Save Our Suburbs Inc. (Vic)

PARLIAMENT WILL BE VOTING ON GOVERNMENT PLAN TO BULLDOZE GREEN WEDGES FOR SUBURBAN SPRAWL - 27July

- please add your voices to green wedge, public lands and urban planning backlash groups to oppose this environmental catastrophe & please forward to your lists of interested citizens

Green Wedges Coalition

– a vision for Melbourne

Dear Green Wedge supporters,

Please will you help us to avert an environmental and community catastrophe that will ensue if the State Government is able to persuade Parliament to approve a planning scheme amendment to take 43,600 ha out of Melbourne’s green wedges and to surround the new urban growth zones with a freeway that will not be needed when we move to a carbon-constrained economy?

VC67 will irrevocably change the face of Melbourne and axe Green Wedges

Protectors of Public Lands Victoria Inc. has joined with the Green Wedges Coalition Inc. and Planning Backlash to hold a protest SAY NO TO VC67 PLANNING AMENDMENT - STOP URBAN SPRAWL, GREEN WEDGES DESTRUCTION AND HIGH RISE ON TRAM/BUS ROUTES.

It is not exaggerating to say that, if ratified by Parliament, this amendment could signify a catastrophe for Melbourne - the face and fabric of our city will be changed irrevocably forever. We are, therefore, inviting member groups, friends and supporters to our protest

COMMUNITY RALLY TO OPPOSE OVER-DEVELOPMENT IN SUBURBAN STREETS

Saturday 5 June 2010 – 12 noon Queens Park, Mt Alexander Rd,Moonee Ponds

YOUR STREET COULD BE NEXT!

Moonee Valley suburban streets are being targeted by developers for this kind of 3 to 4 storey development.

The Moonee Valley Council is currently considering at least 30 applications like this for ordinary suburban streets. Instead of one household next door, you could soon have more than 27 people in up to 9 households next to you!

Labor backed Windsor Hotel sham - The Age, 28 April

ALP state government MPs and senior staff in the planning department discussed the initial strategy to refuse the Windsor re-development, the Age revealed today. When the infamous leaked email first became public, the Premier and the Minister swore that the fake public consultation plan was just the concoction of a junior advisor. It's a tragedy for democracy when neither the government nor the department can be trusted to deal fairly, transparently and accountably with the community.

AGEPOLL: Should Madden be sacked? (CLOSED APRIL 30): YES - 92%; NO - 8%. Total votes: 4707.
www.theage.com.au/polls/victoria/should-madden-go/20100427-tpo5.html

See the full Age article here: www.theage.com.au/victoria/labor-backed-windsor-sham-20100427-tq34.html

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Project Melbourne - revealing articles on urban planning by The Age

Project Melbourne: towards a sustainable city
PAUL RAMADGE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF March 16, 2010

"These days, everything is faster, busier and more congested. A city of human scale has morphed into a 21st-century city. Apartments are towering over quarter-acre blocks. Melbourne has grown out and up. We are on our way to becoming the nation's biggest city, yet a shared vision of how we would like to live is still lacking.

Project Melbourne is a special series by The Age aimed at encouraging and broadening public debate about Melbourne's future — particularly the inner 40 kilometres. We are keen to get your views and feedback."
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/projectmelbourne

Click here for a Multimedia special on Project Melbourne <http://www.theage.com.au/interactive/2010/times/25/>