Cr Leppert writes – A huge moment for Melbourne: Council’s SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN planning scheme amendment is now on exhibition! Council sought approval from the Minister to exhibit this amendment in September 2020, and at last, in March 2023, we...
Cr Leppert writes – Council endorsed a draft Annual Plan and Budget for 2022-23 on Tuesday night, and it is now out for public consultation. Minutes before we started debating the budget, news broke of a female cyclist having been hit by a truck on King Street...
Last night, the Future Melbourne Committee of Melbourne City Council adopted the final Macaulay Structure Plan. Ten years after the Arden Macaulay Structure Plan was adopted, ushering in one of the most contested and frustrating planning scheme amendment processes in...
Introducing HOMES MELBOURNE… and celebrating the implementation of our Melbourne City Greens “Homes For Everyone” policy launched in October 2020! In the lead up to the 2020 Council elections, the Greens pledged the creation of a Melbourne Housing...
At last! After eight years of speculation and difficulty, Council has made good on its 2013 pledge – established by a Greens motion – to purchase the first available land in Macaulay suitable to be converted to a public park. The Age covered the...
A rather big change to planning controls across Victoria dropped on Thursday. Cr Rohan Leppert writes: The Minister for Planning has amended the Victoria Planning Provisions to create new permit exemptions for any State Government led or funded (or part funded)...
We welcome the release last week of 46 refugees into our community from arbitrary detention, most recently held in The Park Hotel in Carlton. We are concerned by reports that they have been issued Bridging Visas, which are temporary, with conditions with the potential...
This week, the City of Melbourne election results were declared. We congratulate Lord Mayor-elect Sally Capp and Deputy Lord Mayor-elect Nicholas Reece, and Councillors Kevin Louey, Jason Chang, Davydd Griffiths, Roshena Campbell, Philip Le Liu, Jamal Hakim and...
As the 2020 Melbourne City Council election draws to a close, we reflect on an incredibly policy rich campaign. We are proud to have led the debate on housing affordability, public open space, equitable rates and active transport. And that’s just the start. In...
Young people, families and essential workers are being priced out of the central city. Our homelessness and housing affordability crisis is out of control. Council’s own data show that in 2019, there were 1,725 people experiencing homelessness, a shortfall of 5,500...
