Tag: legislation
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First Heatherdale Community Action Group meeting for 2008
Tonight I attended the first Heatherdale Community Action Group meeting for 2008. The action group represents the residents and businesses along Heatherdale Road, a community which is split between the two municipalities of Maroondah and Whitehorse. The guest speaker for tonight’s meeting was Matthew Guy, the Shadow Minister for Planning. Matthew listened intently to the…
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Eastern Transport Coalition: November meeting
Tonight’s Eastern Transport Coalition covered a range of topics as the focus of the group begins to explore key issues that will be relevant for 2008. The meeting included presentations from the Australian Greens and the Australian Democrats, both of whom are supportive of the need for federal involvement in urban public transport. While Family…
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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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MAV Graffiti Prevention and Strategy Workshop
The State Government has announced a number of legislative changes in regard to the prevention of graffiti and the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) organised a workshop to explain how these changes would effect local government. The workshop began with a presentation from the Department of Justice who explained that the State Government was focused…
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Tour of Wantirna Health
Accompanied by members of the Croydon Conservation Society, I attended a tour of Wantrina Health to view the Ecologically Sustainable Development principles that were incorporated into the building of the facility. Wantirna Health includes a number of innovative sustainability features, including water tanks to capture and recycle up to 8.5 million litres of water from…
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Delegates' report: Water conservation and community advocacy
A pressing theme that has emerged over the events I attended in the previous month has been that of the environment and in particular the need for water conservation. On the 23rd of March I attended the SaveWater Awards, convened by the SaveWater alliance, a non-profit association which includes membership from our water authorities and…
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2007 Australia Day Awards and Citizenship Ceremony
As part of the Australia Day celebrations, Maroondah City Council held its Citizenship Ceremony and Australia Day Awards at the Karralyka Centre. Under existing legislation, local councils are responsible for conducting citizenship ceremonies, providing new Australian citizens with often their first formal contact with local government. In addition to welcoming new citizens, Maroondah provides Australia…
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Ringwood Precinct Plans on Display
Tonight Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC – the owners of Eastland) and Maroondah City Council presented the precinct plans for the Ringwood Town Centre to the Ringwood Chamber of Commerce. The precinct plans are intended to provide a strategic framework for the Ringwood town centre, which is the area north of Maroondah Highway and bound by…
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Southern Rocycling before the Ringwood Magistrates' Court
This morning the case against Universal Metals Pty Ltd (trading as Southern Rocycling) in regard to breaches of the Maroondah Planning Scheme and the Health Act 1958 was heard before the Ringwood Magistrates’ Court. While Doug Rowe, the Director of the company, did not attend court, Universal Metals did plead guilty to the breaches of…
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Local Government Act 1989
The Local Government Act of 1989 and further amended on 12 December 2005 outlines the conduct of local government within Victoria, including the administration, conduct and election of local councils. The ability to create local laws, charge rates and the specific powers and accountability measures for local councils is also included. The Local Government Act…