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March 2014

Contents

Introduction

Regions by WRRG and councils

SV contacts for regions (August 2014)

Acronyms

Map: Strategic Cordinators and WRRG's

HumeRegional featuresKey factsDemographyPolitical contextRegional prioritiesEconomic profileFunded sustainability project examplesSWOT analysis

Further reading

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Introduction

This document provides a snapshot of the Hume region. It is not an exhaustive compilation of regional information, but instead focuses on information that is considered relevant to SV’s priority outcomes in integrated waste management and resource efficiency.

It has been produced by SV’s Strategic Coordinator based in the region. Information has been drawn from plans and strategies, including regional strategic plans and growth plans, and other documents, as well as discussions with key regional personnel.

This document aims to assist SV staff to understand regional conditions so that SV and our stakeholders (e.g. Waste and Resource Recovery Groups) can

• Work more effectively across the portfolio• Design and develop relevant programs and projects • Prepare their business plans.

Regions by RWMG and councils

Region WRRG and Executive Officer LGA/councils

Barwon South West

Barwon WRRG

Acting EO Jane Mckellar

Colac Otway Shire Council

Greater Geelong City Council

Queenscliffe Borough Council

Surf Coast Shire Council

Corangamite Shire Council

Glenelg Shire Council

Moyne Shire Council

Southern Grampians Shire Council

Warrnambool City Council

Gippsland Gippsland WRRG

Acting EO Mathew Peake

Bass Coast Shire Council

Baw Baw Shire Council

East Gippsland Shire Council

Latrobe City Council

South Gippsland Shire Council

Wellington Shire Council

Grampians Grampians Central West WRRG

Acting EO Kerrie Tomkins

Hindmarsh Shire Council

West Wimmera Shire Council

Ararat Rural City Council

Horsham Rural City Council

Northern Grampians Shire Council

Yarriambiack Shire Council

Ballarat City Council

Central Goldfields Shire Council

Golden Plains Shire Council

Hepburn Shire Council

Moorabool Shire Council

Pyrenees Shire Council

Hume Goulburn Valley WRRG

Acting EO Nick Nagle

Campaspe Shire Council

Greater Shepparton City Council

Mitchell Shire Council

Moira Shire Council

Murrindindi Shire Council

Strathbogie Shire Council

North East WRRG

Acting EO Brooke Hermans

Alpine Shire Council

Benalla Rural City Council

Indigo Shire Council

Mansfield Shire Council

Towong Shire Council

Wangaratta Rural City Council

Wodonga Rural City Council

(and three Alpine resorts)

Loddon Mallee Loddon Mallee WRRG

Acting EO Karen Fazzani

Greater Bendigo City Council

Macedon Ranges Shire Council

Mount Alexander Shire Council

Buloke Shire Council

Gannawarra Shire Council

Loddon Shire Council

Swan Hill Rural City Council

Mildura Rural City Council

SV contacts for regions (August 2014)

Division Barwon South West

Gippsland Grampians Hume Loddon-Mallee

Engagement

Statewide Engagement Team

Manager : Andrew Straker (03) 8626 8813

Strategic Coordinators

Amy O’Brien

0418 149068

Luke Wilkinson

0427 850 478

Trish Kevin

0409 060109

Martina Rienzner

0408 110 431

Kristy Roche

0419 311 765

Education Team

Manager : Kate Greer (03) 8626 8878

Claire Ruedin

(03) 86268747

Simon Hum

(03) 8626 8793

Candyce Presland

(03) 86268774

Simon Hum

(03) 86268793

Candyce Presland

(03) 86268774

Integrated Waste Management

Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy

Manager : David Cocks (03) 86268765

Barwon South WestAndrew Buzacott

(03) 86566701

Marcus Fogarty

(03) 86268788

Gippsland Grampians Central WestNick Bailey

(03) 86268824

Ben Stephenson

(03) 86268807

Goulburn ValleyNicola Thom

(03) 86268726

North East David Cocks

(03) 86268765

Loddon MalleeDavid Cocks

(03) 86268765

Nick Bailey

(03) 86268824

Kelly Wickham

(03) 86268820

Resource Efficiency

Business Productivity Team

Manager: Katrina Woolfe (03) 86268823

Yolanda Sztarr

(03) 86268843

Nick Katsanevakis

(03) 86268755

Andrew Haus

(03) 86268874

Helen Scott

(03) 86268855

Kel Dummett

(03) 86268729

Acronyms

ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics

ALP Australian Labor Party

CBD Central Business District

CMA Catchment Management Authority

DSDBI Department of State Development, Business and Innovation

DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

DTPLI Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure

DEPI Department of Environment and Primary Industries

EEIG Energy Efficiency Information Grant

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

HACC Home and community care

IWM Integrated waste management

kV Kilovolts (equivalent to 1000 volts)

