Council elections are fast approaching – Who are you voting for?

By Cambell Spence

Council elections are fast approaching. There will be no polling booths at this election. Ballot papers will be posted to you over four days from 7-10th October and you have until 4pm on 25th October to post your completed ballot.

Residents of Port Phillip are pleased to endorse four competent candidates who if elected, will put the needs of residents first and foremost, ahead of personal political ambitions and party politics directed by Spring Street or Canberra.

Each of the four candidates live in their wards and have been listening to residents and have a deep understanding of the local issues within those wards. To find out more about the four candidates click on the link - https://ropp.org.au/

If you would like to speak to them, here are their telephone numbers.

  • Brendan Perera – Alma Ward                 0436 363 126
  • Beti Jay – South Melbourne Ward          0404 338 409
  • Bryan Mears – Lakeside Ward               0438 308 157
  • Rod Hardy – Albert Park Ward               0425 409 483

If elected, the Residents of Port Phillip Councillors will prioritise the following:

1. PUT RESIDENTS FIRST by ensuring we have independent local representation at Council, free of party politics.

 

2. LISTEN to the whole community; residents, traders, renters and ratepayers instead of pandering to vested minority interests or activists.  

3. AN IMMEDIATE RATES FREEZE by finding efficiencies without cutting services. Holding council accountable by benchmarking against other councils. Current budget of $250M and 850 sta­ff is unsustainable.

 

4. IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE by lifting underperforming core council services to meet the needs of every resident.

 

5. CLEANER, SAFER STREETS free of antisocial behaviours, street campers and drugs by making it safe to walk our streets again and rebuild our neglected retail streets.

 

6. PROTECT CAR PARKING by ensuring road upgrades and bicycle lanes do not come at the expense of safety to road users nor at the expense of residents and businesses.

 

7. PROTECT HERITAGE BUILDINGS by strongly protecting the heritage and our amenity and oppose changes to heritage protections.

Residents of Port Phillip have endorsed candidates in four of the nine new single Council Wards – see the electoral map below. 


Authorised by C. Spence, PO BOX 1083, South Melbourne, 3205.