We were Happy to see this invite arrive in the email today.. “Have your say on improving Victoria’s planning system” Your submission must be in by August 31st ! – use our samples below. Why are we happy ? well as I have said previously The apartment development issue, (and the greater DD08 zone issue,) […]
Council’s family affair – Manningham Leader
Koonung ward lost one of it’s three representatives when Charles Pick resigned, after his failed running for a Labour government seat. Since then the Manningham council has been counting backwards through the votes from the previous council elections, to find who can take Cr Picks place. First in line was Cr Picks fiancee – she […]
Bike path cost a bit steep, Bicycles & Expert Consultants !
This one just in from Warren, the champion for the bike riders and pedestrians amongst us.. Part 2 Julip, I would appreciate it if you could arrange it for the website. It should also be in tomorrow’s paper. There is more to this story than meets the eye, either there was an instruction not to […]
8 yrs, 3 costly Pedestrian/Cycling plans, and not a single reference to unsafe gradients !
This one just in from Warren, the champion for the bike riders and pedestrians amongst us.. Part 1 From: Warren [address not published] Sent: Thursday, 7 July 2011 12:01 PM To: Manningham Leader Subject: Dual paths, Letter for residents comments After 8 years and substantial revenue directed towards the promotion of three costly Pedestrian/Cycling […]
CEO Reappointment by Stealth !
Interesting find by Ed, a local resident, there was a small Notice in the paper stating: “NOTICE OF INTENTION TO REAPPOINT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ” Ed quite rightly asks the following question: (To the advertising manager Manningham Leader.) “Please tell me why this attached advert is not in the Leader newspaper and why wouldn’t a […]
RAIDID in the News – Apartment plan upsets the residents
Manningham Leader, July 9th. Frank & Les with their best “NOT HAPPY JAN” faces on, were able to share the reality of the over development, from Curlew Court itself. You can see the dead end of the Court behind them (us,) and we hope this is the first of many updates by the papers, in […]
High Density Hell – Puttin the word on the Street !
Well we all realise that a couple of neighbors, even a couple of streets, upset with a single development, will struggle to get Goliath to move. So this weekend we are putting the word on the street. Throughout Manningham, 6080 of our closest neighbors, zoned just like us in the Developers Delight (DD08,) will find […]
The People ARE Winning
Although it takes some effort, there are some David & Goliath type stories out there. It’s hard work for just a few to sway the system, or change it’s direction, but it has been done. Over the next few weeks we are going to collect a selection of those that succeeded, how they did it, […]
Update from Shadow Minister for planning
I contacted the Shadow Minister for Planning, Mr. Brian Tees. He has his office in Doncaster so his staffers are well aware of the developments. His office was not aware of the issues in Curlew Crt and so I have sent a letter informing him of this development and the relevant supporting documents. According to […]
Change needed from State Government on Planning – MP Mary Wooldridge now aware.
Update, Tonight Mary Wooldridge had her open community night. And we had a voice, rather several voices. Thanks to all that attended, and thanks to Mary for the opportunity to share our concerns. Mary is the Member for Doncaster in Vic State Government. Feel free to contact her via her web site and submit issues. […]