LGA Local government area

LP Liberal Party of Australia

LPO Litter Prevention Officer

MAC Ministerial Advisory Committee on Waste and Resource Recovery Governance Reform, 2013

NP National Party of Australia

RDA Regional Development Australia

RDV Regional Development Victoria

ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic

ResourceSmart Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative Victoria

RMF Regional Management Forum

RWMG Regional Waste Management Group (now Waste Resource and Recovery Groups)

SME Small to medium sized enterprise

SV Sustainability Victoria

SV2015 SV’s Strategic Plan 2012–15

TAFE Technical and Further Education

VECCI Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry

WRRG Waste and Resource Recovery Group

Strategic Regional Coordinators

Luke WilkinsonDEPI office, TraralgonT 1300 363 744M 0427 850 478

Martina ReinznerDEPI office, SeymourT 5735 4330M 0408 110 431

Kristy RocheDEPI office, EpsomT 5430 4544M 0419 311 765

Trish KevinDEPI office, BallaratT 5336 6856M 0409 060 109

Amy O’BrienDEPI office,ColacT 5233 5549M 0418 149 068

Kim JohnsonRay LiversidgeSV office MelbourneT 1300 363 744

Region Gippsland Hume Loddon Mallee Grampians Barwon South West MetropolitanPopulation 260,766 309,986 278,395 224,636 373,191

Regional Profiles – Hume | 10

Hume Regional features

Features Details

Subregion Goulburn Valley WRRG Campaspe Shire Council

Greater Shepparton City Council

Mitchell Shire Council

Moira Shire Council

Murrindindi Shire Council

Strathbogie Shire Council

North East WRRG Alpine Shire Council

Benalla Rural City Council

Indigo Shire Council

Mansfield Shire Council

Towong Shire Council

Wangaratta Rural City Council

Wodonga City Council

Alpine Resorts (Falls Creek, Mt Hotham and Mt Buller Mt Sterling)*+Resorts are included as they have waste management responsibilities and are members of NevRwaste)

These can be further subdivided to create the following four regions:

• Central Hume: Wangaratta, Benalla, Alpine, Mansfield• Goulburn Valley: Greater Shepparton, Moira, Strathbogie and

Campaspe**• Upper Hume: Wodonga, Indigo and Towong• Lower Hume: Mitchell (including Seymour) and Murrindindi (including

Beveridge and Wallan)

** Under some planning frameworks Campaspe is part of the Loddon Mallee rather than the Hume region

Geographical features • Goulburn, Broken, Murray, Ovens, King and Kiewa river systems• Large areas of environmental value including National Parks• Alpine National Park and resorts including Falls Creek, Mt Hotham,

Mt Buller Mt Sterling and Lake Mountain

Transport The region is linked to the rest of Victoria, and Australia, through the Hume and Goulburn Valley transport corridors (rail and road). Most prominent example is the road to/from Sydney across the NSW border.

Significant freight and logistics hubs in Barnawartha (Upper Hume) and Mooroopna (Goulburn Valley)

Rail service and infrastructure requires investment.

