In mid-2018 the multi-agency Inverloch Coastal Erosion Working Group was formed in order to foster a united response to the shared issue of erosion across land management boundaries. The group consists of DELWP, Parks Victoria, Council, Regional Roads Victoria and the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority. The group has worked together to coordinate works to protect two important public assets under immediate risk from erosion, these being the Inverloch Surf Life Saving Club building and a section of the Cape Paterson - Inverloch Road. The Working Group also planned and advocated for works to respond to future erosion and inundation at Inverloch.

In November 2019 the Victorian Government provided $700,000 to form a Regional and Strategic Partnership (RaSP), the first under the new Marine and Coast Act 2018. This project has since commenced and outcomes will include a Local Coastal Hazard Assessment. This significant investigation will enable a better understanding of the coastal processes and other factors contributing to erosion and inundation at Inverloch. The assessment will inform a Community Resilience Planning project. This will lead to strategic, long-term future planning decisions on how we respond to future erosion and inundation scenarios at Inverloch.

As a coastal land manager, Bass Coast Shire Council has completed and is undertaking a number of initiatives in response to current coastal erosion and future inundation. Public assets have been protected at locations including Cowes Main Beach, Cowes East and the Inverloch foreshore. A variety of techniques have been applied to suite the specifics of each location, including sand renourishment, structures such as wet-sand fencing and seawalls made from sand-filled geotextile containers and boulders.

Council has supported the monitoring of shoreline and coastal change through surveying, including imagery from drones and offshore bathymetric survey. Much of the drone survey has been obtained by community volunteers. Council has been successful in advocating State and Federal Governments for additional funding to respond to erosion. Council has nearly $2.5 million in coastal protection works being planned for locations including Cowes Main Beach, Cowes East, Jam Jerrup, Kilcunda and Inverloch.

The South Gippsland Agriculture Climate Resilience Project was a joint research project between South Gippsland and Bass Coast Shires with funding from the Victorian Government’s Department of Environment Land, Water and Planning (DELWP). The project aimed to build knowledge, networking and enhance resilience in regard to climate change and adaptation for agricultural land owners in the region.