A submission by the Coalition of Resident and Business Associations – Melbourne from December 2015. Melbourne is one of the fastest growing local government areas in Australia, and is central to the future prosperity of Victoria. The continuing influx of …
Review of Local Government (electoral) Act 2016
Many members of the NWMA Inc. have been concerned for a long time about the electoral structure and operational performance of the City of Melbourne. From the early 1990’s when the Kennett Government amalgamated Councils, through the Bracks reforms of …
Review of Proposed Local Government (Electoral) Regulations 2016
The NWMA has been one of the most prominent campaigners for the reform of the electoral system at the Melbourne City Council. Whilst the Victorian Government just loves the compliant Council and refuses to undertake any significant legislative change to …
NWMA meet the Minister of Planning
The NWMA recently met with The Minister for Planning, The Hon. Richard Wynne MP. The discussion centered on several key issues the NWMA have been concerned about for many years. [gview file=”https://www.nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/20150331-NWMA-Min-Meet.pdf”] [gview file=”https://www.nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/20150331-att1-MSS-growth-framework.pdf”] [gview file=”https://www.nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/20150331-att2-MSS-growth-framework.pdf”] [gview file=”https://www.nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/20150331-att3-flyer.pdf”]
Association Reps Meet Planning Minister Advisors
On Friday November 4, Association Chair, Kevin Chamberlin, and Bill Cook met with influential members of the Planning Minister, Matthew Guy’s staff. They were Daniel Parsons, Ministerial Advisor and Adrian Salmon, Assistant Director, Statutory Approvals, Department of Planning and Community …
VEC Review of City of Melbourne Wards and Councillor numbers
The electoral representation review (ERR) of Melbourne City Council will commence on Monday, 24 October. The review will consider the appropriate number of the councillors for the municipality and whether the City should be divided into wards. For more information …
Woolworths development proposal – Canning St, Vaughan Terrace, Macaulay Road
A $110 million North Melbourne development proposed by supermarket giant Woolworths. [mappress mapid=”4″] The plans include two residential towers of 16 and 10 storeys, a supermarket of over 4000 m2 and an attached bottle shop. Also include are 9 specialty …
Agenda for June 2011 general meeting: Structure Plan briefing.
The Association has arranged for David Mayes and the Strategic Planning Team from the City of Melbourne to brief members and other interested residents on the contents of the two structure plans that affect our area. These are the City …
Win on Council Reform
After ten years of effort by both the NWMA and CoRBA to obtain a review of the structure and electoral processes of the City of Melbourne, we have at last achieved some success. The State Government has announced a VEC …
Rally At Zagame site.
On Saturday 20th November 2010, a crowd of over 80 attended the protest rally at 577 King Street, West Melbourne. It was great turnout and many attendees held placards to inform both the Zagame staff and the passing traffic of …
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