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Major roads and travel times

From To Distance (km) Travel time (hours)

Melbourne Seymour 110 1:18

Melbourne Shepparton 189 2:07

Melbourne Benalla 211 2:14

Melbourne Echuca 225 2:34

Melbourne Wangaratta 251 2.38

Melbourne Wodonga 323 3:11

Key infrastructure • Puckapunyal (near Seymour) and Bandiana (near Wodonga) Military Areas

• Mangalore Airport (near Seymour)• Western Composting Technology regional facility, Shepparton• Wallan and Wodonga best practice Resource Recovery Centres• Food and fruit processing facilities in Goulburn Valley• Biodiesel Producers biofuels plant, Barnawartha• Goulburn Valley Water + Diamond Energy biogas plants (Tatura and

Shepparton)• Albury Waste Management Centre (in NSW)• Freight and logistics precincts, existing and emerging, at Beveridge,

Seymour/Mangalore, Mooroopna, Barnawartha, Wodonga, Ettamogah (NSW) and Tocumwal (NSW)

Key facts Structure

• Hume has no single dominant regional city.• The region has four distinct subregions, each of which has access to a city and/or as per details in

table • Councils/shires range from well-resourced and quickly expanding (e.g. Mitchell) to severely under

resourced (e.g. Murrindindi). This is directly reflected in local waste infrastructure and services which range from best practice (Wallan and Wodonga) to requiring investment (Kinglake).

Land

• Goulburn Valley is the food bowl of the Murray-Darling Basin, producing about 25% of the value of Victoria’s agricultural production.

• More than a quarter (28%) of Goulburn Valley and over half (54%) of the North East is public land.• Hume was severely affected by the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009, particularly throughout

Murrindindi Shire.• Many of the region’s urban centres are located within the floodplains of major rivers including

Benalla on the Broken river, Shepparton on the Broken and Goulburn rivers, Seymour on the Goulburn river, Wangaratta on the Ovens and King rivers and Echuca and Wodonga on the Murray river.


DemographyPopulation: 310,000 (two-thirds in Goulburn Valley).

• Population growth is a slightly lower than the Victorian average. • High amenity areas experience a significant influx of Melburnians seeking a rural lifestyle

(weekenders and commuters).• High proportion of part time residents in areas of natural beauty (e.g. 50% of rate payers in

Mansfield Shire are part time residents, similar in Alpine Shire)• Structural ageing as farmers get older, young people migrate to cities and retirees migrate to the

region. Most significant in Strathbogie followed by Towong, Alpine and Benalla shires. • Shepparton-Mooroopna has the largest Indigenous population in provincial Victoria • Further cultural diversity resulting from past and recent settlement of migrants, including large

Arabic speaking communities in Shepparton and Moira• Relatively low levels of social disadvantage. Of 270 relatively disadvantaged towns in regional

Victoria only 40 are in the Hume region (and none in the top 24). However, disadvantaged towns include al l of the region’s centres – Shepparton and nearby Mooroopna, Wodonga, Wangaratta, Benalla and Seymour.

Political context

Level Representative

Federal

Cathy McGowan Ind Member for Indi

Rob Mitchell ALP Member for McEwen

Sharman Stone LP Member for Murray

State - Victorian Legislative Assembly

Tim McCurdy NP (Murray Valley)

Cindy McLeish LP (Seymour)

Jeanette Powell NP (Shepparton) Minister for Local Government, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs

Dr Bill Sykes NP (Benalla) Parliamentary Secretary for Primary Industries

Bill Tilley LP (Benambra)

Paul Weller NP (Rodney)

State - Victorian Legislative Council for Northern Victoria

Candy Broad ALP

Kaye Darveniza ALP

Damian Drum ALP

Kaye Darveniza LP

Wendy Lovell LP

Amanda Millar LP


Regional prioritiesThe June 2013 Draft Hume Regional Growth Plan provides a regional approach to land use planning and identifies opportunities for growth and change over the next 30 years.

Principles under the plan include:

• Ensure land use planning decisions adopt a triple bottom line approach and are based on the best available land capability data

• Support rural towns by providing access to key community infrastructure that can respond to changing needs over time

• Ensure future development makes a positive contribution to sustainability and embraces good urban design

• Support innovative and flexible service delivery models and improve access to facilities and services

• Support the expansion and diversification of the region’s economy• Capitalise on national transport links and tourist routes• Support industrial growth through value adding• Provide for efficient and effective transport movements within the region and to Melbourne and

other key urban centres outside of the region.

The growth plan is guided by The Hume Strategy for Sustainable Communities 2010-2020. Directions under the strategy include

• harnessing renewable energy sources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pursuing innovative waste management approaches

• adapting and diversifying agriculture in an environment of change• facilitating research and innovation in tourism, manufacturing and industry to encourage new and

evolving business• developing energy infrastructure that builds on existing competitive advantages• developing a proficient land transportation system• maximising use of existing infrastructure and services and facilitating strategic investment in

future infrastructure and services• ensuring efficient use of land use planning resources in the region.

