Trevor Budge AM

Trevor Budge AM is a Strategic Advisor on the Victorian Goldfields World Heritage Nomination.

Trevor is a former Strategic Projects Officer – World Heritage at the City of Greater Bendigo and held senior management positions in Strategy and Regional Sustainable Development at the City. He is a former Associate Professor at the Bendigo Campus of La Trobe University and Adjunct Professor at RMIT University. He served as State President of the Victorian Division of the Planning Institute of Australia for three years and is a Life Fellow and has a National Lifetime Achievement Award from the Planning Institute.

Trevor became a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia in June 2010 for services to town planning, particularly the development of regional and rural communities in Victoria, and to education. He was a Ministerial appointee on the Victorian Catchment Management Council for six years and a Ministerial appointee on the Board of the Victorian Planning Authority from 2016 to 2023. He is currently a Ministerial appointee on the Board of Puffing Billy Railway where he chairs their Heritage and Conservation Committee. His involvement in a World Heritage Bid for the Victorian Goldfields commenced in 1989 when he undertook work for John Brumby MHR who championed the first efforts for international recognition.