As the guest of Board and Staff of the Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District, Councillor Geoff Dobson – former Mayor of City of Greater Shepparton and President of the Real Estate Institute of Victoria – was a Guest Speaker at the Annual General Meeting on September 29, 2022. Cr Dobson presented on the regional development of Shepparton from a number of perspectives relevant to the work of the Ethnic Council, particularly in the area of settlement and providing services to new settlement communities of Shepparton and the Goulburn Valley.