Politics
Spending our money
Well, it’s that time of year again. When councils decide what they’re gunna spend our money on. And because they can’t spend it without our say-so, they put draft proposed budgets out for public consultation before heading back to chambers to be voted on.
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Insurance nightmare prolongs heartache for Maribyrnong flood victims
A federal parliamentary inquiry into the 2022 Maribyrnong flood at provided opportunity for residents to relate their experiences with insurers.
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Residents fear the GreenLine bike path promised by Hobsons Council has become a (pipe) dreamline?
In 2018, an idea for a network of shared bike paths to improve ‘active transport’ was adopted by Hobsons Bay City Council but little has happened since.
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Life in a public transport desert: “It’s cutting off my wings”
Nasreen shares stories and experiences of living with the broken bus network in the western surburbs.
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The bill of bickering
Irrelevant, vexatious, obscene, improper, incorrect, collusive, and garbage! These are just some of the words our elected councillors use to describe each other.
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Techno Park Update
A rally and march to save Techno Park residents from eviction will be held Tuesday April 9.
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Bigger’n Taylor Swift!
The meetings at Hobsons Bay and Brimbank council last month were bigger’n Taylor Swift!. Well no, maybe your correspondent exaggerates. But there were a lot of people both in and outside council chambers.
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Local council boundaries about to change under new review proposals
A radical review of the way our four councils are structured is about to be signed off, just eight months out from the October local government elections.
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