Katherine Copsey – Lake Ward
By Katherine Copsey – Greens candidate for Port Phillip Council, Lake Ward Port Phillip is already a great place to live. With the community’s support, I want to work to preserve the things we love...
View ArticleOgy Simic – Gateway Ward
By Ogy Simic – Greens candidate for Port Phillip Council, Gateway Ward In 1998, my mother and my two brothers were granted refugee status to move to Australia after civil war erupted in our hometown of...
View ArticleSerge Thomann – Lake Ward
Join me for the ride for another 4 years! Cr Serge Thomann Deputy Mayor As I write my 50th column for St Kilda News, I have taken a long time to consider my next four years: should I put my hand up...
View ArticleDavid Brand: CAPP candidate for Lake Ward
I am the progressive candidate for Lake Ward, supported by Community Alliance of Port Phillip (CAPP). I work with my partner Fooi-Ling Khoo in her niche architectural practice OOF! Architecture from...
View ArticleDick Gross: Independent candidate for Canal Ward
I’m Dick Gross and keen to return to the Council of this lovely, complex, beachside world of Port Phillip. I am a former Mayor and Councillor of Port Phillip and President of the Municipal Association...
View ArticleCr Andrew Bond: Independent candidate for Lake Ward
On October 22nd I will once again be standing for re-election to the City of Port Phillip. With Junction Ward being equally divided between each of the three new wards, there wasn’t an obvious ward in...
View ArticleLouise Crawford: Independent candidate for Canal Ward
I see being a councillor in Port Phillip as an opportunity to combine my love for the local area with my experience in activism and my passion for the arts, climate change action and social justice....
View ArticleNick Haines : Independent candidate for Lake Ward
My name is Nick Haines, and I am St Kilda local of some twenty years. I live here with my wife Michelle and our two poodles. I’m a proud househusband who promotes local live music as well as managing a...
View ArticleGreens candidates Ogy Simic (Gateway ward), Katherine Copsey (Lake ward) and...
Refusing dirty donations means better outcomes for our community. We’re calling on all candidates for the Council elections to reject political donations from property developers. We’ve been listening...
View ArticleCr Serge Thomann: Independent candidate for Lake Ward
On 22 October 2016, you will elect a new Council. I have decided to stand again as I believe that my experience as councillor and Deputy Mayor will be invaluable and help us to keep moving forward....
View ArticlePort Phillip Council election 2016
By Kanika Sood On October 22, the City of Port Phillip will vote for a new Council. This election is particularly exciting because it is the first time the voters will elect nine councillors across...
View ArticleEditor’s note:
Welcome to the October issue of our community newspaper. The US presidential election is just around the corner on November 8. It is the best slow motion car crash this political junkie has ever seen....
View ArticleParliament, not a plebiscite, for marriage equality
By the Hon Michael Danby MP Marriage equality is a right whose time has come. But a plebiscite is not the way to bring it to fruition. In this I am only referring to civil marriage, i.e. what the state...
View ArticleMel Van Dyk: Independent candidate for Lake Ward
My name is Mel Van Dyk and I am standing as an independent candidate in Port Phillip’s Lake Ward. I feel a strong connection to this particular area of our community and I believe that the decisions...
View ArticleNew: Acland Street Plaza
By Daniel Wilson Over September and October workers have gone about pedestrianizing the Barkley Street end of Acland Street. As we are going to print construction is almost complete. Over the last...
View ArticleAddiction convictions
Written by St Kilda Legal Service In the last 12 months, one in seven people have used illegal drugs. According to the Crime Statistics Agency there was a 13.4 per cent increase in drug use and...
View ArticleSex work and the Law
By St Kilda Legal Service The First and Second World Wars pushed sex work into the inner city suburbs including St Kilda with reports of sex workers on Acland Street dating back to 1886. It is...
View ArticleSydney’s “robbing hoods”
By Michael Danby MP, Federal Member for Melbourne Ports In 2014 the former Liberal Federal Treasurer, LNP’s Joe Hockey, announced a $5 billion Asset Recycling Fund in that year’s federal budget. The...
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