Hearing from people with information about the McCrae landslides is essential to our work.
We welcome contributions from:
- Directly impacted residents and property owners
- Wider McCrae community members and local businesses
- Experts and academics
- Anyone with knowledge about conditions, works, or circumstances that may have contributed to the landslide.
How to make a submission
Submissions are open until 30 April 2025.
Please email your submissions to submissions@mccraeinquiry.vic.gov.au(opens in a new window), so we can gather valuable information.
Submissions are welcomed in any format. You can provide a written submission and/or photos, videos, documents or other evidence related to the landslide.
Submission guidelines
Information use
You can choose how your submission is handled:
- Your submission and name/organisation’s name may be published on our website or in our report
- Your submission may be published, but without your name and any other identifying details
- Your submission will not be published and will only be used to inform the Inquiry's work.
Please indicate your preference when making your submission. Where the submission is from an organisation, the Inquiry will publish the organisation’s name, not the author’s name.
Submissions will be published at the Inquiry’s discretion, and there is no guarantee that a submission will be published.
By publishing a submission, the Board of Inquiry expresses no opinion as to the content or accuracy of that submission, or other materials to which the submissions may refer. The views expressed in submissions do not necessarily reflect the views of the Board of Inquiry.
Questions to guide submissions
The questions below are intended as a guide only. Submissions do not have to address all or any of the questions. Submissions can be of any length or format.
If you would like assistance with your submission, please contact us.
- What is your connection to the McCrae landslide?
- Did you witness any events or conditions before, during, or after the landslide on January 14, 2025?
- Did you notice any changes in the landscape, drainage, or other physical conditions in the time leading up to the January 14, 2025 landslide?
- What actions did you observe being taken after previous landslides in the McCrae area (November 2022 and January 5, 2025)?
- Do you have any information about construction, excavation, water infrastructure, or other works conducted in the area before the landslide?
- Did you report any concerns about potential landslide risks to authorities before January 14, 2025? (Who did you contact and what response did you receive?)
- How has the landslide affected you personally? (This could include impacts on your property, finances, wellbeing, or community connections)
- What do you believe could or should have been done to prevent this landslide?
- What measures do you believe should be implemented to prevent future landslides in the McCrae area?
- Please share any other information or insights that are relevant to the Inquiry’s terms of reference.
Need some help?
If you have questions about how to share your information or would like to discuss the submission process, please email contact@mccraeinquiry.vic.gov.au.
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