Key dates
Mark your calendar with important MAV events in 2025
2025
February 2025
MAV International Women’s Day Webinar for Councillors - Do single-Member Wards Impact Women's Representation? (Research findings from Deakin University)
When: Thursday, 27 February 2025
Time: 6:00pm – 6:45pm
Delivery: Online, teams meeting link sent in registration confirmation and event reminder email
Please note: A council email address will be required to log-into the webinar
All Councillors and Council CEOs are invited to hear about the impact, if any, of single-member ward structures on women getting elected at the local government elections held last October. We will hear from Associate Professor Amy Nethery and her team from Deakin University’s Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation about their research findings, and there will be time for Q&A.
The session will also include a brief overview of the MAV's program of professional development opportunities for councillors, and our program of support for achieving gender equality and the prevention of violence against women across the local government sector.
International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world every year on 8th March. This year’s theme is March Forward for a gender equal future #MarchForward.
March 2025
The Mayor’s Role in Councillor Internal Dispute Resolution
Date: Friday, 7 March, 2025
Time: 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Delivery: In Person
Location: MAV Office
Address: Level 5, 1 Nicholson street, East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002, Australia
Tickets: $250 ex GST
Morning tea provided.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the Mayor’s role in resolving councillor conflicts to
ensure effective governance. - Understand the legal framework, including your Council’s Internal Resolution Procedure, and how it fits within the broader Councillor Conduct Framework.
- Develop skills for early intervention and constructive dispute resolution.
- Maintain objectivity, professionalism, and confidentiality during resolution processes.
May 2025
Rural and Regional Planning Conference
Come join the conversation on how Local Government and the planning profession are responding to the greatest challenges and opportunities in rural and regional Victoria. With an aim to strengthen and support rural and regional communities, the conference explores how decision makers address matters from protecting agricultural systems, planning for climate change to engaging with Traditional Owners, housing affordability and rapidly changing demographics, to growing our towns and protecting valued landscapes.
This conference aims to increase knowledge and skills, build collaboration, and equip planning professionals and elected decision makers with new knowledge and ways to respond to local issues. The conference achieves this through promoting best-practise case studies and examples and by delving into policy issues that are driving the work priorities for planners in rural and regional Victoria.
Date: Thursday 22 - Friday 23 May 2025
Venue: Silverwater Resort, San Remo
Registration: will open late March; keep an eye out for the further information about registration