Involvement with committees provides Councillors with an opportunity for community engagement. Advisory committees to Council also have the opportunity to provide input into the strategic direction of the Council and guidance to staff working on Council initiatives.

There are Council representatives on the following committees: 

Audit Committee

• Cr Alden
• Cr Flack
• Cr O'Rourke

Bendigo Agricultural Show Society

• Cr Fyffe
• Cr Pethybridge

Bendigo Art Gallery Board

• Cr Emond

Bendigo Chinese Association Museum Inc

• Cr Emond

Bendigo/Eaglehawk Badminton and Table Tennis Stadium Committee of Management

• Cr Williams

Bendigo Easter Festival Reference Group

• Cr Fyffe
• Cr Pethybridge

Bendigo Inventor Awards Group (as sub-committee of Be.Bendigo)

• Cr Pethybridge

Bendigo Livestock Exchange Stakeholders Group

• Cr Pethybridge
• Cr Williams

Bendigo Manufacturing Group

• Cr O'Rourke
• Cr Pethybridge

Bendigo Maubisse Friendship Committee

• Cr Alden
• Cr O'Rourke

Bendigo Stadium Board Limited

• Cr Metcalf

Bendigo Tourism Board Incorporated

• Cr Wrigglesworth

Bendigo Trust (Bendigo Heritage Attractions)

• Cr Fyffe

Calder Highway Improvement Committee

• Cr Williams

Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance

• Cr Alden

City of Gastronomy Application Management Team

• Cr Alden
• Cr Emond
• Cr Metcalf
• Cr O'Rourke (Chair)

City of Gastronomy Application Reference and Advisory Group 

• Cr Alden (Chair)
• Cr Emond
• Cr Metcalf
• Cr O'Rourke

Cultural and Creative Industries Advisory Group 

• Cr Fyffe
• Cr O'Rourke
• Cr Pethybridge

Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Plan Community Reference Group (CDIP) 

• Cr Fyffe
• Cr O'Rourke
• Cr Pethybridge

Disability Inclusion Reference Committee (DIRC) 

• Cr Flack
• Cr O'Rourke
• Cr Pethybridge

Farming Advisory Committee

• Cr Alden
• Cr Metcalf
• Cr O'Rourke

Finance Committee

• All

Gender Equity Working Group (internal) and Gender Equity Coalition (external) 

• Cr Alden
• Cr Wrigglesworth

Goldfields Library Corporation Board

• Cr Fyffe

Heritage Advisory Committee

• Cr Emond

Integrated Municipal Emergency Management Committee (IMEMPC)

• Cr George Flack

Integrated Transport and Land Use Strategy (ITLUS) Community Reference Group

• Cr Fyffe
• Cr O'Rourke 
• Cr Pethybridge
• Cr Williams

Integrated Transport and Land Use Strategy (ITLUS) Steering Committee

• Cr Fyffe
• Cr O'Rourke (Chair) 
• Cr Pethybridge
• Cr Williams

La Trobe University Bendigo Athletics Complex Committee (LUBAC)

• Cr Flack

Loddon Mallee Local Government Waste Forum

• Cr Metcalf

Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV)

• Cr Fyffe
• Cr Metcalf (sub rep)

Municipal Fire Management Committee

• Cr Flack
• Cr Fyffe

Positive Ageing Advisory Committee

• Cr Flack
• Cr Pethybridge

Rail Freight Alliance

• Cr Williams

Rosalind Park Recreation Reserve Precinct Advisory Committee

• Cr Emond 
• Cr Metcalf

Rural Communities Committee

• Cr Fyffe
• Cr Pethybridge
• Cr Wrigglesworth

Sustainability and Environment Advisory Committee

• Cr Alden
• Cr Metcalf
• Cr O'Rourke