By Lilia Guan The Victorian Parliament has passed legislation to support large scale environmental retrofits of city buildings. The City of Melbourne Act has been amended to enable Council, in partnership with Australian financial institutions, to enter into voluntary arrangements with building owners to help them obtain finance to environmentally retrofit their buildings. […]
27 September, 2010
By Rob O'Brien Planning processes for renewable energy projects will be streamlined with Victorian councils receiving support to administer wind farm permits, the State Government has announced. The Brumby Government will set timeframes for industry and provide more easily accessible information for communities under reforms to approval processes for renewable energy projects across Victoria. “If […]
25 August, 2010
The Victorian Government will inject $8 million tinto a new international marketing campaign to ramp up promotion of Melbourne and Victoria’s regions to the rapidly growing China market. Ahead of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, Premier John Brumby said Tourism Victoria would lead the new international marketing campaign as part of a strategy to make China Victoria’s […]
17 May, 2010
By Staff Writer Proposed changes to the Planning and Environment Act will further isolate communities from planning decisions, the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) has said in a submission. MAV President Bill McArthur said local government supported the need to continually improve the planning system – particularly with the challenges of a growing population and current […]
18 February, 2010
By Staff Writer A new Brumby Labor Government guide is encouraging councils to support car-sharing and parking programs that can reduce the number of cars on our roads and provide flexible transport options for Melburnians. Roads and Ports Minister Tim Pallas today released guidelines for the implementation of dedicated on-street car-share parking schemes to promote […]
1 December, 2009
By Rob O’Brien Three administrators appointed by the Victorian State Government will be responsible for restoring good governance in Brimbank City Council, it has been announced. Local Government Minister Richard Wynne said that the Governor in Council accepted his recommendation to appoint Peter Lewinsky, Joanne Anderson and Meredith Sussex AM as the Administrators. The administrators […]
17 November, 2009
By Rob O’Brien Councillors who use their position for personal gain or to harm someone could be hit with a five-year prison sentence and a $70,000 fine under tough new amendments to local government penalties announced by the Brumby Government today. Penalties for people who nominate for election when not entitled to do so will […]
17 November, 2009
By Staff Writer Big Day Out, Laneways and Splendour in the Grass – the list of festivals targeting Australians youth are endless. But come October one of Australia’s largest senior festivals will be cranking up the orchestra. Seniors across Victoria are starting to prepare for their equivalent annual highlight with the release of the […]
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