Category: Maroondah City Council
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Maroondah Leader: Council asked to get back on board the bus
At the Maroondah Council meeting of the 6th of February I presented a petition from residents seeking a continuation of the walking school bus program. The petition and the rationale behind the Walking School Bus program was reported in the Maroondah Journal: PARENTS have lodged a petition asking Maroondah Council to review its commitment to…
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VLGA Changes and Challenges Program
Over the last two days I attended the Victorian Local Governance Association’s (VLGA) Changes and Challenges Program. This program, which included lectures from many renowned experts, provided an overview of Melbourne 2030 as well as information on the planning process, including methods of community participation. The program provided invaluable information on how the planning system…
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MAV Melbourne 2030 Councillor Reference Group
Today as part of my delegated duties for Maroondah City Council I attended the Municipal Association of Victoria Melbourne 2030 Councillor Reference Group. The councillor reference group provides a forum to receive updates from State Government decisions and reviews that will affect local government as well as provide updates on Melbourne 2030. The first meeting…
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Southern Rocycling: operating hours
The continued disruptions caused by Southern Rocycling and the ill effects for residents has been raised in Parliament by Peter Lockwood, Member for Bayswater: Mr LOCKWOOD (Bayswater) — I grieve this morning for residents who live in and around Heatherdale Road in Ringwood and Mitcham and their ongoing dispute with a local company, Southern Rocycling.…
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Maroondah Council approves action against Southern Rocycling
I am pleased to announce that at its first meeting of the year that I, and fellow councillors of Maroondah City Council, resolved to approve the criminal prosecution of Southern Rocycling over its delivery of pig iron steel in January 2006. I realise that this noise has caused great distress to many residents and I…
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Herald Sun: Graffiti game outrage
The presence of graffiti is a growing problem both within Maroondah and the broader Melbourne metropolitan area. Among the increasing media coverage of Melbourne’s graffiti problem the Herald Sun has today reported on the impending release of a computer game called Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure which features graffiti tagging. “Anything that legitimises graffiti needs…
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Maroondah Council Local Law No. 5 – Public Safety and Amenity
Local Law No. 5 is a Maroondah Council by-law which relates to public safety and amenity. The local law which came into effect in January 2000 aims to protect Maroondah’s amenity through reducing harm to public safety, public health and the environment. Issues covered within the local law include graffiti, trees and vegetation and animal…
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Australia Day Awards: Celebrating Community Involvement
As part of the Australia Day festivities Maroondah Council organised citizenship ceremonies for new Australian citizens and the Australia Day Awards which recognise the importance of volunteers within the local community. The strength of an community is dependent largely on the efforts of volunteers. The Australia Day Awards is Maroondah’s way of recognising and acknowledging…
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Maroondah Leader: Summer timetable blues
The Maroondah Leader has today reported on the PTUA’s efforts to abolish the current punitive summer holiday timetables for bus services that operate predominately within Maroondah and Manningham: A PUBLIC transport group has renewed calls for an end to summer timetables on Maroondah services. Public Transport Users Association spokesman and councillor Alex Makin last week…
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Southern Rocycling fails to comply with abatement notice
Local residents have informed me that Southern Rocycling has failed to comply with the abatement notice issued by Maroondah Council. Since the abatement notice has not been observed Maroondah Council will be seeking a hearing in the Magistrates’ Court as outlined under the Health Act of 1958. I would like to thank everyone who contacted…