Category Archives: Vic State Election 2010

Banyule Council supports Doncaster Rail

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Friends of Banyule Inc

By Ian Hundley On 3 December the Banyule City Council  resolved to support the preferred Eastern Freeway “Express to the City ” alignment for the proposed Doncaster rail service.

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Two Melbourne Transport Stories

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Friends of Banyule Inc

Here are two competing images of Melbourne’s transport future just a few hundred metres apart on Alexandra Parade in Collingwood and Fitzroy: We have the City of Yarra’s billboard which asks people to campaign for Doncaster rail and  a few … Continue reading →

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Posted in Baillieu Government, Car Dependency, Doncaster Rail, Investment in Rail, Ne-Link Freeway, Public Transport, Road Lobby, Trains, Vic Roads, Vic State Election 2010 | 1 Comment

Will the Urban Growth Boundary really shrink?

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Friends of Banyule Inc

Not long after joining with the then Labor government to expand Melbourne’s Urban Growth Boundary by 43,600 hectares, the Liberal-National Party coalition  has now held forth the prospect that the government might shrink it in future.

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Posted in Baillieu Government, Car Dependency, Ne-Link Freeway, Population Growth, Public Transport, Seat of Ivanhoe, Urban Growth Boundary, Vic State Election 2010 | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

A Decade of Activism

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Friends of Banyule Inc

The following post is a news update to members and supporters by Protectors of Public Land’s Secretary Julianne Bell whose group fought tirelessly against the Brumby government to stop a number of proposed road tunnels and freeways through public parklands.

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The State Election, transport and the North East Link

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Friends of Banyule Inc

image copyright http://www.danielbowen.com The 2010 state election has seen the defeat of the 11-year-old Labor government and its replacement with a majority Liberal-National Party coalition by the barest of margins. During the election campaign, Friends of Banyule campaigned vigorously against … Continue reading →

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Weekend Information Stalls

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Friends of Banyule Inc

    This weekend’s Friends of Banyule info stall was held by Dennis, Toni, Roland and David in the popular location at Leo’s Supermarket in Heidelberg. Friends of Banyule have been busy running stalls in multiple locations on weekends. The … Continue reading →

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