Tag: advocate
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Croydon Conservation Society AGM
The Croydon Conservation Society (CCS) held its annual general meeting this evening and featured Cr. Steve Beardon as their guest speaker. Cr. Beardon is renowned for being the founder of Residents Against Graffiti Everywhere (RAGE) a community lobby group which seeks the rapid removal of graffiti, community education and stronger enforcement of vandals. As a…
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Eastern Region Integrated Transport Group – First meeting for 2006
This evening I attended the first Eastern Region Integrated Transport Group (ERITG) meeting for 2006 as a councillor for Maroondah City Council. The Eastern Region Integrated Transport Group is a collective of seven eastern metropolitan councils (Manningham, Maroondah, Yarra Ranges, Knox, Greater Dandenong, Monash and Whitehorse) which seeks to advocate for sustainable and integrated transport…
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MX: Bus overhaul needed
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has called for a radical overhaul of Melbourne’s bus network as part of the upcoming Transport and Liveability Statement to ensure that bus routes operate in a direct, frequent and efficient manner. Today’s MX reported on this issue in regard to the unnecessary complexity of Melbourne’s bus network. City…
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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…
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Sunday Bus Service – A Victory For the Community
After much campaigning I am pleased to announce that Sunday bus services will be operating along Maroondah Highway. This is a victory for the community and will ensure that residents of Maroondah and the Yarra Ranges living near the major thoroughfare of Maroondah Highway will be able to use public transport on a Sunday. While…
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Maroondah: We Must Stop The Rot
As a proven community advocate I am seeking your vote in the upcoming council elections. We must remove the rot of an arrogant council that has failed to listen to the community. Maroondah Council must act to ensure that the community can restore its faith into the decisions the council makes. As such I will…
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Rail: Ringwood Line
As a public transport lobbyist and community advocate I regularly meet MPs in regard to issues that require urgent attention. During my last meeting with Phil Honeywood, the Deputy Opposition Leader and Member for Warrandyte, I left a copy of the February 2005 edition of the PTUA newsletter which included a list of unfulfilled promises…