More

    Tag: Maribyrnong City Council

    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. 

    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.

    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.

    IN WITH THE NEW

    Well, it’s that time of year again – out with the old and in with the new.

    DO THE WESTERN SUBURBS NEED A HEALTH CAMPAIGN TO HELP COMBAT THE ILL EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION?

    Air pollution accounted for 1.3 per cent of Australia's total burden of disease, while high sun exposure accounted for less than 1 per cent.

    Questions, questions, interjections, and more questions

    But is it the process the people want? 

    MISSING IN ACTION, AND BLOCKED

    Local government is meant to be the most accessible level of government in our political system.

    Latest edition

    #109 JULY 2025

    Recent editions

    Subscribe