Joint Victorian and Australian Government Consultation on Modernisation of the Victorian Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs)

Environment, industry, and recreation groups, local government, metropolitan and regional Victorians participated in consultation from 3 May – 7 July 2019 which included 47 face-to-face events held across regional Victoria and in Melbourne, and an online survey and submission process.

135 written submissions and 733 survey responses were received, and more than 330 people participated in face to face discussions and drop-in sessions.

Further detail around modernisation of the RFAs, the consultation structure and process, and broader forest management reforms underway in Victoria is provided in the message from the Joint Victorian and Australian Government RFA Working Group (PDF, 245.8 KB).

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Data from the state-wide public consultation has been analysed and the Independent Report on Joint Consultation on Modernisation of the Victorian Regional Forest Agreements (PDF, 1.9 MB) produced by Converlens.

Read How modernised Victorian RFAs address consultation feedback here (PDF, 261.1 KB). Accessible version here (DOCX, 53.7 KB).

You can also access this at: https://www.agriculture.gov.au/forestry/policies/rfa/regions/vic-northeast

Independent regional reports of input and discussion at engagement events have been prepared by Cloud Catcher, the consultancy who facilitated the face to face engagement activities. These are published below.

Written submissions are published, with the exception being those whose authors chose to opt-out from making their submission public.

Should you require an accessible version of any of these documents, please contact the DELWP Customer Service Centre on 136186 or email us.

Learn more about the modernised Regional Forest Agreements here.

FAQs: Community Input and Consultation

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Page last updated: 01/04/20