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Sustainability Victoria Business Plan 2017–18 © Sustainability Victoria 2017

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Contents

Message from CEO and Chair 2

Our strategic framework 3

Our role 4

Priorities and targets for the year ahead 4

Priority one: Help Victorians act on climate change 5

Priority two: Help Victorians to use resources wisely 6

Enabling delivery 8

Measuring our success in 2017–18 9

Budget 10

Our Board 11

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Message from CEO and Chair

Our quality of life relies on everyone to waste less, recycle more, improve energy efficiency, embrace renewables and to take action on climate change. We help Victorian businesses, communities, households and schools on their sustainability journeys with:

› expertise

› guidance, advice and incentives

› support services

› recognition and promotion

› evidence to inform policy and change.

At the same time, we continue to raise the profile of climate change and stimulate demand for sustainable goods and services.

Over 2017–18 we will work with businesses to improve energy efficiency and with low-income households to reduce their energy costs. We’ll help community groups and local government to save money by implementing energy efficiency and renewable measures. We will invest in jobs and innovation in the resource recovery industry, and grow existing resource recovery infrastructure and private investment. We’ll continue to deliver the overarching statewide and regional waste infrastructure plan and support implementation of seven metropolitan and regional plans.

Through our TAKE2 climate change pledge program, we enable Victoria to collectively pledge to reach net zero emissions by 2050, and keep the global temperature rise to under two degrees. This year we’ll provide the TAKE2 network with practical advice and support to help convert their pledges into measurable action. We will also work with them to create a social movement for change and to inform future policy.

Even the smallest efforts make a difference. We acknowledge and celebrate leading contributors to the Victorian community through our annual Premier’s Sustainability Awards and ResourceSmart Schools Awards. We also recognise businesses and individuals who’ve pledged their support through TAKE2. Sharing their stories and connecting them with others shows the real progress we’re making towards Victoria’s climate change objectives and in helping people make wiser decisions about how they use resources.

To enable Victorians to act on climate change and to use

resources wisely

Our focus

To mobilise Victorians to create a better environment, now and

for our future

Our purpose

A sustainable, thriving Victoria

Our vision

Heather Campbell Chair

Carl Muller Interim Chief Executive Officer

By helping everyone to live and work more sustainably, Victoria will remain the best place to call home.

Together, we can do more.

Sustainability Victoria (SV) wants everyone to enjoy a healthy environment and quality of life now, tomorrow and always. We help Victorians act on climate change and help them to use resources wisely.

Our 2017/18 business plan outlines what we will do this year to deliver on the vision for a sustainable, thriving Victoria in our five year strategy, SV2020.

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Our strategic framework

Our strategic plan, SV2020, will continue providing the strategic framework and direction for our success. Already midway through delivery, it guides us in our delivery of Victorian Government policy and objectives and ensures we are providing value to all Victorians. We work with a wide range of partners and stakeholders to make sustainability a reality in our priority areas; acting on climate change, and using resources wisely.

Together we cando more

Use resourceswisely

Act onclimate change

Inform

Help

Know

Connect

My localcommunity

My school

My home

My business

Climate ChangeFramework

Waste &Resource Recovery

Framework

PoweringVictoria’s Energy

Mobilising and empowering Victorians

Where we live, learn and do business

Delivering the Victorian Government agenda

Focusing on two strategic priorities

Our work this year will contribute to the achievement of our 2020 targets (listed below):

Priority 1 Help Victorians act on climate change

Priority 2 Help Victorians to use resources wisely

Enabling delivery

A third of Victorians will recognise that climate change is a significant issue facing Victoria

Our programs will have helped Victoria’s households, schools and businesses save $10 million on their annual energy bills

The greenhouse gas abatements achieved through our programs will have increased to 240,000 tonnes CO2 Equivalent per year

We will have helped 2000 of Victoria's vulnerable households reduce their energy bills through sustainable housing upgrades

We will have directly increased Victoria’s resource recovery rate by at least 2% and will have influenced an additional 2% through our work

We will have added enough new capacity to Victoria’s waste recycling sector to recycle almost 400,000 tonnes of waste

