News archive for the ‘Council reform’ topic

July 30, 2010

Meet the Candidates at August Meeting

The members attending the July monthly meeeting decided to continue the tradition of holding a ‘Meet the Candidates’ for the coming Federal election. This will be held at our next monthly meeting on August 17 at 7.30pm. The event will be in the meeting room of the North Melbourne Library.

We are inviting all candidates for election to the…

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July 27, 2010

TPM-2010-15 Zagame – Corner Roden and King through to Stanley Street.

West Melbourne has been jolted into the reality of planning politics in the twenty-first century with official support for the ten storey development on the Zagame site in King Street by both the State Government and the Melbourne City Council.  If approved, this project establishes a precedent for wholesale high rise redevelopment of West Melbourne and North Melbourne, at…

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June 11, 2010

CoRBA Meeting with Lindsay Tanner

Last Tuesday, 8 June 2010, the Coalition of Residents and Business 
Associations – Melbourne (CORBA) met with the Federal Member for 
Melbourne, Lindsay Tanner at his Melbourne electorate office. The 
North and West Melbourne Association (NWMA) was represented by Kevin Chamberlin, Vice Chair and Bill  Cook, Treasurer.

CORBA had meet with Lindsay previously on the issue…

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