Month: January 2007
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The Climate Group: Weekly Greenhouse Indicator for Victoria
The Age has reported on a new indicator developed by the Climate Group, a non profit organisation, which in a world first will allow weekly measurements of Victoria’s contribution to climate change. The first set of publicly available data, states that Victoria contributed a total 1.919 million tonnes of greenhouse gasses. While coal based electricity…
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Website Accessibility Improvements
The Internet has the potential to become truly accessible medium allowing people of all abilities to be able to utilise the power of the web wide web. As part the redesign process, I have included a number of measures to make this site more accessible to people with disabilities. Viewers now have the ability to…
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Rail Infrastructure Conference 2007
As the Vice-President of the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA), I have been invited to speak at the 2007 Rail Infrastructure Conference to provide a users perspective of the success factors required for rail based public transport. After decades of neglect, states around Australia are reinvesting heavily in rail and public transport due to economic,…
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Meeting the new Minister for Public Transport
Today, as part of delegation through the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA), I met the new Minister for Public Transport, Lynne Kosky. While the meeting was largely introductory in nature it was encouraging to see the Minister take on board a number of concerns shared by the PTUA. Unlike her predecessor, Minister Kosky has a…
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Website improvements
I have revamped the design this website to further aid the aim of providing openness and transparency in my role as a councillor for the City of Maroondah. The new design includes streamlined access to the main areas of this website, including latest news items and articles situated within my Internet Journal, such as the…
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2006 in review: some highlights from my first twelve months on council
The end of 2006 has marked my first year on Maroondah City Council. Over this time I have helped achieve a number of results for both the people of Loughnan’s Hill Ward but and the whole of Maroondah. Some of these achievements include: Refining and passing Maroondah’s Integrated Transport Strategy to provide a whole of…
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2007 Maroondah City Council Meeting
Council meetings commence at 7.30 pm and are held in the Council Chambers, Braeside Avenue, Ringwood. The public is welcome to attend and there is an opportunity to submit a question to be answered at council meetings or to speak directly to councillors and council staff after the meeting. If you wish to submit a…
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Stage Three Water Restrictions
Stage Three water restrictions have taken effect for Metropolitan Melbourne from the 1st of January 2007. The following restrictions apply (source Yarra Valley Water): Watering days: Even numbered properties can water on Saturday and Tuesday; Odd numbered properties can water on Sunday and Wednesday; Watering is not permitted on Monday, Thursday and Friday; Where there…