At the City of Melville, we want community engagement to be open, fair, and easy for everyone. We’re committed to listening to diverse voices, sharing clear information, and working together with our community to make better decisions.
The Melville Sounding Board is a community register for people who want to play a role in shaping the City’s future. By signing up, you’ll receive targeted invitations to share your thoughts on projects, plans, and local issues that matter to you - making it the easiest way to ensure your voice is heard.
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Join the Melville Sounding Board and become a Melville Talks VIP member. You’ll get updates, invitations, and early chances to have your say on projects that matter to you.
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When you join, you’ll receive:
- Updates on upcoming consultations, projects, and initiatives - direct to your email.
- Early chances to have your say, with options to join panels, focus groups, and workshops that match your interests.
- Tailored information based on your age, suburb, and preferences, so you only hear about what matters to you.
Members of the Melville Sounding Board have already influenced key City projects such as the Cat Local Law and Management Practice, Local Planning Scheme 6 Review, Moreau Mews Town Square, and the 2025 Community Scorecard - helping shape the way Melville grows and improves.
The City of Melville respects your privacy. Your personal information will be kept confidential and you can unsubscribe from the mailing list at any time.
The Melville Sounding Board is a group of people who have opted to receive tailored community engagement communications from the City by becoming a VIP subscriber to Melville Talks.
It is not a committee, or a project specific community panel, however can be a source for developing into a community reference group, panel or other working group (method of engagement) as identified during the planning stages of a project.
As a member of the Melville Sounding Board, you'll receive updates on upcoming consultations, projects, and initiatives direct to your email, tailored based on what you tell us you want to hear about.
To achieve similar outcomes to the CFP, however with more opportunities for meaningful outcomes, and over multiple projects, and provide more balanced and representative decision making, the City has launched the Melville Sounding Board.
The 800+ people who expressed interested in joining the CFP will receive a personal invitation to join the new Melville Sounding Board.
Randomly selected people will receive invitations to be part of community reference groups, panels or other working groups to have an even greater say on things affecting you the most.
- Unsubscribe by clicking the link at the top of this page
- Update your details by clicking on the link at the bottom of one of our emails or by simply contacting the Engagement team via email.