We are an independent Member network, engaging Melbourne leaders by stimulating debate and moving forward on Climate Change, Higher Education, and Transport.

Our 170 Members represent the most senior levels of Melbourne’s major corporations, institutions and organisations.

Our Current Initiatives

Taskforces are our core ‘business’. Taskforces are the primary way we engage and interact with our Members and leverage our strengths to make a difference to the city.

They are an intersection point for our Members representing business, science, academia, community and government.

Our current initiatives include our Climate Change Taskforce, which draws record participation from our Member network, and is preparing a report on the impacts and implications of a change in climate for Melbourne leading up to 2030. It is also looking at the key opportunities associated with Climate Change in Melbourne for the business, community and government.

Our Higher Education Taskforce is looking at a number of important issues facing an industry of significant economic importance to Victoria.

Our Transport Taskforce of more than 30 organisations consistently led debate on innovative funding choices and the city’s big, difficult transport issues. The Taskforce had several major wins in May 2006, when the Victorian Government released its Transport and Liveability Statement (TLS). We were encouraged to see many of its recommendations incorporated as core components of the Government’s plan pledging $10.5 billion over 10 years to ease transport congestion. Another achievement looks like being the impact of our submission to the Eddington ‘East-West Link Needs Assessment’ Inquiry. In that we addressed current transport volumes and growth in our city over the next 30 years.

And, for the thirteenth year running, our leadership development program for Melbourne’s future leaders, the Future Focus Group is embodying our 'ideas to outcomes' ethos with participants initiating and implementing, usually within two years, their own projects to make a tangible, positive difference to the city.