We will have helped local governments redirect almost 100,000 tonnes of organic material from landfill

SV will have engaged with 10% of all Victorians through our various online platforms

85% of all of our stakeholders will have acknowledged that SV is relevant to the work their organisations perform

74% of all SV employees feel engaged with the work SV does

Our role

Sustainability Victoria is a Victorian Government statutory authority, created under the Sustainability Victoria Act 2005 to facilitate and promote environmental sustainability in the use of resources. We deliver programs and support policy development within the environment portfolio. We coordinate and collaborate with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to ensure effective delivery of the Victorian Government’s sustainability policies and programs. With our refreshed SV strategy, the final Victorian Government Climate Change Framework and recently set renewable energy targets, we’ll continue to deliver programs that will increase our impact on climate change and resource recovery.

The Environment Protection Act 1970 establishes Sustainability Victoria as the lead agency for waste and resource recovery planning and programs through the Statewide Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure Plan (SWRRIP).

We are responsible to the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change and work closely with industry bodies, local government, state governments and community groups to explore and address shared challenges.

All improvement calculations are based on the 2015–16 baseline figures

Minister for Energy Environment and Climate Change

Priorities and targets for the year ahead This year we will help more Victorians take action to save energy, waste less, recycle more and transition to a zero carbon lifestyle. We’ll use our growing body of research to provide timely, targeted advice about sustainable actions. We will provide financial support to communities and businesses and will connect our customers so they can take action together to protect our natural environment. To meet our SV2020 targets, we’ll focus on three priorities:

› help all Victorians take action on climate change

› help all Victorians use resources wisely

› enabling delivery through sound processes and systems, and investing in our workforce.

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All improvement calculations are based on the 2015–16 baseline figures

Priority one Help Victorians act on climate changeIn 2017–18 we’re committed to helping businesses, the built environment sector and communities reduce their emissions and take concrete steps towards Victoria’s 2050 zero carbon target. By supporting as many Victorians as we can, we will strengthen the resilience of our communities to the impacts of climate change and rising energy prices. We’ll assist vulnerable Victorians through home upgrades which improve health and address energy hardship.

We’ll keep delivering the TAKE2 climate change pledge program, building support for existing partners and members to take climate change action. We’ll share our learnings to inform climate change policy.

My local community

› Three new regional Community Energy Hubs will be led by members of the community to support our modern energy future. Communities will develop and deliver projects to increase renewable energy use and energy efficiency. This collaborative approach with community and DELWP supports innovation, provides financial benefits to communities, and grows their resilience.

› Fifteen resource constrained regional and rural councils will be supported to understand how they produce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. We’ll help them implement practical solutions to reduce their emissions and reduce their costs.

My business

› Victorian businesses will be able to show leadership towards a net zero carbon future. With our help to implement energy efficiency improvements, 30 commercial buildings with a low National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) rating will achieve an average one star increase.

› Businesses will be supported to decrease operating costs by improving their energy and materials efficiency. We’ll also launch capital grants to improve their gas efficiency.

My home

› Vulnerable Victorians will receive home upgrades to build the evidence base for the health and financial benefits of energy efficient living, whilst reducing their living costs. A total of 1000 homes will be upgraded by 2020 through funding for structural improvements such as insulation, and installation of efficient appliances such as solar water heaters.

› We’ll upgrade the energy efficiency and install renewable energy for homes in Latrobe Valley for people experiencing energy hardship, helping reduce their living costs and improve comfort. By 2019 we’ll have upgraded a total of 1000 low-income homes. .

My school

› More schools and students will be able to take practical sustainability actions through a reinvigorated ResourceSmart Schools program that will provide easier access to our online component. We’ll test behaviour change interventions to keep improving the program’s design.

Together we can do more

Enabling Victorian organisations to lead

We’ll harness the power of our business and community networks, recruited to the TAKE2 pledge program to continue to grow our membership. With a focus on large businesses, we’ll facilitate more significant emission reductions and engage and influence more people through their supply and consumer chains. You can voluntarily pledge on our TAKE2 website www.take2.vic.gov.au

Growing sustainable housing

We’ll deliver pilot interventions to encourage market delivery and uptake of Zero Net Carbon (ZNC) homes. We’ll partner with key stakeholders in the supply and delivery pipelines of volume homes and target new home buyers in Melbourne’s growth areas. In 2017–18 we will identify barriers and drivers to the uptake of ZNC homes by both consumers and industry.

