DOCKLANDS community news OCTOBER 2009 ISSUE 47 Priceless www.docklandsnews.com.au | : Docklands_News › Docklands planning › Victoria’s first green power to shift heritage building See Page 3 See Page 5 › ANZ parades its new HQ › 1000 new homes for See Page 4 NewQuay See Pages 10-11 Docklands Dockers take the cup Turn to the back page for the full story. Council cancels Docklands fireworks The City of Melbourne has Docklands restaurateur Lou Jovanovski evident or reported and the crowds have “I’ve had another look at the report and cancelled the 9.15pm New Year’s said: “We will not give up. The excuses are been well behaved. In terms of public it didn’t say they (the Docklands 9.15pm Eve family fireworks at Docklands just that, excuses. I do not understand how transport, we believe from discussions with show) were included or not included,” he but councillors say they are they are safe at midnight but not at 9.30? It the police and others that public transport said. “We will fight to put it back in.” is ridiculous.” including the trains coped well. We also confident of getting it reinstated. Cr Louey said the family fireworks at believe that there have been no safety “Every other country, state and town in Docklands cost only $25,000 out of a New Councillors say they were unaware they problems. We are therefore wondering on the world can achieve this but our City of Year’s Eve budget of nearly $1.5 million. were voting to cancel the event when the what the decision was based.” Melbourne seems to have missed the boat matter came before them in last August. “Because the infrastructure for the midnight again. We will not have the kids miss out,” “Removing the event would fly in the face show is already there, it will cost them peanuts The decision to cancel the event Mr Jovanovski said. of all the effort being put in to promoting to put on the early show,” Cr Louey said. has rocked Docklands residents and Docklands for tourism and as a key place In a “fact sheet” sent to Docklands businesses with the president of the for staging events, as well as a leading Cr Peter Clarke agreed that it was never the businesses, the council said Southern Docklands Chamber of Commerce restaurant and other business area,” intention of councillors that the Docklands Cross Station could not cope with New Keith Rankin labeling the decision “an Mr Gardner. event be cancelled. He said he supported Year’s Eve crowds. “Public safety must absolute disaster”. its retention and was confident that, unless outweigh all commercial endeavours or City councillors say they did not realise “The chamber of commerce is mortified,” police had safety concerns, the family considerations,” the council said. they were canceling the Docklands event Mr Rankin said. “Everyone down here looks fireworks would proceed. when they voted to move the CBD 9.15pm forward to it and promotes it as part of their But the president of the Docklands show to Yarra Park. business activities.” Community Association Roger Gardner said: “The reasons given are public safety October Survey The chairman of the Docklands “To make this decision now, when we’ve apparently related to size of the audience Co-ordination Committee, Cr Kevin Louey, been promoting it all year and have been and rail transportation. To the best of What do you think of the council’s said the report prepared by council staff taking bookings is unbelievable.” our knowledge there have not been any decision to cancel the fireworks? and used by councillors to make their problems in either way.” Have your say at “We just don’t understand it,” Mr Rankin decision on August 24 did not say that the www.docklandsnews.com.au/fireworks said. “There is no justifiable reason for it”. “No overcrowding has previously been 9.15 family show would be scrapped. DCN ISSUE 47 2 DOCKLANDS community news Recognition for Dennis Docklands Community News Docklands Rotarian Dennis Ginn has been recognised 05/198 Harbour Esplanade, as a member of the exclusive Paul Harris Society. Docklands, 3008 PO Box 23008, Docklands, 8012 The society’s district administrator John Rafter Tel: 9602 2992 Fax: 9602 2929 presented the award at the Rotary Club of Docklands www.docklandsnews.com.au meeting on September 29 (pictured left). For advertising email: Mr Ginn is one of a small number of members of the [email protected] fledgling Rotary Club of Docklands who have been Rotarians in other places. Reader contributions are welcome. Please send articles and images to Some 12 years ago Mr Ginn was awarded a Paul [email