This report provides a summary of the community feedback received during the Gippsland Strategic Bushfire Management Phase 3 Engage Victoria consultation.

The overall aim of the research was to explore smoking and quitting drivers and barriers amongst smokers living in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria, with the purpose being to inform the development of strategies that will encourage and motivate smokers to quit or seek cessation support.

The Bright Futures Renewable Energy project is a council initiative to identify and investigate the opportunities for delivering long-term renewable energy solutions for the region. The aim of the project is to increase the use and production of renewable energy in East Gippsland.

The Gunaikurnai people are the traditional owners of a large area of Gippsland, in Eastern Victoria.

The Victorian government’s announcement of an early retirement scheme aimed at redeploying some workers (losing their jobs due to the Hazelwood power station closure) to another power generator in the Latrobe Valley has been welcomed in many quarters. The early retirement approach to large-scale job losses is not new.