Supporting national approaches to energy efficiency standards

In 2017–18, as part of our role representing Victoria in the national Equipment Energy Efficiency Program, we’ll consult with industry to help investigate the feasibility of introducing national minimum energy efficiency performance standards for ventilation fans.

Growing investment in sustainability

We’ll continue to support the Environmental Upgrade Finance (EUF) scheme through the Sustainable Melbourne Fund (SMF) to finance energy efficiency and renewable energy projects for business. This will be a collaboration with the SMF Better Building Finance program which provides information for local governments, financiers and businesses. As part of developing a uniform Victorian EUF market, SMF provides EUF loan documentation for lenders and local governments.

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Priority two Help Victorians to use resources wiselyAs Victoria grows we must do more to reduce and minimise waste and actively recover resources so that we can retain our enviable lifestyle. This year we’ll help households better understand how improving everyday recycling activities can reduce environmental impacts.

We’ll publish an updated Statewide Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure Plan to lead the development and improvement of a statewide integrated waste and resource recovery system for now and the future; investing in infrastructure, knowledge and skills. We’ll support the creation of new markets for recovered resources and help improve organic material recovery and reuse.

We’ll support Victorian Government purchasing policies to aid sustainability wherever we can, whether it’s buying recycled materials and or how we design and construct assets.

My local community

› Regional Victorian councils will be supported to introduce new food collection services to reduce organic material going to landfill.

› Local governments will act on guidance to improve kerbside collection and waste recovery.

› Better guidance will improve design and management of waste and resource recovery systems in Victoria’s residential multi-unit developments.

› We will support the implementation of a ban on electronic waste (e-waste) items going to landfill. Local governments and communities will have an improved understanding of what e-waste is, know how to dispose of their e-waste and understand why a ban from landfill is needed to avoid pollution and recover valuable materials.

› Victoria’s e-waste collection network will be upgraded to manage the increase in e-waste resulting from the ban through analysis and funding of infrastructure upgrades.

› Local governments will deliver projects to prevent litter and illegal dumping. We’re funding these projects and fostering partnerships to produce evidence about what does and doesn’t work.

› A new tool will help land managers identify and report the scale of illegal dumping activity on their land. This data will help us better understand and visualise illegal dumping hot spots, seasonal variations, the financial cost and what’s most commonly dumped.

My business

› We’ll invest in projects that encourage local government and private infrastructure investment to create jobs and increase the recovery of organics (including timber), flexible plastics, glass fines, e-waste, concrete and bricks.

› We’ll leverage private and local government infrastructure investment to create jobs diverting waste from landfill and using it to generate energy.

› We’ll improve the speed, scale and scope of resource recovery investment by promoting business opportunities, progressing business cases and feasibility studies, and coordinating investor-government relationships.

› Using education, guidance materials and demonstration projects, we’ll show industry the growth potential of recycled organics, increasing demand for recycled compost in agriculture.

› With our support industry, government and universities will continue researching new uses and markets for recycled content like glass, tyre, rubber and plastics.

› We’ll provide best practice guidance, assisting industry to increase organics and improve organics recovery and management.

› Investment in bioenergy will be supported with the provision of high quality data that maps sources of biomass across Victoria.

› Eligible social enterprises will be funded (50 per cent loan and 50 per cent grant) to apply commercial knowledge and practices to improve resource recovery.

My home

› Households can safely dispose of toxic chemicals that would otherwise end up in landfill through our Household Chemical Collections service

› Households will better understand how to reduce the amount of avoidable food waste that enters landfill whilst saving money. We’ll continue our award-winning Love Food Hate Waste campaign and refine the campaign’s target behaviours for the next three years.

