Yarra Council has endorsed the formation of the Rainbow Advisory Committee, our first LGBTIQ+ advisory committee. 

The Committee will provide advice and support to council on issues affecting the LGBTIQ+ community. 

One of the key objectives for the Rainbow Advisory Committee is to help implement Yarra’s LGBTIQ+ Strategy 2021-2024. 

The Committee also provides a formal voice for the LGBTIQ+ community and a process for consultation and an exchange of views.

Who are the members?

The Committee is to be made up of two Councillors and a further fourteen community members, including:

• up to ten members of the Yarra community 
• a minimum of two representatives from community organisations that support Yarra’s LGBTIQ+ community 
• a minimum of two representatives from Yarra’s LGBTIQ+ business community.

Where possible, committee members will reflect the diversity of the LGBTIQ+ community including:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 
• people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds 
• people with a disability 
• people from variety of life stages 
• people from different locations across the municipality.

The Chairperson will alternate among designated Councillors and meetings will take place six times per year.

Find out more

We will publish more information as it becomes available.

If you would like to be involved or find out more information please call us on 9205 5555 or email [email protected]