19 Point Plan for COVID Response and Recovery

Transforming Brimbank, Council’s 19 Point Action Plan for COVID Response and Recovery provides the Federal Government, State Government and key stakeholders, with a pathway to help our community mitigate the ongoing health, social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Refreshed in April 2021, the 19 Point Action Plan recommendations include:

1. Establishment of a Joint Government-Council COVID-19 Brimbank Taskforce
2. A Brimbank COVID-19 Health, Wellbeing and Economic COVID-19 Package
3. Health and Wellbeing Package
4. Rapid Response Teams and Priority Vaccine Rollout
5. Increased and ongoing resources, testing and communications, including bolstered CALD Community Support
6. A Community Resilience and Fairness Response
7. Environmental Equity Response
8. Economic Package
9. Sunshine Priority Precinct, Super Transport Hub and Melbourne Airport Rail
10. Calder Freeway Upgrade
11. Integrated Transport Strategy for Melbourne’s West
12. St Albans Health and Wellbeing Hub (as a COVID-19 Support and Recovery Hub for Melbourne’s West)
13. Shovel Ready Girls and Women’s Sport and Recreation Projects
14. Shovel Ready Road and Transport Projects
15. Shovel Ready Open Space, Cycling and Waterway Projects
16. Brimbank COVID-19 Business Response and Recovery Taskforce
17. Extension and expansion of Federal and State support for businesses and workers, including JobKeeper, Job Seeker, Business Support Fund, and Working for Victoria
18. Skill, Education and Learning Pathways
19. Reinvigorating and growing local manufacturing

Brimbank's previous 19 Point Action Plan for COVID-19 Recovery and Response was endorsed by Council in August 2020.

Brimbank has had a whole-of-Council COVID-19 Response and Recovery Strategy in place since April 2020 which has seen Council realign and provide unprecedented essential service support to the community.