incorporated association founded 1985 headquarters melbourne australia website 1 the committee for melbourne is a non profit organisation based in melbourne australia . the committee was founded in 1985 to bring together businesses academia and non profit organisations to do activities networking and policy advice to government . its aim is to keep melbourne as one of the world s most liveable cities . activities edit the committee has been responsible for major changes to melbourne such as the melbourne docklands development and smaller programs such as melbourne green roofs program 1 melbourne open house melbourne s moving galleries 2 and many others . the outcomes of the committee for melbourne come in three categories private sector collaboration establishing organisations and shaping government policy . melbourne achiever award edit the committee for melbourne gives the prestigious melbourne achiever awards . past winners have included 3 rob adams ruth bishop mark burry graeme clark doctor zelman cowen adam elliot barry humphries cathy freeman andrea hull david de kretser jesse martin melbourne zoo dame elisabeth murdoch christine nixon oarsome foursome royal children s hospital melbourne leo schofield john so ninian stephen shane warne references edit http www.melbourne.vic.gov.au aboutcouncil newsletters documents melbourne news apr09.pdf http www.movinggalleries.org about the melbourne achiever awards . committee for melbourne . committee for melbourne . retrieved 4 august 2012 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title committee for melbourne & oldid 647132841 categories organisations based in melbourne navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 18 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view