Moira Shire Council is a

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in the

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. Located in the north-east part of the state, it covers an area of . As at June 2021 the population was 30,018. It includes the towns of

Cobram Cobram is a town in the Australian state of Victoria. It is on the Murray River which forms the border between Victoria and New South Wales. Cobram along with the nearby towns of Numurkah and Yarrawonga is part of Shire of Moira and is the a ...

Nathalia Nathalia ( ) is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located within the Shire of Moira local government area on the banks of Broken Creek and on the Murray Valley Highway. At the 2021 census, Nathalia had a population of 1,982 ...

Numurkah Numurkah ( ) is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Goulburn Valley Highway, north of Shepparton, in the Shire of Moira. At the , Numurkah had a population of 4,768. History The area was occupied by the Yorta Yorta people prior t ...

Tungamah Tungamah is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moira local government area, from the state capital, Melbourne. Tungamah is situated on the banks of Boosey Creek and at t ...

and Yarrawonga. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the

Shire of Cobram The Shire of Cobram was a local government area on the Murray River in the Goulburn Valley region, about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1953 until 1994. History T ...

Shire of Nathalia The Shire of Nathalia was a local government area on the Murray River in the Goulburn Valley region, about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1879 until 1994. History ...

Shire of Numurkah The Shire of Numurkah was a local government area on the Murray River in the Goulburn Valley region, about north of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1957 until 1994. History ...

, and parts of the

Shire of Tungamah The Shire of Tungamah was a local government area in the Goulburn Valley region, about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1878 until 1994. History Tungamah was ...

and

Shire of Yarrawonga The Shire of Yarrawonga was a local government area on the Murray River, in the Goulburn Valley region, about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1891 until 1994. H ...

. The Shire is governed and administered by the Moira Shire Council; its

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and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Cobram, it also has a service centre located in Yarrawonga. The Shire is named after the county of Moira, of which the LGA occupies the northern part. Moira Shire Council is currently the subject of a Commission of Enquiry by the Victorian State Government due to ongoing concerns with cultural and governance issues. In April 2022 a Municipal Monitor was appointed due to escalating governance issues and in that time has handed down 14 recommendations for improvement. Concerns have continued, with unconfirmed reports of multiple staff resignations, and a Commissioner has now been appointed. One week after the announcement of the Commission of Enquiry, Mayor Libro Mustica and Cr John Beitzel resigned from Council; a countback will now need to be undertaken by the VEC to fill these vacancies. These resignations are the third and fourth respectively, with former Crs Marie Martin and Kevin Bourke resigning earlier in this term of Council. At the most recent council meeting, Cr Peter Lawless was elected as Mayor and Cr Julie Brooks was elected Deputy Mayor.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of nine councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.

Administration and governance

The council meets in various locations around the Shire. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Cobram and its service centre in Yarrawonga.

Main towns in shire

In 2021 census the shire had a population of 30,522.

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