Our purpose
The Upper Murray Community Recovery Committee will consider the entire region, including cross-border communities, and bigger vision projects.
Our purpose is to lead, identify and advocate for the region-wide recovery priorities for the Upper Murray through bringing together community representation; regional, cross-border and local interests.
We will work closely with council, Bushfire Recovery Victoria and other Community Recovery Committees in the region to recover and rebuild our community.
Our priorities
- Health and wellbeing for individuals and communities
- Mobile phone black spots
- Electricity and power security (microgrid)
- Agricultural diversity
- Adventure tourism
Our members
Chairperson: Dominic Sandilands
Deputy chair: Father Mitch Porter
Treasurer: Jo Mackinnon
| Group Represented | Name |
| Berringama / Lucyvale CRC | Alex Stravakos |
| Biggara CRC | Faith Damm |
| Corryong CRC | Thea Newton and Cathy Ross |
| Cudgewa CRC | Joshua Levi Collings |
| Nariel Valley CRC | Christina Aston |
| Thowgla | David Braniff |
| Tintaldra CRC | Jo MacKinnon (Treasurer) |
| Towong CRC | Nathan Hewatt |
| Walwa/ Jingellic | Janice Newnham |
| Cross Border/ Tooma | Kate Sutherland |
| Agriculture Working Group | Andrew Whitehead |
| Economic Development Working Group | Ian Cesa |
| People and Wellbeing Working Group | Dominic Sandilands (Chair) |
| People and Wellbeing/ Pastoral | Fr Mitch Porter (Deputy Chair) |
| Natural Environment Working Group | Janice Newnham |
| Built Infrastructure Working Group | Vacant |
| Country Fire Authority | Paul Carkeek |
| Youth | Errol Obran |
| Youth and Corryong Neighbourhood Centre | Sara Jenkins |
Observers: Towong Shire Council, Bushfire Recovery Victoria, Snowy Valleys Council, Communities not represented by an established local area Community Recovery Committee
Our responsibilities
The Upper Murray Community Recovery Committee came together to:
- Advocate for community recovery needs to and from stakeholders
- Assist with proposals to attract project funding and resources to invest in the Upper Murray region
- Maintain effective two-way communication on the community recovery process
- Contribute to evaluation processes that will improve future disaster recovery efforts
