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Community partners

Community partners

The Southbank Residents’ Association (SRA) and the Montague Community Alliance (MCA) will work together for the first time as part of the Southbank Meet the Candidates event ahead of November’s Victorian state election.

To be held at the Boyd Community Hub at 207 City Rd, Southbank on Tuesday, October 30, current sitting Labor member for the seat of Albert Park Martin Foley, Liberal candidate Andrew Bond and The Greens candidate Ogy Simic will all feature.

While the MCA had initially proposed to host its own event, a tight campaign schedule in lead up to the November state election had meant limited opportunities for all three major political candidates to present to the Montague community.

With both communities sharing many common interests and dealing with a number of similar issues, the SRA has graciously partnered with MCA to broaden the scope of the event for Montague locals to question candidates on issues affecting their community.

The Montague Precinct, which encompasses City Rd up to Boundary St in South Melbourne, Normanby Rd and Cecil St in Southbank, is one of five precincts of Fishermans Bend.

Having met with SRA president Tony Penna last month to confirm the partnership, MCA convener Trisha Avery thanked the Southbank community for providing Montague locals with the opportunity to address the candidates.

“It is a warm strategic partnering that will result in strengthening our messages to the candidates about the areas important to both of us,” Ms Avery said.

Mr Penna said: “Southbank and Montague precinct have a close affiliation and the same struggles associated with their being in the Capital City Zone. Montague is heading into a massive transformation through the Fishermans Bend Renewal. There are many lessons that can learnt from Southbank that can be applied there.”

More information on the event will be provided in the October edition of Southbank Local News. For enquiries email Tony at [email protected] or Trisha at [email protected]

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