Rainbow Advisory Committee

Purpose

The Rainbow Advisory Committee has been established to:

  • provide feedback to Council on the implementation of the LGBTIQA+ Action Plan
  • provide advice and feedback on relevant Council policies, plans, programs
  • identify systemic discrimination and provide advice to Council Officers to assist them to address these issues
  • provide LGBTIQA+ people and allies with a forum to voice their concerns, needs, and ideas to Council
  • provide Council and other local community-based service providers with an effective channel of communication to reach LGBTIQA+ communities
  • provide advice to Council in relation to effective communication, engagement and consultation with LGBTIQA+ communities
  • strengthen awareness of LGBTIQA+ people as aspects of social diversity and understand issues and barriers to equality facing LGBTIQA+ communities

Membership

The Rainbow Advisory Committee has one Councillor representative who is the Chair of the committee, and eight community representatives.

For the 2025/2026 term, the Councillor appointment to the Rainbow Advisory Committee is:

Terms of Reference

The Rainbow Advisory Committee terms of reference(PDF, 211KB) was adopted on 17 November 2025.

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