A message from Peter Marshall, Vice-President Administration
UPDATE 2011 PARKING PERMIT ARRANGEMENTS – CAULFIELD CAMPUS
After further negotiations with the Melbourne Racing Club (MRC), I am pleased to advise that we are now in a position to offer a second parking permit option for staff members at the Caulfield campus.
Caulfield staff members will now be able to purchase a blue MRC only parking permit for 2011 for full price ($350) with the following conditions:
- Parking with this permit is only permitted in the MRC blue parking areas and not in the multi deck on campus;
- We are only able to guarantee parking with this permit until 31 July 2011. Pending advice from the MRC, further extensions may be provided towards the latter part of 2011;
- A pro-rata refund will be offered, based on the date MRC withdraws the blue parking areas up until the end of February 2012; and
- Staff who purchase these permits will need to make their own alternative parking arrangements from the date MRC withdraws the blue parking areas. Options include metered parking, purchasing a half yearly red parking permit and public transport.
Staff members who choose to purchase a blue MRC parking permit for 2011 will be issued with a blue parking permit that is marked differently from the standard blue parking permit.
Therefore, all staff members at Caulfield will again be offered two options (red and blue parking permit) but need to understand that their blue parking permit is for parking only at the MRC blue car parking areas as outlined above.
Queries and comments regarding car parking arrangements in 2011 should be forwarded to: https://my.monash.edu.au/askmonash
Glen Eira Debates 
February 1, 2011 at 2:57 PM
The more I hear of the MRC, the more I wonder how they have achieved the clout they have with Council and Government.
This organisation (i.e MRC)
– in 2010 spent almost as much on Admin and Marketing ($8.0m) as it did on maintaining it’s two biggest assets (Caulfield Racecourse and Betfair Park – $8.2m) and during 2009-2010 increased spending on Admin (up $1.0m) while decreasing spending on asset maintenance (down $0.4m). This seems somewhat unbalanced to me. Refer MRC Annual Accounts 2010.
– in its field of expertise, inspires newspaper articles entitled “MRC backs yet another loser”- The Age, Jan 20, 2011
– between Jan 24-1st Feb, 2011, can’t determine the start date of a major project that they have been working on for the past 4-5 years. Refer Counting Chickens posts on this website
Doesn’t exactly shout competent, does it. Yet Council and Government seem willing to allow the MRC to continue to build a billion dollar monstrous ghetto that will surpass Docklands in dysfunctionality.
February 1, 2011 at 9:34 PM
What planet do you live on. The MRC is a Billion Dollar Business and you are telling us that they only spent $8m on maintaining their main 2 assets. What about Capital Works?
February 1, 2011 at 11:02 PM
As usual Anonymous (who I think of an as AnonymoustheMRCstooge) – you have once again failed to provide any substantive evidence. Look at my previous post – references are provided. Where are yours?
By the way, if you want to use this forum as a means of discussing current Glen Eira issues then I’d suggest that starting your posts “What planet do you live on” is not an appropriate response to someone who presents a view (substantiated) different from yours (unsubstantiated).