Strategy and Policy Committee
Committee responsibilities
This Committee is responsible for the following functions, excluding matters that fall within the specific responsibilities of other committees:
- Setting Council’s strategic direction and policy responses
- Identifying regional issues that require Council intervention
- Setting Council’s advocacy position on regional issues
- Responding to external agency statutory planning processes
- Providing thought leadership on matters of regional significance
- Establishing strategic priorities for organisational direction and policy setting
Committee members
Committee Chair: Cr BenDunbar-Smith
Committee Deputy-Chair: Cr Liz Stolwyk
Membership:
Cr Warren Maher (CouncilChair), Cr Mich'eal Downard (Council Deputy-Chair), Cr Robert Cookson, Cr Kataraina Hodge, Cr Keith Holmes, Cr Chris Hughes, Cr Tipa Mahuta, Cr Gary McGuire, Cr Jennifer Nickel, Cr Garry Reymer, Cr Noel Smith, Cr Angela Strange
Meeting information
The future meeting dates and times published on this page are unconfirmed until the publication of the agenda.
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Livestreaming
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2026 Meetings
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Monday 10 February 2026, |
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Wednesday 25 March 2026, |
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Wednesday 6 May 2026, |
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Thursday 18 June 2026, |
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Wednesday 5 August 2026, |
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Wednesday 28 October 2026, |
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Wednesday 16 December 2026, |
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2025 Meetings (Start of Triennium)
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Thursday, 21 August 2025, |
Presentation – Item 7.1: Regional Economic Insights |
2025 Meetings (End of Triennium)
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Thursday, 13 February 2025, |
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Monday, 14 April 2025, |
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Thursday, 19 June 2025, |
2024 Meetings
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Thursday, 15 February 2024, |
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Wednesday, 3 April 2024, |
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Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 9.30am |
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Wednesday, 7 August 2024, (Meeting cancelled) |
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Wednesday, 2 October 2024, |
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Tuesday, 26 November 2024, |
2023 meetings
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Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 9.30am |
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Wednesday, 3 May 2023, 9.30am |
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Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 9.30am |
Additional Document #1 Additional Document #2 |
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Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 9.30am |
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Wednesday, 1 November 2023, 9.30am |
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