NB: These documents have been guided by 12 local councils excluding Shire of Campaspe which is reflected in the Loddon Mallee Regional Growth Plan.

High


Economic profileThe economy is based on access to water and productive land, the national freight corridor and significant areas of natural beauty. Related key industries are agriculture/primary production, manufacturing (primarily food and beverage) and tourism (including ski resorts).

Manufacturing and agriculture are the most significant economic sectors, contributing over 30% ($3.1b) to the region’s gross value added and providing 75% of the region’s exports.

Significant and growing employment sectors include retail, construction, health care, education and accommodation/food services.

Significant and declining employment sectors include manufacturing and agriculture.

Transition/emerging opportunities include intensive agriculture (broiler farms, piggeries, feedlots, horticulture) and agricultural clusters, greenhouses, forestry, renewable energy generation including bioenergy and conservation activities.

Opportunities also exist in the waste sector for localised waste management solutions (including composting, recycling and reuse), specifically around towns with industries processing food and fibre and near clusters of intensive animal raising industries.

Sub region Industry and service base Local industries

Central Hume Wangaratta, supported by Benalla. Softwood plantation

High-value agriculture

Viticulture

Goulburn Valley Shepparton. Food and vegetable processing

Agriculture

Grazing

Viticulture

Forestry

Upper Hume Wodonga.

Albury-Wodonga is one of Australia’s 18 major cities.

Freight transport and logistics

Passenger transport

Manufacturing

Agriculture (mostly grazing)

Viticulture

Defence force

Lower Hume Seymour (nominally).

Melbourne based manufacturing is a key employer for commuters living along Hume Freeway.

Melbourne’s Urban Growth Boundary now encompasses Beveridge and Wallan in the Lower Hume.

Viticulture

Aquaculture

Agriculture

Timber

Defence force


Funded sustainability project examplesRecent SV projects • Alpine Living Bin project

• Fluoro Collect – Driving Investment for New Recycling fund• Sustainable organics management in Goulburn Valley• Inaugural SV@ your doorstep (Alpine Shire)

Current SV projects 25 projects at a total contract value of $2.7m funded by SV since July 2012, including:

• Green and food waste collection in the Goulburn Valley• Tallangatta Eco Education and Integrated Services Hub (co-

funded by DEECD and Living Libraries)• Education and engagement campaign for Wodonga and Indigo• Away from Home behaviour study, North East.

Third party sustainability projects

Seven Hume projects under Victorian Adaption and Sustainability Partnership Program, including:

• Virtual Renewable Power Stations, feasibility study into decentralised electricity generation and distribution infrastructure (Moira Shire partnering with Swan Hill Rural City)

• Climate smart agricultural development, long term data to inform agricultural industry transformation (partnership of six Goulburn Broken councils)

• Climate change resilience and adaptation.

Over 15 Hume projects under Australian Government’s Clean Technology Fund, including:

• Energy efficient evaporator technology for Kagome Foods, Australia’s largest tomato processor, based in Echuca

• Tri-gen plant for Wodonga Rendering (abattoir)• Consolidation from Port Melbourne to Shepparton for chemical

manufacturer Pental Ltd• Energy efficient cooling technology for Victorian Alps Wine

Company, based in Myrtleford.

Four Hume projects under Australian Government’s Local Government Energy Efficiency Program, for solar and/or heat pump hot water systems at Alpine, Indigo, Mitchell and Strathbogie Shires.

$2.9m from Australian Government for ‘Watts Working Better’ street lighting project (total value $4.6m). Lead by Shepparton Council with Campaspe, Benalla, Moira, Strathbogie, Mansfield, Mitchell, Murrindindi and Wangaratta as partners. Managed by Goulburn Broken Greenhouse Alliance.


