Advisors

A broad cross section of community and clinical leaders who help make a difference to our work

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Our advisors play an important role in informing Murray PHN’s strategic planning and helping us work towards better health outcomes for people in our region. With strong local, personal and professional networks, they gather and share information and contribute by helping us set priorities and understand current health service and community needs.

Clinical Advisory Council

Up to 13 members provide clinical and health system perspectives to ensure that decisions, investments and innovations are culturally safe, patient-centred, cost effective and reinforce the ongoing need for joined up planning and service systems.

Membership is appointed for a minimum of 12 months and up to a maximum of six years, and on the basis of connection with clinical networks, knowledge and experience of working within the Murray PHN catchment. While the council is GP-led, membership comprises of other local professionals, including nurses, allied and community health, specialists and hospital representatives.

For more information, read the Clinical Advisory Council Terms of Reference.

Community Advisory Councils

Our four councils represent each of our sub-regions of Goulburn Valley, Central, North East and North West Victoria. Up to a maximum of 28 members are appointed for a minimum of 12 months and up to a maximum of six years. They bring their expertise, local knowledge and connection to community networks to enable and inform us of place-based, practice and system level improvements.

For more information, read the Community Advisory Council Terms of Reference.

Health Voices

As PHNs work largely behind the scenes to support general practices and other primary health providers, many patients are unaware that they are attending a Murray PHN funded service.

Our work is informed through the collection and analysis of data, which may take many pieces in order to build a complete picture and understand the reasons behind it. Our online community of Health Voices has been assisting us with our understanding of health needs since June 2017.

From time-to-time, Health Voices are asked to contribute their knowledge, experience and ideas of the local health system to help inform our funding and planning decisions. By listening to many voices, our funding is as targeted and tailored as possible and we can invest in communities and services where it’s needed most.

Sign-up to be a Murray Health Voice

For more information

Email strategicplanning@murrayphn.org.au

Noting that advisory council vacancies and Health Voices surveys are advertised from time-to-time on our website, in our eNewsletter and social media channels: Facebook and LinkedIn.

Last Update: September 4th, 2026

Murray PHN acknowledges its catchment crosses over many unceded First Nations Countries, following the Dhelkunya Yaluk (Healing River).

We pay our respects and give thanks to the Ancestors, Elders and Young people for their nurturing, protection and caregiving of these sacred lands and waterways, acknowledging their continuing cultural, spiritual and educational practices.

We are grateful for the sharing of Country and the renewal that Country gives us. We acknowledge and express our sorrow that this sharing has come at a personal, spiritual and cultural cost to the wellbeing of First Nations peoples. We commit to addressing the injustices of colonisation across our catchment, and to listening to the wisdom of First Nations communities who hold the knowledge to enable healing. We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.