My school

› Schools will be supported, through our award-winning ResourceSmart Schools program to save money by reusing, recycling and recovering materials. We’ll do this by helping them to:

– assess their resource usage and develop waste management action plans

– complete education modules that help them incorporate waste and resource recovery into their curriculum and operations

– design initiatives that improve environmental literacy and create behaviour change

– track and improve their effectiveness against statewide benchmarks for schools

– empower their students to act as waste and recycling leaders within their communities.

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Together we can do more

Better data, better decisions

Our annual waste data surveys help industry and local and state governments to invest, plan and improve our waste and resource recovery system. We’ll continue to improve our statewide waste data system in collaboration with regional waste and resource recovery groups, providing one of Australia’s best waste data services.

Reducing food waste

Around 25 per cent of Victorian garbage bin content is avoidable food waste. In 2017–18 we’ll bring together Victoria’s key players across the food and waste supply chain for a food waste round table, supporting them to reduce food loss across the system and help develop a national food waste strategy.

National management of priority waste streams

Our research shows photovoltaic panels are set to be the fastest growing e-waste stream over the next ten years. In 2017–18 we’ll work with industry and all Australian jurisdictions to develop a national product stewardship approach for photovoltaic systems.

We’ll also support delivery of a national stewardship approach for tyres by co-leading with the Queensland Government to implement the National Market Development Strategy for Used Tyres, endorsed by all Australian jurisdictions.

Reducing waste and supporting resource recovery in public health

We’ll work with Department of Health and Human Services, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and Health Purchasing Victoria to investigate issues and barriers to waste avoidance and resource recovery in our public health system.

Managing the community impact of waste and resource recovery infrastructure

In partnership with CSIRO, we’ll continue our pioneering research into the social licence of waste infrastructure. We’ll develop a campaign to engage local communities in waste management and recycling as an essential community service, and introduce IAP2-approved engagement training with our partners to help manage community impacts of waste infrastructure.

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Our workplace culture, systems and tools are designed to support the success of Sustainability Victoria. We enable our business in seven key areas so that our staff are inspired and capable of delivering upon our targets in an innovative and customer-focussed way. With our corporate services and communications and engagement groups we have the capacity, skills, networks and knowledge to make a meaningful difference to help us meet our SV2020 commitments.

To help us achieve our goals we’ll: › develop a Sustainable Finance Strategy to facilitate small to

medium businesses and local government access to funding for sustainability projects

› create SV’s first Behaviour Change Master Plan to guide and prioritise our behaviour change interventions

› conduct research to

– support the e-waste landfill ban education campaign

– analyse the abatement potential of climate change actions to find those with highest impact

– understand the motivators and barriers to taking up zero carbon homes

– better understand the health benefits of home energy efficiency upgrades

– understand the attitudes, motivations and barriers for businesses to implement energy efficient actions and behaviours

› conduct a formative evaluation of our TAKE2 program to inform our delivery of Phase Two

› develop a Stakeholder Engagement and Audience Development Plan to guide collective action and collaboration

› continue our partnership with BehaviourWorks Australia to support a rigorous approach to behaviour change.

We’ll strengthen and build our business enablers by: › assessing our programs to help us better define, monitor and

evaluate the benefits we deliver to the Victorian community

› building staff capability to track and realise benefits in a new, streamlined project management and reporting system

› refreshing our website design and content so it’s easier to get sustainability advice

› developing a technology and digital strategy to steer efficient use of our core systems and continued growth of our innovative culture

› building staff leadership capacity to achieve our aspirational culture

› further building staff capability in project management

› increasing our employee engagement through targeted initiatives based on staff survey results

› building the capability of our people to engage meaningfully with customers to develop innovative solutions

› ensuring we have the right governance to support effective decision making, sound risk management, innovation and collaboration.

We’ll lead by example by:

This year we’ll reduce our emissions as part of our own TAKE2 climate change pledge. As part of this we will:

› continue to implement actions to reduce our GHG emissions by 20% from 2014–15 levels by 2020

› maintain our NABERS 6 star rating

› purchase our power from 100% renewable energy sources

› purchase carbon offsets to be carbon neutral

› fulfil our Partnership Values Statement for procuring goods and services from partners committed to sustainability.

