Cr Brett Tessari

Position:: Mayor
Ward:: Bunurong Ward
Committees:: Audit Committee, Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV), Peri Urban Group of Councils, The Chief Executive Officer Employment Matters Committee, Australian Coastal Councils Association Inc, One Gippsland, Phillip Island Wildlife Plan Steering Committee & Australian First Peoples Advisory Committee
Email:: brett.tessari@basscoast.vic.gov.au
Mobile:: 0428 857 845
Phone:: (03) 5671 2122

Cr Tessari is a third generation local who is very passionate about the Bass Coast community and where we live.

He lives with his wife, Leanne, and together have raised three children who have all grown up and been educated in the Shire.

Cr Tessari is an active community member, having previously been President of the Wonthaggi Power Football Netball Club for six years and a member of the Wonthaggi Relay For Life Committee, presiding as Master of Ceremonies for the event for the past two years and a member of Rotary Club Wonthaggi.

He was also involved in the Centenary of Wonthaggi, where he was also Master of Ceremonies the event at the State Coal Mine. Cr Tessari has worked across the Shire on Phillip Island, Inverloch and currently in Wonthaggi. As a Councillor for Bunurong, Cr Tessari intends to continue to work hand-in-hand with the community on issues that concern us all.

He wants to get people passionate again about where we live and reinstall community pride in Bass Coast.