Local Government

Boroondara History and Heritage Planning

Clash of priorities in Local Government

Clash of priorities in local government John Mosig I recently attended my first Boroondara Council meeting, an experience that has left me puzzled as to what are and should be the necessary priorities of local government. I was motivated to attend the 5 August meeting by a flyer in my…

Eastsider News12 December 2024

Boroondara Trees and natural surroundings: protection

Tree Protection Policies

Nature comes to Sunbury Crescent Sal Dugan Eastsider News readers will have seen David Berry’s Putting Nature back into Nature Strips (May 2024 issue), an idea surely worthy of action; and action is what was taken by residents of Sunbury Crescent in Surrey Hills. The crescent was a debacle for…

Eastsider News31 May 2024

Boroondara Consultation

Boroondara’s new Roads Materials Policy

Save Boroondara's Bluestone Heritage: a progress report George Demetrios Whilst other Councils (Stonnington, Whitehorse, Merri-bek, Yarra, Glen Eira, Port Phillip, Hobsons Bay) treat their bluestone laneways and bluestone kerb and channels as heritage, and conserve them accordingly, Boroondara still treats its bluestone heritage as an engineering issue. Council views Boroondara’s…

Eastsider News29 March 2024

Boroondara Environment Local Government

Cat Curfew in Boroondara

Cats: cute, furry killing machines LWT Boroondara City Council will soon table a petition to consider introducing a cat-curfew. Boroondara hosts a wide variety of animals including birdlife, invertebrates, frogs, possums, bats, turtles and many more. Despite the breadth of scientific data explaining just how devastating cats (domestic and feral)…

Eastsider News21 February 2024

Boroondara Climate change Local Government

Boroondara’s Climate Action Plan

An ambitious but underfunded Climate Action Plan Julie Mulhauser In 2021 Boroondara Council declared a climate emergency and adopted an ambitious Climate Action Plan. As part of this plan, it set several aspirational targets for the community to be carbon neutral by 2035. These included a target of 60% net…

Eastsider News24 November 2023

Consultation Local Government

Have your say: local government consultations

Whitehorse Manningham Boroondara Local Government Consultations Community Consultation over your local Council’s Annual Budget Eastsider News The budget of any organisation is an action plan to translate its vision and mission statement into specific projects, programs, services, activities. At the government level, only municipal councils are required by law to…

Eastsider News1 July 2023

Boroondara Trees and natural surroundings: protection

Canopy Tree Cover – Ian Hundley

Reform of tree regulations is urgent as climate change takes hold Ian Hundley There are serious failings in regulation and administration both at state and local government levels which, together, are compromising the recovery of canopy tree cover in greater Melbourne, and especially in the City of Boroondara. To read…

Eastsider News4 October 2022

Climate change Whitehorse

Whitehorse declares a Climate Emergency

The Climate Was Right. Whitehorse declares a Climate Emergency Chris Trueman Whitehorse Council took an historic decision at its meeting on Tuesday 12 September 2022 when it declared a Climate Emergency. A motion to this effect was put forward by Cr Trudy Skilbeck, and seconded by Cr Prue Cutts, Cr…

Eastsider News27 September 2022

Boroondara

Sex Work Decriminalisation

New law says sex workers deserve a fair go in the City of Boroondara Lisa Dallimore and Matthew Roberts The City of Boroondara’s engagement with the sex industry has been non-existent for decades, with the conservative council effectively outlawing all brothels and home-based sex work. But this will change with…

Eastsider News7 June 2022

Boroondara Parklands

Speakers Corner: Bicycle Strategy – Boroondara

Here we will publish comment on some of the recent goings on in our neighbourhood - things like local council matters, State government initiatives and other things that have provoked debate within the community. The pieces we publish here will reflect the views of the writer. We publish them here…

Eastsider News2 June 2022

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