Feedback invited on land lease for Shepparton’s Munarra Centre

By Anna McGuinness

Feb 1, 2022

Feedback: Community consultation has started on Greater Shepparton City Council’s intention to enter into a lease for the delivery of the Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence.

Greater Shepparton City Council is inviting feedback from residents, business owners and organisations on its intention to enter into a lease with Munarra Limited, for the Munarra Centre for Regional Excellence.

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The proposal is for the council to lease the land to the back of the Shepparton Sports Stadium for construction of the centre.

According to council, the MCRE will be a state-of-the-art, nationally significant centre designed as a hub of connection and transformation for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people across Australia.

The intention is for the MCRE to be run by Munarra Limited, a not-for-profit partnership of Rumbalara Football and Netball Club, Melbourne University and Kaiela Institute.

“Community consultation is an important step in the process and council is looking forward to hearing back from the community on their views about the leasing of the land,” Mayor Kim O’Keeffe said.

In 2016, the council gave in-principle support for a proposal to provide land on the site for the MCRE project.

The Munarra Centre Project Heads of Agreement was signed in 2018 by the council and the project partners.

Submissions must be made in writing by February 28 and can be emailed to council@shepparton.vic.gov.au or completed online at shaping.greatershepparton.com.au/proposed-lease-land-munarra-limited or submitted by post to Greater Shepparton City Council, Locked Bag 1000, Shepparton, Victoria, 3632.

Submissions should be titled ‘Notice of Intention to Lease Land – Munarra Limited’.