Aboriginal Community Development Plan, Bayikulinan

The Aboriginal Community Plan Bayikulinan aims to highlight the needs and opportunities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents in Lake Macquarie and identify priorities and strategies to undertake over the next four years to support the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

This plan forms part of a suite of plans that identify Council’s actions in working with various groups, such as children and families, young people, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, over 55s and people with disability.

The Lake Macquarie Aboriginal Community Plan Bayikulinan is a strategic document that links in with these Council plans and strategies:

• Arts, Heritage and Cultural Plan 2017-2027
• Community Strategic Plan 2017-2027
• Ageing Population Strategy 2022-2026
• Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2021-2025
• Lake Macquarie Children and Family Strategy 2021-2024
• Culturally Diverse Lake Mac Plan 2021-2024
• Lake Macquarie Youth Strategy 2020-2023
• Lake Macquarie Crime Prevention Plan 2021-2024
• Aboriginal Heritage Management Strategy 2011.

Submissions must be made in writing and received by Tuesday 21 October 2025. 

You can choose to: 

Provide written feedback via the online submission form

Email [email protected] with the subject heading ‘Draft Aboriginal Community Developement Plan, Bayikulinan 2025-2029 ’

Write to Lake Macquarie City Council Attn: Community Partnerships, Box 1906, Hunter Region Mail Centre, NSW, 2310

Your submission can be as concise or as long as you wish 

Ideally, you will express your level of support for the proposal and provide detailed and specific feedback. The feedback will be reviewed by staff and later presented to Council to make an informed decision. 

Should multiple submissions be received from a single resident regarding this project, the feedback will be reviewed by staff and counted as one submission when reporting back to Council. 

Any submission received by Council will be publicly available on Council’s website. Submissions may also be accessed under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009. Council may reproduce submissions in Council reports or in Court proceedings. 

If you have made a reportable political donation or gift in the last two years your submission must be accompanied by a "Disclosure Statement of Political Donations and Gifts where Council is Approval Authority - Submitters" Form.  For more information on reportable political donations or gifts, or to download a copy of this form go to lakemac.com.au  and search for "Political Donations Submitters". Please note failure to complete a statement, if a Political Donation/Gift has been made, is an offence under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. 

Feedback may result in further changes being made to the Aboriginal Community Development Plan, Bayikulinan 2025-2029 prior to a report being prepared for Council. 

You will be notified again, prior to Council considering the matter, which will include a link to the Council report containing a summary of submissions and how feedback was considered.