On Saturday 20th November 2010, a crowd of over 80 attended the protest rally at 577 King Street, West Melbourne. It was great turnout and many attendees held placards to inform both the Zagame staff and the passing traffic of …
Meet the Candidates.
A very successful event was held in the Supper Room of the North Melbounrne Town Hall on Tuesday night. All seven candidates were in attendance and most questions were responded to by all. The attendance was around 150, which was …
Protest Rally – Zagame’s at 577 King Street
The group in West Melbourne who are opposing the ten storey development on the Zagame site at 577 King Street, West Melbourne are organising a pre-election protest rally on the site on Saturday 20 November 2010 at 10.30 am. Interested Association members are …
Aug. and Sept. 2010 general meetings
We confirm the earlier advice that the August monthly meeting on Tuesday, the 17th at 7.30pm, in the library, will host a Meet the Candidates for the Federal election for the seat of Melbourne. Most of the candidates have accepted the …
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. …
Municipal Strategic Statement Consultatiion
The City of Melbourne is holding a consultation on the MSS at the Melbourne Town Hall. This is a matter of great importance to the planning regime that will exist in the future for North asnd West Melbourne and for …
Regional Rail Link community information sessions
In line with the recent announcement of major transport plans, an NWMA member (and presumably others in Railway Place) received in the letterbox on Monday 13 July a further update about the Regional Rail Link. Items of interest include: • …
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 …
Road Tunnels – Leader article
We also draw your attention to an article in the Melbourne Leader indicating that the status of the East-West tunnel link between the eastern freeway and Footscray is not dead as the Government had led us to believe, but is …
Council support mandatory height limit and open space for La Trobe Close
The City of Melbourne Planning Committee met on 1st Dec 2009, the LaTrobe Close Re Development was one of the items on the agenda. The NWMA supports the provision of social housing in North and West Melbourne, though we insist …