills in a social, judgement-free environment.
It's not just for mums - but for all women! It doesn't matter if you have never kicked a football before - absolutely no experience in necessary - anybody can take part!
In 2022, our program has welcomed women from all walks of life! - Our Muslim community and any women, female-identifying, and non-binary participants.
Grab your friends or come on your own and make some new ones at this female-only social football program.
GO Soccer Mums is an initiative of Football Victoria proudly supported by VicHealth.
What to wear: Runners and clothes that allow you to move around in easy.
What to bring with you: A drink bottle.
#NoExperienceRequired | #NoJudgement
