Letter to the Premier from The City of Yara

Letter to the Premier from Fiona Richardson

Letter to the Premier from Jane Garret

Letter to the Premier from Robin Scott

Update on the Petition

Just an update on how many people have now signed the petition and what has happened to the signatures.

2287 have now been tabled in Parliament.

Additionally, there are a further 236 in the electorate office that have come in this week

So now over 2,500 have signed the petition!

Kind Regards

Danny Michell - Electorate Officer
Office of Jane Garrett MP - State Member for Brunswick

Ceres Autumn Harvest Festival this Sat 31 Mar.

Come down to the Ceres Autumn Harvest Festival this Sat 31 Mar. We will have a stall setup so that you can find out more about the BTS 66 issue and sign the petition.


http://www.ceres.org.au/Harvest

Brunswick terminal battle: Moreland calls in legal eagles

BY CHRIS HINGSTON

20 Mar, 2012 04:00 AM

MORELAND City Council will urgently seek legal advice to reverse the Brunswick Terminal Station expansion.

The council wants to explore options should it decide to fight Planning Minister Matthew Guy's decision to approve the terminal upgrade.

Moreland City council will also ask Yarra and Darebin councils for support on the decision to seek legal counsel.

Last month Mr Guy approved the $271 million terminal expansion, rezoning the land from residential to special use.

Mr Guy said the decision ensured the security of electricity supply to Melbourne's inner-east and the CBD.

Proposals to upgrade the terminal station had twice been rejected by Moreland City Council's planning committee.

Last week the council agreed to allocate up to $5000 to seek counsel on the legality of Mr Guy's decision, to see if any options existed to fight the expansion.

The motion was put forward by South Ward councillor Lambros Tapinos, who said he was shocked and appalled by Mr Guy's decision to rezone the land.

"What the minister has done is effectively change the rules," he said.

Yarra City mayor Geoff Barbour said all funding requests would have to be considered at a council meeting.

"Yarra has plenty of its own planning battles but we know many of our residents are concerned about this one on our doorstep," he said.

"If we are not able to provide funding for the legal advice, we will continue to support the community campaign in other ways," he said.

Mr Guy's office declined to comment.

LINK TO ORIGINAL MELBOURNE TIMES ARTICLE