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Come hear from your local Men’s Shed

October 4th, 2023 - Tony Penna

Your Southbank Residents’ Association (SRA) committee has quite a bit planned for this month and we hope you will be able to find some time out from the beautiful sunshine we are now experiencing.

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Launching our new app

September 6th, 2023 - Tony Penna

Southbank Residents’ Association (SRA) held its 25th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the end of August and made a massive announcement.

Another big media month for Southbank

August 9th, 2023 - Tony Penna

Climate change and rising sea levels are a significant issue to Southbank, which should be of pressing concern to the City of Melbourne.

Sustainability and why it matters

July 5th, 2023 - Southbank News

One of the important things we can all do to support a more sustainable society is to talk about sustainability and why it matters.

Firstly, I would like to start by thanking all those who reached out to me with their kind words of support for my 100th column last month. I never realised my monthly writings were often anxiously read by so many loyal Southbank News followers.

One hundred columns! Who would have thought?

June 7th, 2023 - Tony Penna

I write this column with surprise. My first column was edition 25 of Southbank News in November 2013 after being elected as president at the October 2013 AGM.

Vale Lynne Lumsden

May 10th, 2023 - Tony Penna

It is with the greatest sadness that I write this month.

Basketball … here we come!

April 5th, 2023 - Tony Penna

I am absolutely delighted to be able to report that the City of Melbourne has listened to the suggestion put forward by Southbank Residents’ Association (SRA) last year to establish a temporary basketball court for the community at Melbourne Square.

What a start to the year

March 8th, 2023 - Tony Penna

Our committee has been as busy as ever with lobbying and planning the year ahead. I can feel there are going to be some great things happening this year for our community.

Welcome, 2023

February 8th, 2023 - Tony Penna

Let us sincerely hope this can be a year of progress after so much uncertainty of years gone by. The Southbank Residents’ Association (SRA) committee has already had its first meeting and we have hit the ground running. We have much planned for the year and are looking forward to making progress with the council on a number of its Southbank projects.

A win for Southbank!

December 7th, 2022 - Tony Penna

It was a busy month for the Southbank Residents’ Association (SRA) committee, holding two “Meet the Candidates” events for the recent state election, “Joining your Owners’ Committee” information session and a controversial Future Melbourne Committee (FMC) meeting held in Southbank.

A huge month ahead

November 9th, 2022 - Tony Penna

What a month Southbank Residents Association (SRA) has for our community this month! We have a number of events this month which I encourage our whole community to get behind.

What a travesty!

October 5th, 2022 - Tony Penna

September was a big month for SRA having held our Annual General Meeting (AGM). This is often our highlight event of the year as we will usually have an engaging and interesting guest speaker/s. This year was no exception.

Deputy Lord Mayor to appear as guest speaker at SRA’s AGM

September 7th, 2022 - Tony Penna

The SRA is pleased to announce our AGM will be held on Wednesday September 21, 6.30pm at the Boyd Community Hub. It is open for the entire community to attend and learn more about what we do and what we have done since our last AGM.

The end of embedded networks – a false promise?

August 10th, 2022 - Tony Penna

During the past month the Premier Daniel Andrews announced an end to embedded networks beginning January 2023. You may recall, this is an issue that Southbank Residents’ Association (SRA) lobbied the government on more than four years ago.

Southbank open space funding: too little too late?

July 6th, 2022 - Tony Penna

The budget has once again been handed down and there are no surprises for Southbank. No surprises insofar that, as has been for years, City Rd upgrade still stumbles along with no real commitment to see through the masterplan.

Neighbourhood policing

June 8th, 2022 - Tony Penna

Victoria Police has launched a new policing initiative, surprisingly called “neighbourhood policing”.

Election time

May 11th, 2022 - Tony Penna

The Federal Election is in full-swing, and it was great to have a full house for our recent “Meet the Candidates” event. Southbank Residents’ Association (SRA) has been holding these events for 20 years and it is rare when we don’t achieve a full house.