Draft Child and Family Strategy

Submissions must be made in writing and received by 28 July 2025.  You can choose to:

• Provide written feedback via the online submission form on this website
• Email council@lakemac.nsw.gov.au with the subject heading 'Submission on the Child and Family Strategy'
• Write to Lake Macquarie City Council Attn: Social and Community Planning team, Box 1906, Hunter Region Mail Centre, NSW, 2310.

Hard copies of draft Child and Family Strategy are available to view at all library branches.

Your submission can be as short 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.

Feedback made through submissions will considered by the project team and may result in changes being made to the draft Child and Family Strategy.

A report will be prepared for Council which will include a summary of submissions and how feedback was considered.

You will be notified again, prior to Council considering adpoting this Strategy, which will include a link to the Council report.