Growing local jobs for regional recovery – Priorities for Government collaboration
The ERG is advocating for a range of policy changes, capital works and project funding to enable better community outcomes, grow the local economy, and sustain both the built and natural environments more efficiently and effectively.
Creating more effective partnerships between local and State Government is essential to ensure the regional economy, communities, environment and infrastructure recover from the impacts of COVID and the 2021 storms while facing current global economic conditions.
The ERG already collaborates closely with:
- Eastern Alliance for Greenhouse Action
- Eastern Transport Coalition
- Eastern Affordable Housing Alliance
- Melbourne East Regional Economic Development Group
- Municipal Association of Victoria
To read more about the ERG’s priorities for Government collaboration, click on the link below:
Federal advocacy priorities
The ERG is advocating for a range of capital works and projects to support our communities, grow our economy, and sustain our built and natural environment.
As a long-established region, there is a need to update and improve facilities to support contemporary needs, address service gaps and build the regional economy.
To learn more about the federal government projects that the ERG is advocating on, click on the link below:
The ERG is advocating for a range of capital works and other projects in the community that focus on four strategic pillars.
Our Economy
We want to ensure that diverse local employment opportunities support an adaptable workforce, address the decline in manufacturing jobs and ready our communities for the jobs of the future.
Key issues:
- Pathways to employment
Our Environment
We want to be a region known for environmental stewardship and responses to sustainability.
Key issues:
- Renewables for the region
- Renewables for business
Our Communities
We want to achieve more resilient and cohesive communities that enjoy better health and wellbeing and can easily access the services they need.
Key issues:
- Mental health
- Housing our communities
Our Infrastructure
We want our buildings and infrastructure to promote social cohesion and equality of opportunity in a region that’s easy to get around and where active or public transport is preferred for short distances.
Key issues:
- Trails
- Rail duplication and capacity uplift
- Reducing congestion on key roads