Category: Maroondah City Council
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Council Investigates Southern Rocycling Noise Complaints
I am pleased to report that Maroondah Council is continuing to monitor the noise levels from Southern Rocycling and has requested that loud operations cease between the hours of 9pm and 6am. The Health Act of 1958 under Part III allows councils to investigate nuisances which are, or are liable to be, dangerous to health…
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Maroondah Leader: Call for new Ringwood station
The Maroondah Leader on the 10th of January reported on the need for the government to commit to an upgrade of Ringwood Station: MAROONDAH residents want a new Ringwood railway station, not a cosmetic overhaul of the existing “unsafe, dark and antiquated facility”, says a Maroondah transport group. It is imperative that Ringwood Station is…
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Summer Timetable Cutbacks Must Be Permanently Removed
While Melbourne’s train and tram network faces a summer holiday timetable period, from late December to mid January, these timetable modifications largely affect peak hour services. In contrast however, due to different contract standards from the rest of the bus network, National Bus Company, which operates most bus routes within Maroondah, operates a summer timetable…
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Website Re-design
I have re-designed my web site with an improved design and layout to reflect the role this web site will play in communicating my vision for Maroondah as an elected councillor.
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Council Inauguration
Tonight on my 25th Birthday I was officially sworn in as councillor for Loughnan’s Hill Ward. Over the next three years, during my time on Council, I want to enhance life within Maroondah to ensure that Maroondah becomes a vibrant municipality filled with opportunities for people of all ages and ability. I believe this will…
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Election Victory
I am pleased to announce that after an extremely close contest that I have been declared the winner and candidate for Loughnan’s Hill Ward in the Maroondah City Council Elections. I am honoured to be elected and to be in a position to serve the community and further my advocacy work from within a position…
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Thank You For Your Support
With votes to be counted on Saturday and Sunday campaigning for the Maroondah Council elections is drawing to a close. As such I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported me throughout my campaign particularly the overwhelming number of volunteers who assisted in letterboxing and printing. As a result we…
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The Age: Bid to unite transport, planning
The Age recently conducted a number of features exploring the woes facing Melbourne’s public transport system. The difficulties facing Melbourne’s public transport stem from the lack of leadership provided by the State Government in ensuring progress towards the goal of increasing public transport modal share to 20% by the year 2020. In fact public transport…
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Candidate Statement
The postal ballots for the Maroondah Council elections will start arriving at households between Tuesday and Thursday of this week (the 8th to the 10th of November). Each candidate has the opportunity to submit a 150 word statement outlining their policies and vision for Maroondah and Loughnan’s Hill which is distributed as part of the…
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PTUA Outer East – Planning Ahead for the Next Five Years
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) Outer East Branch met for the second time tonight in our new venue at Box Hill. Tonight’s meeting centred on the release of the PTUA’s five year plan and the alignment of our campaigns with this plan. As such the need for service improvements on the Dandenong line, more…