Community members are encouraged to:

• Submit name suggestions for our official Naming Register via our Have Your Say platform.
• Attend meetings as observers (in person or online)
• Watch livestreams via YouTube

Members of the public who have an interest in an open item on the advertised agenda can register to speak. Requests to speak must be provided to our Governance team before 5pm on the day prior to the Committee meeting. Current options to participate, either virtually or in-person, will be discussed with you upon registration.

To register to speak, you can:

• contact the Governance team on 1300 367 700 or via email egovernance@latrobe.vic.gov.au

  complete the online form

• Behaviour guidelines for visitors to Committee Meetings

Community members are welcome to observe the Committee Meetings.

The Committee may need to close part of the meeting to consider confidential items, and you will be asked to leave if this is enacted.

Whilst in attendance at a meeting, visitors are asked to behave in line with the following:

• Do not move about unnecessarily, interject, applaud, converse, take part in the debate or otherwise create a nuisance.
• If any visitor is called to order by the Chair and then again acts in breach of these guidelines, they may be requested to leave.
• Do not bring into the meeting any placards, posters, recording devices or materials other than personal effects (this is not intended to discourage note taking), unless permission has been granted by the Chair.
• Photography or any audio or audio-visual recording of the meeting is expressly prohibited unless the Chair specifically grants permission.
• As a courtesy to others, please remember to switch off or change your mobile phone to silent mode when entering the meeting
• Members of the public attending the committee meetings are expected to behave respectfully at all times.

Community members are welcome to observe the Committee Meetings.

The Committee may need to close part of the meeting to consider confidential items, and you will be asked to leave if this is enacted.

Whilst in attendance at a meeting, visitors are asked to behave in line with the following:

• Do not move about unnecessarily, interject, applaud, converse, take part in the debate or otherwise create a nuisance.
• If any visitor is called to order by the Chair and then again acts in breach of these guidelines, they may be requested to leave.
• Do not bring into the meeting any placards, posters, recording devices or materials other than personal effects (this is not intended to discourage note taking), unless permission has been granted by the Chair.
• Photography or any audio or audio-visual recording of the meeting is expressly prohibited unless the Chair specifically grants permission.
• As a courtesy to others, please remember to switch off or change your mobile phone to silent mode when entering the meeting
• Members of the public attending the committee meetings are expected to behave respectfully at all times.

You are not permitted to engage with Councillors or Council officers during the course of the meeting unless called on to speak on an agenda item.
You are expected to be respectful to Councillors when speaking on an agenda item. In particular, you are to refrain from making adverse comments about Councillor & individual officers and Council officers have a right to be safe and treated with respect at their workplace.

You may be asked to leave the meeting if your behaviour is considered inappropriate, disruptive or rude.

If a member of the gallery in attendance interjects, behaves offensively or acts in a disruptive manner during the meeting, the Chair may direct the person to cease the behaviour. In the event that the person continues the behaviour, the Chair may request the removal of the person from the meeting. This may include the involvement of Victoria Police where necessary. Further information is available in Council’s Governance Rules.

Members of the public present at the meeting must remain silent during the proceedings other than when specifically invited to address the meeting. In addition to managing disruptive behaviour as set out above, the Chair may also cause the removal of any object or material that is deemed by the Chair to be objectionable or disrespectful. The Chair may call a break in the meeting for either a short time, or to resume another day if the behaviour at the Council table or in the gallery is significantly disrupting the meeting.

For assistance contact the Governance Team:

 Email: egovernance@latrobe.vic.gov.au Phone: 1300 367 700