Celebrating leadershipRecognising and celebrating successes lies at the core of our communications and engagement strategy. Every year we host the Premier’s Sustainability Awards to recognise group, individual and business leaders acting in their communities. Our ResourceSmart School Awards showcase, celebrate and promote sustainability at schools.

Through the TAKE2 newsroom and social media we’ll continue to share our partners’ inspiring progress toward zero net emissions, and will provide the information pledgees need to take action.

Enabling delivery

Our business enablers

Program design

Organisational excellence

Evidence and

research

Behaviour change

Innovative business

and finance models

People and culture

Innovation and adaptability

Collaboration and partnership

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We have a lot to achieve in 2017–18 and our day to day progress will be tracked through our group and project indicators. We’ve defined what success looks like in SV2020 and the targets below show how our work in 2017–18 will contribute to our success. By June 2018 you’ll see:

Measuring our success in 2017–18

Our programs will have helped Victoria's households, schools and businesses save $4.9 million on their annual energy bills

Thirty one per cent of Victorians will recognise that climate change is a significant issue facing Victoria

The greenhouse gas abatements achieved through our programs will have increased by 43,000 tonnes C02 Equivalent this year

We will have helped 650 of Victoria's vulnerable households reduce their energy bills through sustainable housing upgrades

Our programs will have reduced by two per cent the annual greenhouse gas emissions generated from waste in Victoria

We will have added an additional 54,000 tonnes of processing capacity to Victoria’s waste recycling sector

We will have helped local governments redirect 20,000 tonnes of organic material from landfill

SV will have engaged with 8.5% of all Victorians through our various online platforms

84% of all of our stakeholders will have acknowledged that SV is relevant to the work their organisations perform

69% of all SV employees feel engaged with the work SV does

Priority 1 Act on climate change

Enabling Delivery

Priority 2 Use resources wisely

Note: Progress toward the resource recovery rate target in our organisational strategy, SV2020, will be reported annually.

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BudgetThe budget expenditure for the Sustainability Victoria Business Plan 2017–18 is $49,063,238, funded from both revenue to be received in 2017–18 and revenue received in 2016–17 but not fully expended at 30 June 2017. Sustainability Victoria's legislated landfill levy distribution for 2017–18 is $19,325,289.

2017–18 Funding Source/Expenditure Act on climate change

$

Use resources wisely

$

Enablers

$

Total

$

Landfill Levy & Other Discretionary Funding 7,903,040 4,699,693 12,453,772 25,056,505

Sustainability Fund & Other Tied Funding 13,364,609 11,835,388 - 25,199,997

Total 21,267,649 16,535,081 12,453,772 50,256,502

42% 33% 25% 100%

Three year indicative forward cashflow

Sustainability Victoria has in place a Long-Term Financial Plan which seeks to ensure the organisation's financial sustainability. Sustainability Victoria will maintain an adequate financial buffer in outward years to ensure the organisation is able to meet its financial commitments.

2017–18

$

2018–19

$

2019–20

$

Landfill Levy

Interest & Other Revenue

Sustainability Fund

Other Tied Funding

19,249,689

200,000

18,415,601

3,701,850

19,540,341

150,000

24,371,454

3,065,834

19,834,068

100,000

18,624,199

3,102,005

Total Receipts 41,567,140 47,127,628 41,660,272

Total Payments 50,478,772 52,228,902 43,195,439

Net Cash inflow/(outflow) (8,911,632) (5,101,273) (1,535,167)

Opening Cash Balance – 1 July 23,720,887 14,809,255 9,707,981

Closing Cash Balance – 30 June 14,809,255 9,707,981 8,172,815

2017–18 Budget 2017–18 Funding source

Act on climate change

Use resources wisely

Enablers

Landfill Levy & Other Discretionary Funding

Sustainability Fund & Other Tied Funding

25%

42%50% 50%

33%

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Our Board

Heather CampbellChair and Board member from February 2016 to current

Heather has over 25 years’ experience leading the management of environmental, sustainability and risk issues and brings experience of Landcare, waste minimisation and resource efficiency. Currently the CSIRO’s Director of Health Safety and Environment, Heather was the CEO of Landcare Australia for three years and held executive and senior managerial roles with Amcor, Ridley AgriProducts and Cheetham Salt spanning more than 20 years. She also has extensive experience as a Board director and advisory committee member across government, education and the not for profit sector.

