Draft Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2025-2029
We’re seeking community feedback on our Draft Indigo Shire Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2025 - 2029.
What is the Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan?
The Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan sits alongside the Council Plan 2025-2029 and the 10-year Community Vision and sets out Indigo Shire’s strategic approach to improving health and wellbeing outcomes across our shire over the next four years and demonstrates Indigo Shires commitment to creating conditions where all residents can achieve optimal health and wellbeing.
Background
The Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 requires councils to produce a Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan every four years. This plan is the primary mechanism for planning, coordinating, and delivering services and initiatives to improve local public health and wellbeing by councils and partner organisations.
Key Features
The Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan identifies six key health and wellbeing focus areas that align with the Victoria Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2023-2027. These themes were selected from input provided through community consultation, data analysis, and collaboration with health service providers, state government agencies and community organisation partners. The six key focus areas are:
1. Preventing all forms of violence
2. Improving wellbeing
3. Increasing active living
4. Tackling climate change and its impacts on health
5. Health eating and food security
6. Reducing harm from alcohol, drug, tobacco, and e-cigarette use
Each focus area has strategic objectives and actions that Council and its partners will deliver over the four-year term of the plan. The plan also identifies how Council will monitor and report on its progress against each of the strategic objectives and actions.
Provide your feedback
Submissions on the draft policy can be emailed to info@indigoshire.vic.gov.au
Feedback closes 5pm, Wednesday 17 September 2025.
All submissions will be considered before the policy is finalised and presented to Council for adoption in October 2025.
Please include your name and contact details with your submission. All submissions will be provided to Councillors for consideration before the plan is adopted.
