Advocacy

What we are asking for

We ask the State and Federal Governments to provide $15 million in funding to assist in the delivery of this project.

What we are asking for

We ask the Federal and State Governments to fund $3 million to undertake a feasibility study to inform the HFB implementation along the Doncaster Road Corridor, between Mitcham Station and Doncaster Park and Ride.

What we are asking for

What we are asking for

We call on the Federal Government, as a co-funder of the North East Link Project (NELP), to advocate to the State Government to:

1. Deliver a Transit Oriented Development when Doncaster Park and Ride is redeveloped.
2. Improve access and transparency to Environment Protection Agency (EPA) air quality data reports.
3. Install filters within the Southern Portal Ventilation Stack, or transparency on the trigger for filters being required, with this information communicated to Council and the community.

What we are asking for

Council calls on the Federal and State Government for $5 million+ in funding (as a contribution to a new building)

What we are asking for

We are seeking ongoing funding of $350,000 per annum from the Federal and State Government to establish community legal services in Manningham.

What we are asking for

We are seeking funding of $7.5 million from the Federal and State Government for open space in Manningham.

$500k or under

We are seeking funding from the Federal Government for various footpath and road upgrade projects over the next two years
(2025/26 and 2026/27).

We are seeking funding from the Federal or State Government for various sport and community infrastructure projects and various Light Emitting Diode (LED) Floodlight conversion projects.

What we are asking for

We are seeking a total of $7 million from the State Government to supplement Council's budgeted contribution of $19 million. 

Fund Parks Victoria to renovate Westerfolds Manor

Westerfolds Park, situated beside the Yarra River in Templestowe, offers more than 120 hectares of recreational and environmental parkland and is owned and managed by Parks Victoria. 
The Westerfolds Park Manor House is a vacant heritage building in Westerfolds Park.

The building has been vacant for more than nine years and requires significant investment. 
In 2019 Parks Vic conducted a study and determined that an upgrade would cost around $2.5 million.

What we are asking for

We are seeking support for the Westerfolds Park Manor House to be upgraded and reinstated as a community facility. Without an upgrade, this valued community asset will fall into disrepair. 

A reduction in the maximum opening hours for poker machines

Electronic Gaming Machine gambling losses in Manningham in 2018/19 were $56.4 million. According to the Alliance for Gambling Reform this is the equivalent to the cost of feeding 22,700 children for one year.

Council wants a fairer society where the gambling industry no longer causes social and economic harm in the community of Manningham. This requires a review and reformed gambling regulations to no longer cause social and economic harm.

What we are asking for

We ask that the maximum opening hours for Electronic Gaming Machine venues (excluding Crown Casino) be reduced from 20 to 16 hours per day with mandatory closing from 2.00am to 8.00am each day.

New pedestrian bridges

There are currently no bridges for pedestrians and cyclists to cross the Yarra River between Finns Reserve and Bulleen Park.

Manningham Council has developed a Yarra River Corridor Concept Plan and proposes three shared user paths cross the Yarra River at Bulleen, Banksia, and Birrarung Parks. These works also align with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning's Bulleen Precinct Land Use Framework Plan.

The State Government has committed to fund the detailed design and construction of the shared user path crossing at Banksia Park.

What we are asking for

We want $400,000 to develop the feasibility studies for shared user paths crossing the Yarra River at Bulleen and Birrarung Parks.