Tag: General
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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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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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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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A Fairer Place To Be?
The Bracks Government’s sixth budget claimed to hold the overall theme of making Victoria A Fairer Place To Be yet while small amounts of funding was allocated for public transport many areas will still remain isolated. In response the disappointing public transport improvements provided in the State Budget I issued the following statement (which is…