By Aaron Cordy
THE Allan Government is asking Victorians to have their say about the cities, suburbs, towns and regions they want to live in, and the kind of Victoria we want to build for future generations as part of the Housing Statement.
Monday, May 27, Shepparton held one of the three open consultations at the Senior Citizen Centre. The session was facilitated by Think HQ, CultureVerse was aimed at the multicultural section of the community.
The broad group engaged in activities and open discussions based on what ideal suburbs and towns look like, infrastructure and community facilities, public transport, accessible jobs for the community and sustainability. Despite the diversity of the groups, it was clear most people want the same thing when it comes to the future of Victoria, affordability being a top priority.
There are online sessions taking place aimed at people of different backgrounds you can register your interest to participate in a community consultation at https://wkf.ms/3UNLpKT.
“As a young person myself, I want a lot of young people to contribute to the plan. Because this is really our future, it’s building our future. It’d be good to have young people involved in these consultation sessions along with community leaders because community leaders have worked on so many meaningful things, and when young people work alongside community leaders magic happens. So, I would highly recommend people contribute to these sessions, especially young people,” said Farida Malek, community engagement manager at CultureVerse.
