Tag: presentations
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Laburnum Community Action Group
The second public meeting of the Laburnum Community Action Group, which was held this evening, was coincidentally scheduled exactly three months after their inaugural public meeting. Much has happened over the course of the last three months, including the successful formation of a regular steering committee (which was one of the outcomes from the first…
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Blackburn and The End of Suburbia
Following the success of the Rowville End of Suburbia screening the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) in conjunction with Environment Victoria (EV) and Friends of the Earth hosted an End of Suburbia screening in Blackburn at the Blackburn Lake Visitors Centre. Like Rowville the event attracted almost 100 attendees and was followed by discussion from…
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Presentation: Public Transport in Melbourne's South East
Tonight’s Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) South East Branch meeting featured a presentation delivered to councillors from the City of Greater Dandenong and candidates for the upcoming State Election. The presentation, which was delivered in my capacity as spokesman and founder of the PTUA South East Branch, was created to demonstrate the need for institutional…
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PTUA Releases Five Year Plan
The Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) has released its five year plan entitled Five Years Closer to 2020 – A Plan To Get Transport Back On Track. The PTUA’s five year provides both the Government and the State Opposition with a roadmap to commit to the much lauded goal of achieving 20% public transport modal…
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Maroondah Business Week Dinner
Tonight I attended the Maroondah Business Week Dinner, which concluded Maroondah Business Week which the presenting of the Business Excellence Awards presentations. These awards are presented to businesses which are both successful and demonstrate a commitment to the local community. The Business Week Dinner presented an opportunity to demonstrate the role Maroondah businesses play within…
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Presentation: Integrated Transport Planning
Today, upon invitation from Dr. Robin Goodman, the Postgraduate Course Coordinator for the Environment and Planning Program at RMIT, I presented a community perspective into the Ringwood Transit City Project for RMIT’s Integrated Transport Planning Course. The slides and speech content are available here.
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Speech for Ringwood: Tell Us The Future
This speech was delivered at the public forum Ringwood: Tell Us the Future organised by the Ringwood Transit City Community Coalition (RTCCC). The forum attracted approximately 100 attendees demonstrating the community’s desire for meaningful, open and direct consultation within the Ringwood Transit City Project. The speech I delivered at this forum is available here.
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Speech for Public Transport: Is It Moving You?
This speech was delivered in August 2004 during the public meeting, Public Transport – Is It Moving You? held in Croydon and jointly organised by the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) Outer East Branch and the Croydon Conservation Society (CCS). This meeting attracted over 100 attendees and with people literally crowded outside the doors it…