Latest articles by Tony Penna
Southbank Residents Association
We are well into the silly season now and while everyone is go go go, the City of Melbourne (CoM) has been busy too.
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Our recently held AGM was a great event with a good number of residents getting involved and showing their support.
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With great concern I recently learnt that in the current review of the Local Government Act being undertaken by our current Labor Government that they are possibly considering amendments to who is entitled to be an elected representative – i.e. our councillors.
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So spring is upon us and the most exciting news to welcome in spring was the surprise announcement by the Planning Minister of Planning Scheme Amendment C262.
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This month car share has kept my focus. The City of Melbourne proposed to significantly increase the costs to the car share operators for the on-street parking spots provided by CoM.
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Does the new Planning Minister, Richard Wynne, have Southbank’s interests at heart?
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Have you ever attended an annual general meeting (AGM), or wondered who makes the decisions for your building?
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Well our Easter break seemed to have just come and gone in a blink - where did it go? I hope all our residents had a restful break.
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I can feel the year is starting to get some momentum, well at least with regard to our community.
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Well, as usual, time did not stand still over the summer holiday break (but has there been a summer?) and then we are straight back into the swing of things with submissions being made at the first Future Melbourne Committee meeting last week against two more towers that are excessively over the discretionary height limit and lacked setbacks.
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We vote for councillors to manage the municipality, produce policy and make sensible planning decisions among many other tasks but, overall, to represent the interests of the community through those tasks.
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As the state election approaches we need to hold the parties to account and ensure they are not just providing us lip service.
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I have come a step closer to trying to understand the politics of Melbourne City Council, although I feel I am just more confused.
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It really has been an enormous month yet it seems like it was only yesterday that I was writing my last column.
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Recently I attended a number of “open for inspections” around Southbank for rental properties.
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