ERG State Advocacy Platform 2026: Stronger partnerships – better communities 

To support our vision for the east, the ERG has identified clear ‘asks’ across six themes for the State Government in the lead up to the November 2026 election.

Priorities include:

• Financially sustainable councils
• A trusted and fit for purpose planning system
• Council services and infrastructure keep pace with growth
• Safer communities
• Building climate resilience
• Transforming movement in the east.

Watch our video below where the ERG Mayors discuss the ERG regional priorities or click on the link below to find out more –

The ERG has prepared a guide to help navigate recent planning reforms as part of a recent submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Victorian Planning Provisions.

Recent major changes to strategies, policies, planning provisions and processes have impact on the scale and location of development, and how decisions are made.

The ERG is concerned that together, these changes have unintended consequences, exclude people from decision making processes, and do not enable amenity and community infrastructure to keep pace with growth.

See the range of reforms, what ERG councils think of them, and how they may be improved – click on the link below to find out more.

The ERG encouraged local communities to have their say so that regional priorities identified in Plan East and community values were reflected in the State Government’s Plan for Victoria.

2025 Federal Election 

Read the ERG’s Advocacy Platform for the 2025 Federal election.

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2022 Victorian State Election

Growing local jobs for regional recovery – Priorities for Government collaboration.

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2021 Federal advocacy priorities

There is a need to update and improve facilities to support contemporary needs, address service gaps, and build the regional economy.

Watch ERG Mayors discuss regional priorities or click on the link below to find out more: