Moira Shire Council is a

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in the

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of Victoria,

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. Located in the north-east part of the state, it covers an area of . As at August 2021 the population was 30,522. It includes the towns of Cobram, Nathalia,

Numurkah Numurkah ( ) is a town in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, located on the Goulburn Valley Highway, north of Shepparton, in the Shire of Moira. At the , Numurkah had a population of 4,768. History The area was occupied by the Yorta ...

Tungamah Tungamah is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moira local government area, from the state capital, Melbourne. Tungamah is situated on the banks of Boosey Creek and at th ...

and

Yarrawonga Yarrawonga is a town in the Shire of Moira Local government in Australia, local government area in the Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. In the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census, Yarrawonga had a population of 8,661 people. ...

. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Cobram, Shire of Nathalia, Shire of Numurkah, and parts of the

Shire of Tungamah The Shire of Tungamah was a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Goulburn Valley region, about northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and exi ...

and Shire of Yarrawonga. The Shire is governed and administered by the Moira Shire Council; its

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and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Cobram, it also has a service centre located in Yarrawonga. The Shire is named after the county of Moira, of which the LGA occupies the northern part.

Council

Current composition

The council is composed of nine councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. In the wake of a report detailing the "preventable" murder of a senior manager, the Moira Shire council was dismissed by the Minister for Local Government, Melissa Horne on 7 March 2023. An interim administrator has been appointed. Elections to elect a new council will not be held until 2028.

Administration and governance

The council meets in various locations around the Shire. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Cobram and its service centre in Yarrawonga.

Townships and localities

In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 30,522, up from 29,112 in the 2016 census. ^ - ''Territory divided with another

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