2024-2025 Governance

Council recognises the need for the ongoing commitment to and monitoring of all the reforms implemented to ensure a high level of good governance is consistently maintained throughout the coming years.

Council remains focused on ensuring decision‐making processes continue to provide transparent, responsive, inclusive and participatory policies and practices and that the community has a voice in decision-making. Agendas are published online in advance of scheduled meetings, encouraging greater public participation and democracy.

Council is committed to an ongoing development program for all Councillors by providing and facilitating opportunities for professional development that assists them to perform their roles as elected representatives.

The Councillor Code of Conduct strengthens the foundations of working relationships between elected representatives. It complements the provisions in the Act that cover principles of conduct for Council staff. The Councillor Code of Conduct is imperative to ensure all Councillors conduct themselves honourably and in the best interests of the community.

Find out more about policies and transparency.

Council meetings

Council meetings were held monthly from 1 July 2024. The times and venues of Council meetings are fixed annually and advertised in the Council and Committee Meetings of the Darebin website.

12 Ordinary Council meetings were held between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025. In addition, there were 8 Special Council meetings held during the year. There were 129 officer reports considered by Council in 2024-2025, with 120 being considered publicly and 9 designated confidential; the Council Meeting was closed to the public for consideration of these items.  

All Council meetings, Planning Committee meetings and Hearing of Submissions meetings are livestreamed to the public and recordings are published on the Darebin YouTube channel.

Councillor attendance at meetings, 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025

Ordinary Council Meeting 22 July 2024
Councillors: 8
Items:

  • 8 reports
  • 0 confidential items
  • 22 questions from the gallery
  • 0 notices of motion

Special Council Meeting 29 July 2024
Councillors: 8
Items:

  • 0 reports
  • 1 confidential items
  • 0 questions from the gallery
  • 0 notices of motion

Special Council Meeting 14 August 2024
Councillors: 8
Items:

  • 0 reports
  • 1 confidential items
  • 0 questions from the gallery
  • 0 notices of motion

Special Council Meeting 14 August 2024
Councillors: 8
Items:

  • 10 reports
  • 1 confidential item
  • 0 questions from the gallery
  • 0 notice of motion

Ordinary Council Meeting 26 August 2024
Councillors: All 9
Items:

  • 10 reports
  • 1 confidential items
  • 17 questions from the gallery
  • 0 notices of motion

Special Meeting 5 September 2024
Councillors: All 9
Items:

  • 0 reports
  • 1 confidential items
  • 0 questions from the gallery
  • 0 notices of motion

Ordinary Council Meeting 16 September 2024
Councillors: All 9
Items:

  • 3 reports
  • 2 confidential item
  • 8 questions from the gallery
  • 0 notice of motion

Ordinary Meeting 21 October 2024
Councillors: All 9
Items:

  • 1 report
  • 0 confidential items
  • 0 questions from the gallery
  • 0 notices of motion

Ordinary Meeting 25 November 2024
Councillors: All 9
Items:

  • 7 reports
  • 0 confidential items
  • 0 questions from the gallery
  • 0 notices of motion

Ordinary Meeting 16 December 2024
Councillors: 8
Items:

  • 14 reports
  • 0 confidential item
  • 20 questions from the gallery
  • 5 notices of motion

Ordinary Meeting 28 January 2025
Councillors: All 9
Items:

  • 5 reports
  • 1 confidential item
  • 38 questions from the gallery
  • 4 notices of motion

Ordinary Meeting 24 February 2025
Councillors: All 9
Items:

  • 11 reports
  • 1 confidential item
  • 31 questions from the gallery
  • 0 notices of motion

Ordinary Council Meeting 3 March 2025
Councillors: All 9
Items:

  • 9 reports
  • 0 confidential items
  • 34 questions from the gallery
  • 0 notice of motion

Ordinary Council Meeting 24 March 2025
Councillors: All 9
Items:

  • 8 reports
  • 0 confidential items
  • 49 questions from the gallery
  • 1 notices of motion

Special Meeting 17 April 2025
Councillors: 6
Items:

  • 0 reports
  • 1 confidential item
  • 0 questions from the gallery
  • 0 notices of motion

Ordinary Council Meeting 28 April 2025
Councillors: All 8 
Items:

  • 6 reports
  • 0 confidential items
  • 0 questions from the gallery
  • 1 notice of motion

Special Council Meeting 12 May 2025
Councillors: 7
Items:

  • 5 reports
  • 0 confidential items
  • 0 questions from the gallery
  • 0 notices of motion

Ordinary Meeting 26 May 2025

Councillors: All 8
Items:

  • 11 reports
  • 0 confidential item
  • 41 questions from the gallery
  • 1 notices of motion

Ordinary Council Meeting 23 June 2025
Councillors: All 8
Items:

  • 8 reports
  • 0 confidential items
  • 24 questions from the gallery
  • 1 notices of motion

Special Council Meeting 30 June 2025 - 5.45pm
Councillors: 7
Items:

  • 1 report
  • 0 confidential items
  • 0 questions from the gallery
  • 0 notices of motion

Ordinary Council Meeting 23 June 2025
Councillors: 7
Items:

  • 2 reports
  • 0 confidential items
  • 0 questions from the gallery
  • 0 notices of motion
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