Tag: budget
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Maroondah Journal: Council 'fails' on climate
Maroondah Council recently passed its Budget for the 2008 and 2009 financial year with a total of $860,000 allocated to reducing greenhouse emissions. While this provides a foundation for further action in regard to greenhouse emissions council must not rest on its laurels. The Maroondah Journal has reported on Maroondah Council’s ongoing reluctance to meet…
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Maroondah Journal: Optimism on transit city funds
Amid ongoing community anger over the government’s failure to announce funding for the redevelopment of Ringwood Station, the Maroondah Journal has reported on the growing rumours suggesting that an announcement may be delivered by the end of this year. The State Government is expected to release its response to Sir Rod Eddington’s Inquiry into Melbourne’s…
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Maroondah Journal: City cool on climate change
Maroondah Council is currently considering its budget for the 2008 to 2009 financial year with expectations that the council will commit to reducing greenhouse emissions. Unfortunately much to the dissatisfaction of the community, council’s draft budget fails to provide funding to reduce greenhouse emissions. The Maroondah Journal has reported on my attempts to further refine…
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Eastern Transport Coalition – standing united over the Ringwood Transit City
Tonight’s Eastern Transport Coalition (ETC) meeting included discussions with Gary Liddle (CEO) and Robert Freemantle (Executive Director – Network & Asset Planning) from VicRoads. A number of questions were directed towards VicRoads particularly in regard to management of an integrated transport network. Specifically I asked about the VicRoads plans for Maroondah Highway given that the…
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Media Release: Campaign for Ringwood Station must be revived
MEDIA RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION Wednesday, 7 May 2008 MEDIA RELEASE: Government Leaves Ringwood to Rot Cr. Alex Makin, the ward councillor for much of the Ringwood Transit City area, has slammed council’s ‘softly softly’ approach after the State Government failed to provide any funding for the Ringwood Transit City in the state Budget. “The…
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Croydon Conservation Society 2008 AGM
The Croydon Conservation Society (CCS) is Maroondah’s oldest and largest conservation and environmental society. The Society aims to promote urban sustainability within Maroondah to preserve the leafy image of the municipality. Tonight’s meeting included a presentation from Phil Turner, the Director of Major Projects and Planning of Maroondah City Council, who discussed the Ringwood Transit…
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Media Release: ETC seeks budget commitments from Federal and State Governments
In submissions to the State and Federal Governments the ETC has sought co-operation to tackle one of the most significant contributors to rising greenhouse gases and rising petrol prices – private transport. Cr Mick Van De Vreede, ETC Chairperson said that the seven councils wanted to see the funding criteria for AusLink changed to allow…
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Melbourne 2030 Reference Group: 'Creating A City That Works'
As part of today’s meeting of the Melbourne 2030 Reference Group I was invited to introduce the Eastern Transport Coalition and to discuss ‘Creating A City That Works’, a report compiled by the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability. The presentation provided an opportunity to discuss the aims of the Eastern Transport Coalition and its goals on…
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Media Release: New surface for Ringwood athletics track
The starter’s gun has sounded, and work at the AC Robertson athletics track at Proclamation Park, Ringwood is off and running, with funding from Maroondah City Council’s Capital Works program of over $400,000. “Work is starting on the southern bend of the existing track to shore up the subsidence that has occurred, then the existing…
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State of the Victorian Economy
This afternoon I attended a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) function on the State of the Victorian economy, presented by the Victorian State Treasurer John Lenders. Treasurer Lenders highlighted a range of figures, such as gross state product, population growth and building construction, which demonstrated the continued growth of the Victorian economy and…