At 22,330 square kilometres, the Mildura Rural City Council area covers almost ten per cent of the state of Victoria and includes unique Mallee vegetation, broad acre grain properties, intensive horticultural farms and vibrant towns. The beautiful Murray River winds its way through much of the municipality and is a focal point for visitors and about 55,700 people who call the region home.

The places and spaces where we live, work and play have a huge impact on community health and wellbeing. Council manages and maintains a huge range of community infrastructure and delivers many services that help promote and sustain our natural and built environments.

Mildura Rural City Council provides the following services to support our natural and built environments:

  • Parks and gardens
  • Waste management
  • Building and enforcement
  • Strategic land use planning
  • Works and infrastructure services
  • Engineering services
  • Asset management
  • Statutory planning
  • Building facilities
  • Environmental sustainability

Climate Change

Climate change has the potential to affect our community, the economy and our environment adversely. Victoria is already experiencing climate change impacts, increased and longer fire seasons and extreme fire warning days, and is becoming hotter and drier in the recent years.

On 26 February 2020 Council declared a climate emergency and is currently setting up a Climate Emergency Reference Group which will provide input and guide the development of a Climate Emergency Plan containing community owned climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.

The following Mildura Rural City Council strategies aim to create and promote sustainable natural and

built environments:

  • Asset Management Strategy
  • Deakin Avenue
  • Master Plan
  • Energy
  • Management Plan
  • Mildura CBD Plan
  • Environmental
  • Education Plan
  • Mildura Housing and Settlement Strategy
  • Invasive Plants
  • and Animals Plan
  • Mildura
  • Retail Strategy
  • Road
  • Management Plan
  • Public Toilet Strategy
  • Native
  • Vegetation Plan
  • Mildura Riverfront
  • Master Plan

These strategies can be viewed on the Council website here