Megan Flynnfrom May 2015 to current

Megan is the Qantas Group Manager of Environment and Carbon Strategy. She is an experienced business development professional in international and domestic environmental markets and policy. Her background is in law, sustainable business management and corporate strategy. Megan holds non-executive director roles at the Carbon Market Institute, the Earthwatch Institute and sits on the Advisory Board of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute for the University of Melbourne.

Jennifer Lauber Pattersonfrom June 2016 to current

Jennifer is currently the Managing Director of Frontier Carbon and is Chair of Yarra Energy Foundation. Jennifer has spent more than 25 years building new businesses in the energy and banking sectors, specialising in energy, environmental and risk advisory services. Previously, she was Director of Electricity, Renewables and Emission at ANZ Bank and Head of Environmental Treasury Solutions at NAB. Her previous board and committee experience include the Carbon Market Working Group, CPA Australia’s Ethics and Governance Advisory and Educational Panel and Special Advisor to the Australasian Emissions Trading Forum Australian Carbon Markets.

Kane ThorntonDeputy Chair from July 2017, Board member from May 2015 to current

Kane is CEO of the Clean Energy Council, the peak body for Australia’s renewable energy and battery storage industry. He has extensive experience in energy policy and leadership within the renewable energy industry. Previous roles include Senior Manager and advisor for Hydro Tasmania and Executive Officer of Renewable Energy Generators Australia. Kane is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has broad international management experience, having previously worked in Asia. He has held advisory and board roles in the climate change and renewable energy sectors.

Vicky Darlingfrom June 2016 to current

Vicky is a business consultant with public policy and community engagement experience, having worked for the Premier of Queensland and a Commonwealth Government Minister. Vicky was a Member of the Queensland Parliament for six years from 2006 to 2012, including one year as Minister for Environment. She is currently a member of the Australian Capital Territory Waste Feasibility Study Community Reference Group, and has held several key roles for the Queensland Waste and Recycling Expert Advisory Panel and the Far North Queensland Ministerial Regional Community Forum.

Peter Castellasfrom July 2017 to current

Peter has extensive experience in environment and sustainability. Since 2013, he has been Chief Executive of the Carbon Market Institute, assisting Australian businesses in meeting the challenges and opportunities in transitioning to a low carbon economy. Previously he was Director of Sustainability, Carbon and Cleantech at Deloitte, Managing Director of Cleantech Australasia, Fund Manager of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund and Sustainability Advisor for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He was a founding executive at Melbourne University Private’s School of Energy and Environment.

Sarah Clarkefrom July 2017 to current

Sarah has broad multi-industry experience across energy and sustainability, social policy, ethics, communications and community engagement, with a strong focus on indigenous communities. Previously she has been Director of Public Affairs and Sustainability at Keolis Downer (Yarra Trams) and has held a number senior roles at Origin Energy. Sarah has also been Head of Public Engagement at the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute. She is currently General Manager of Sustainability at Mirvac.

Kerry Osbornefrom July 2017 to current

Kerry is the owner and director of his own consultancy, Osborne Executive Services. Previously, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Court Services Victoria and has been Chief Executive and Manager Director of CityWide Services. Prior to that, Mr Osborne was the founding Chief Executive Officer of Excell Corporation, delivering open-space facilities management and civil engineering services to local councils across Australia. Mr Osborne holds a Master of Business Administration, a Certificate of Civil Engineering and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Judith Harrisfrom July 2017 to current

Judith’s expertise in education and local government has a strong focus on community engagement. A former Mildura Rural City councillor, Judith had held the council’s environmental sustainability portfolio from 2012 to 2016. She has held numerous board and committee memberships in arts, education and sustainability, including five years as Deputy Chair of the former Mildura Regional Waste Management Group. Judith has worked in secondary and tertiary education across her career, including tutoring in communication and media studies for Monash University, and as an educational consultant in the United States.

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