Public health & safety
Councils deliver a wide range of activities to support and promote the public health and wellbeing of their communities. They have specific roles in health planning, enforcing food safety, tobacco controls and smoking regulations. They also influence health outcomes through decisions they make about the built and natural environment and the services they provide to their communities.
When regulatory changes have implications for council resources and activities, we advocate on councils' behalf to other levels of government.
We have developed resources to assist councillors to lead healthy communities.
Current priorities
We advocate on behalf of local government to improve community health through public health regulations and plans. We work closely with the Victorian Government, councils and other stakeholders about the frameworks, case studies and guides which assist councils with their own health policies. We help councils fulfil their health regulation obligations through advocacy, project coordination and developing regulatory activities.
Current projects and activities
- Social connection
- Homelessness
- Community safety
- Food safety
- Gambling
- Leading Healthy Communities
- Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Planning
- Tobacco and E-cigarettes
- Drugs & alcohol
- Skin-cancer prevention
Submissions and briefs
We develop and form a collective local government sector view on a range of public health topics.
To access all our public health-related submissions, visit the MAV submissions page.
Engage with us
For more information about our public health policy work, please email: inquiries@mav.asn.au