protected] Harris Fellowship in recognition for meritorious service to Rotary. His latest awarded is a second-tier Deadline for the Nov edition is Oct 18. recognition. Mr Ginn is one of about 40 people in district 9800 to be recognised with Rotary’s top award. The Rotary Club of Docklands meet every Tuesday at DOCKWORDS 6pm at James Squires Brewhouse, Waterfront City. How many words of four or more letters can you make from the Melbourne Football Club. letters in this grid? As it turns out, the Melbourne Football No decision yet All words must contain the centre letter. Club doesn’t really need or want to use No proper nouns, foreign words Editorial the Docklands’ community’s as-yet- on Woolshed Pub or plurals ending in ‘s’. Comment undetermined open space. A B C D Q R S T But it’s a bit rude of Cr Doyle to offer OUR The VCAT hearing into the Woolshed E F G H U V W X facilities in any event. We might not even Pub’s liquor licence application I J K L M Y Z A B I E R Shane Scanlan want a footy ground. Docklands could continued throughout September N O P Q C D E F have close to the least number of footy with a decision still weeks away. R S T U G H I J K fans per head of population in the nation. V W X Y S F M L M N O Four days were set aside from Z A B C P Q R S At the announcement of OUR new park, September 8 but as the Docklands D E F G T U V W News went to press, the parties Doyle’s spoil VicUrban CEO Pru Sanderson said the H I J K L N H A X Y Z A Docklands community would be consulted were still arguing the case with M N O P B C D E If your dad said he would build you a brand about what shape the facilities would take. further hearings scheduled. Target: 34 words – Excellent new playground in a dusty corner of your The Premier, John Brumby, was there – The Pub went to VCAT to appeal a 25 words – Very Good backyard and then promptly invited the rich decision in January by the Director 16 words – Good praising Docklands as a great place to live. kids from over the road to come and play in of Liquor Licensing Sue Maclellan Solution to be supplied in next issue it, would you be upset? But the Lord Mayor wasn’t in Docklands to reject its application for a general for the launch. On this morning he was The Docklands community has been 1am licence for 1445 patrons. attempting to steal the limelight away desperate for sporting infrastructure for Solution from last edition from the Docklands good news story The Licensing Commission is years now. And lately the City of Melbourne promenade, dampener, pomander, operand, by speaking with Neil Mitchell on radio supported in its case by Docklands and VicUrban have been talking specifics padrone, pandore, premade, prename, ampere, station 3AW about his plans to keep the resident Peter Henderson. about a range of community infrastructure. dampen, damper, deperm, depone, opened, Melbourne Football Club within the City Since January the parties have met opener, pander, pardee, pardon, permed, pomade, On September 3 intentions to locate of Melbourne by letting them use the new several times and have reached ponder, preman, premed, premen, ramped, sporting facilities under the Bolte Bridge community facilities at Docklands. agreement on some aspects of the reaped, reopen, repand, romped, apron, doper, were revealed as part of MAB Corporation’s In footballing terms, he was climbing operation. The VCAT case continues drape, epode, moped, moper, padre, paeon, next phase of residential development at over the pack to punch away a potential and revolves around numbers, hours paned, pared, pareo, pedro, perea, pored, preen, NewQuay (see story on Page 10-11). spectacular mark for Docklands. of operation and noise. proem, prone, raped, remap, roman, roped, aped, Up until that point, no one in authority had aper, apod, damp, deep, dopa, dope, drop, mope, 3AW ended a online news report on the In opening the case, counsel for the said anything to the Docklands community nape, neap, nope, oped, open, pane, pard, pare, subject with the question: “What do you Woolshed Pub, John Larkins, said about this. So it is disappointing to learn pean, pear, peen, peer, pend, peon, perm, poem, think? Is a football oval the answer to the the debate was not about whether that before OUR community facilities have pome, pond, pone, pore, porn, pram, pree, prod, Docklands’ problems?” the business should operate, but even been determined, the Lord Mayor prom, ramp, rape, reap, romp, rope. rather, under what conditions. Robert Doyle had been offering them to the Thanks Robert.