Articles by Tony Penna

Ending the year on a brighter note

November 11th, 2020 - Tony Penna

We enter November on a positive note with COVID-19, with the first week being zero new cases and zero deaths.

An election is upon us …

October 7th, 2020 - Tony Penna

... and what a horrible time to be holding one. Personally, I am disappointed the minister didn’t postpone the election.

Congratulations, Southbank News

September 9th, 2020 - Tony Penna

I want to start my column with a big congratulations to Southbank News which is printing its 100th edition this month.

Stay safe, Southbank

August 5th, 2020 - Tony Penna

What a disappointing month August will be with stage 4 lockdowns.

Time flies in a pandemic

June 10th, 2020 - Tony Penna

Is it just me, or does time just seem to be flying by during our COVID-19 isolation?

Southbank comes together

May 7th, 2020 - Tony Penna

It would seem that Australia is progressing well with our response to COVID-19, but sadly we have not been saved from attributed deaths.

Trying to stay positive

April 8th, 2020 - Tony Penna

Sadly, this month has been a real struggle to try to think of something positive and uplifting to write about.

A big month

July 11th, 2019 - Tony Penna

There were two significant items since my last column, and I would like to have gone into them in more detail, but we have limited space.

An election is upon us!

May 8th, 2019 - Tony Penna

Our recent meet the candidates event to meet our local candidates for the upcoming federal election was an overwhelming success.

A visionary proposal for Southbank

September 4th, 2018 - Tony Penna

Last month saw a remarkable event, something we don’t see very often, an international architectural design competition for a residential building

Firstly, I would like to acknowledge Cr Rohan Leppert’s efforts with moving a motion, and seconded by our newly-elected Lord Mayor, Sally Capp, at council’s 2018-19 budget meeting to get the highly-anticipated and promised, but now overdue, commencement of the City Rd upgrade.

Candidates night success

May 8th, 2018 - Tony Penna

What a massive success our “meet the candidates” event was two weeks ago.

Southbank sold out by Planning Minister

February 9th, 2018 - Tony Penna

Sadly, since my last column Southbank has had a few disappointments. Recently VCAT ruled in favour of the developer for the controversial 135 Sturt St development.

The parking dilemma?

November 10th, 2017 - Tony Penna

As I make my way throughout the community I hear mixed messages about parking, particularly the impact on street parking from the reduced provision of internal parking within new developments.

How prepared is Southbank?

May 12th, 2017 - Tony Penna

Last week I was fortunate to attend a symposium and workshop by the University of Melbourne on risk and resilience in the built environment with a specific focus on flooding.