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A new Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan

Council plays a vital role in protecting and promoting health and well-being for our community across all life stages. As a leader, partner, advocate, and planner, Council is committed to creating a healthier future for everyone.

In previous years, the Municipal Health and Wellbeing Plan was included in the four-year Council Plan, but for this coming cycle we will be developing a standalone Municipal Health and Wellbeing Plan.

The draft Plan will consider:

  • where and how Council is best placed to take action, informed by the Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2023-27 and;
  • deliver an updated Health and Wellbeing Data Book with the most up-to-date data on health status and determinants in our municipality.

In August 2024, we asked our community to share the health and well-being issues that matter most to them and their community.

Based on your feedback we're proposing the following priorities for the next four years.

  • Physical wellbeing: people feel empowered to live active lives, eat healthily, and reduce the risk of chronic diseases.
  • Emotional wellbeing: people feel mentally well, supported, and resilient in their daily lives.
  • Environmental wellbeing: people feel connected to sustainable communities, are prepared for climate challenges, and can build resilience.
  • Social and economic wellbeing: people have the social and economic opportunities to learn, work, engage, build community connections, and feel included.

We'll be sharing the draft Plan for review by the community towards the end of the first quarter of 2025.

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Current health and wellbeing outcome areas

  • Healthy and active

    A healthy and active Maribyrnong fosters opportunities for all who live, work, play and learn in the City to achieve positive physical, mental and social wellbeing. It is connected, vibrant and safe, and enables active transport and formal and informal accessible opportunities for creativity, recreation and physical activity. We will provide opportunities for everyone to achieve positive physical, mental and social wellbeing.

  • Fair and inclusive

    A fair and inclusive Maribyrnong is welcoming and celebrates culture and diversity, and recognises the disparity in health and social wellbeing outcomes and our role in addressing the root causes of inequity. We recognise health as a human right, and our role in protecting and promoting this. It also builds on the strengths and assets of our community through collaboration, respect and partnership.

  • Green and sustainable

    A green and sustainable Maribyrnong is actively tackling the health impacts of the climate emergency, through greening spaces, improving air quality and working with communities to adapt to climate issues, partnering and advocating to reduce future and existing greenhouse gas emissions. It is also clean and protects and preserves the natural environment for now and future generations.