SWOT analysisStrengths• Multi-centred and somewhat diversified

economy with strong interregional linkages• Opportunities for business development due

to geographical location of Hume between Melbourne and Sydney

• Strong agricultural base and established role in food production

• Good collaboration between most councils/shires

• History of shared resource use and collaborative procurement for waste services

• Towns/regions with good transport links and existing infrastructure can accommodate growth e.g. Seymour

• Consortium approach to ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic taps into a strong local network in the Hume region.

Opportunities• Multi-centred structure and strong transport

links are a good fit for a ‘hub and spokes’ waste management model

• Hume can be an early adopter of Getting Full Value, based on functional regional waste groups and active local support for MAC recommendations

• Significant changes earmarked to transport networks (e.g. the GV Link project)

• Towns/regions with slowing economies can provide infrastructure and population for emerging industries

• Waste industry can provide training and employment opportunities for displaced, semi-skilled or unskilled workers

• Integrating resource awareness into planning and new infrastructure where councils are actively reinventing and restructuring the local economic mix

• Albury/Wodonga and other border towns provide opportunities for interstate knowledge and resource share as well as joint infrastructure projects

• Some areas are willing to invest in emerging waste management technologies and may find it easier to maintain buffer distances.

Weaknesses• No sizable regional city and no ‘natural

centre’ for the region. This affects funding support which is often based on population size and city-based models and makes it difficult to invest in centralised infrastructure

• Distorted ‘waste market’ from lower landfill fees in NSW-Albury and two councils (Wodonga and Indigo) that do not pay landfill levy

• Community education difficult in high tourism areas with transient populations and areas with part-time populations

• Slowing economies and employment opportunities in previous ‘agricultural centre’ towns

• Limited access to technologies that city-based agencies may take for granted e.g. internet access

• Limited access to commuter rail services restricts population growth and has caused

Threats• Changing weather patterns and increases in

droughts, floods, bushfires and other extreme weather events can be a higher priority than resource efficiency for local organisations, businesses and householders

• Income from agriculture is volatile, subject to climate change impacts (see above, plus reduction in water, seasonal changes, and increase in frost), direction of the Murray-Darling Basin plan and global and local economic conditions.

• Downturn in manufacturing has lead and will lead to successive rationalisation

• Ongoing and significant regional issues include water security, ageing infrastructure, information and communication technology demand and supply, and barriers to establishing renewable energy supplies

• Pressure for urban and rural residential development can present a threat to


high dependence on private cars• Small councils with relatively limited

resources, e.g. they don’t employ waste education officers.

environmental assets but also provides opportunities for tourism and other economic diversification. Balancing these pressures, along with natural hazards and potentially prohibitive infrastructure cost, is a key challenge for regional and local planning.


Further reading

This section provides a list of organisations providing regional development information in Victoria.

All web addresses are correct as at June 2013.

ClimateWorks AustraliaClimateWorks Australia publishes a number of plans related to lowering emissions, including the low carbon growth plans for Geelong and Gippsland.

www.climateworksaustralia.org/publications.html

Council websitesMost councils publish economic reports and statistics on their websites. A full list of councils with websites is available on the Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure website.

http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/localgovernment/find-your-local-council

Department of State Development, Business and Innovation (DSDBI)DSDBI has published an Industry Atlas of Victoria (2011).

www.dsdbi.vic.gov.au/research-reports/industry-atlas-of-victoria

Regional Development Victoria (RDV)RDV provides regional development summaries on the five regions and publishes regional and subregional growth plans and strategic plans.

www.rdv.vic.gov.au/victorian-regions.

Fuelled for Growth: The 2012 Ernst and Young report on bioenergy (Fuelled for Growth: Investing in Victoria’s biofuels and bioenergy industries) is available for download at

www.rdv.vic.gov.au/business-and-industry-programs/biofuels-and-bioenergy.

Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure (DTPLI)DTPLI publishes regional and subregional growth plans and strategic plans for Victorian regions.

http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/planning/projects-and-programs/regionalgrowthplans/

Profile.idProfile.id uses the 2011 Census to provide comprehensive, online, socio-demographic profiles

of local government areas.

www.home.id.com.au/id-community/local-govt-products/profileid.

WRRG websitesThe WRRGs publish business plans and annual reports on their websites. For a full list of WRRGs and their websites, see contact details listed on the SV website: www.sustainability.vic.gov.au.

http://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/

http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/localgovernment/find-your-local-council

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