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Councillors Steam Ahead on QVM Sally's So Happy! FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2018 ISSUE 43 WWW.CBDNEWS.COM.AU 见 21 页 FREE IDAHOBIT COUNCIL BUDGET CHANGE NEEDED AT QVM REACHING OUT - page 3 - - page 4 - - page 5 - - page 8 - Councillors steam ahead on QVM By Shane Scanlan Far from abandoning hopes for a three-storey basement under the Queen Victoria Market, City of Melbourne councillors have come out swinging. At their May 15 Future Melbourne show that they can be done, to provide the Committee meeting, they were adamant that business case for them.” they weren’t backing down nor were they Cr Cathy Oke said: “It doesn’t necessary putting the project on ice. mean that the (new) proposal is any different Rather, they said, they were pursuing the because I believe the issues on the table are most practical path to achieve an outcome. very much the same in the same situation as we were five years ago.” Some councillors said it was even possible that the same application would be made to Councillors Phillip Le Liu and Susan Riley Heritage Victoria for a permit to remove and voted against lodging a new application, later replace half of sheds A, B, C and D to saying the council had been poorly treated dig a three-level basement. and advocating a legal approach. Heritage Victoria in March refused a “How do we respect someone who doesn’t permit for the works, saying the level of the really respect us?” Cr Le Liu asked. proposed change was not justified by the “I’m not in support of putting in a new council’s business case. application. I think we have very strong Acting Lord Mayor Arron Wood was grounds for appeal or judicial review.” one of the most strident, saying he was Cr Riley said: “I think we were dealt a really “begrudgingly” prepared to abandon a raw deal by Heritage Victoria. I think they legal appeal only because lodging a new just railroaded us into this without the application was viewed as being more likely consultation or the respect that they should to lead to the right outcome. have shown the City of Melbourne.” Sally's so happy! But, he warned, a new application might not “I believe we should fight it. Truly, I still be much different to the one which failed in don’t get why they couldn’t consult with us the next placed candidate Jennifer Yang. March. before they came down with a refusal. I just Sally Capp has been After preferences were distributed, Ms “This doesn’t mean that we’re going to think it was totally unfair and unreasonable.” Capp won 53 per cent of votes, from Ms come back with an entirely new proposal. It provisionally declared Other councillors agreed with their Yang with 47 per cent. means a revised application,” he said. “So sentiment, but said a new application was Melbourne’s new Lord Mayor. Ms Capp told supporters and council staff it may mean that a lot of those things that more pragmatic, cheaper, quicker and more on May 21 when the result was declared I personally see as fundamental are in the likely to succeed. The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) she was "overjoyed" with her win. new application, but we work out a different on May 18 declared Ms Capp the winner over See voting analysis on page 6. way to go about them – to stage them, to Continued page 2 SERVICING THE MELBOURNE CBD COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MARKET 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK CALL US TODAY 1300 666 888 CBREMELBOURNE.COM.AU 2 CBD NEWS ISSUE 43 Councillors steam ahead on QVM Suite 108, 198 Harbour Esplanade From page 1 those are easily accommodated without PO Box 23008 Docklands 8012 fundamental change to the project.” Cr Nic Reece said: “What you see before you Tel: 8689 7980 in this recommendation is pragmatism writ “And then there might be five or 10 things www.cbdnews.com.au large. For me, pragmatism is my talisman for which we say ‘the business case stacks Eyewatch Advertising on this matter.” up’, ‘here’s all the reasons why’ and we Tel: 8689 7980 want to have a good conversation with Cr Wood said: “I reluctantly support a [email protected] Heritage Victoria to address the concerns decision to support a new application. Not in CBD that they legitimately have.” Reader contributions are welcome. because I don’t think our proposal was Please send articles and images to first rate, but because I’m interested in an He said he still strongly rejected the Victoria Police has rolled out [email protected] outcome.” notion that the sheds could not be safety deconstructed and reconstructed. “Eyewatch” in the CBD and The deadline for the July 2018 edition is “On a personal note, I think there are Thursday, June 21. very strong grounds for an appeal or to go “Skills in heritage restoration are across the City of Melbourne Follow us on Twitter through a court process, but I’m absolutely everywhere. The Star of the Sea church, for citizens to help protect @CBD_News_3000 outcomes-focused on this.” for example, just down the road has just undergone a huge restoration,” he said. neighbourhood safety. 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Borough Market, the Barcelona Market.” prevention and solving crimes in the local Editor: Shane Scanlan area. “There are some fundamental parts of [email protected] “This is not a skill set that is in short our proposal that I think we should stand supply, so I firmly believe that, even The CBD is the latest area to join the 54 20,000 copies are printed and strongly by as we move through the with the Heritage Victoria decision that regions of Eyewatch, which has a combined distributed exclusively within application process.” we should enter into an ‘in-good-faith’ following of 347,000. Melbourne's CBD each month. CBD conversation with them about how we News works for advertisers because He revealed that Heritage Victoria had later Resident will be kept up to date with still might be able to proceed with what I people like to know what is happening shared with the council 30 reasons for its community initiatives, safety and crime think is fundamental to the business case in their neighbourhood. refusal. Heritage Victoria is refusing to make prevention information and general policing these reasons public. for renewal.” updates. Views expressed by contributors are not those of the publishers. Cr Wood said: “Of the 30 things that Heritage Follow Eyewatch Melbourne on facebook. 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The strategy reveals that the problem is getting worse with some 40 companies now The council correctly lists “Reducing registered with the council to send trucks amenity impacts from waste collection” into the CBD to collect rubbish. In 2016 the as one of four priorities. But it falls well short when proposing solutions. IDAHOBIT at Fed Square number of registered companies was 36. Under its “Actions” heading for this Former city engineer Geoff Robinson, the music, cabaret, drag, dance and spoken priority, the council says it will: By Meg Hill author of the expired Waste and Resource word.
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