Glen Eira Debates

Source: http://www.facebook.com/katedempseyforgleneira

Source: Australian Jewish News, October 12th, 2012

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1989

Section 55B

Heading to electoral advertisements

The proprietor of a newspaper must cause the word “advertisement” to be printed as a headline in letters not smaller than 10 point to each article or paragraph in the proprietor’s newspaper containing electoral matter, the insertion- (a) of which is, or is to be, paid for; or (b) for which any reward or compensation or promise of reward or compensation is, or is to be, made.

Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 10 penalty units; In the case of a body corporate, 50 penalty units.

Section 56(2)

A person must not-

(a)  print, publish or distribute; or

(b)  cause, permit or authorise to be printed, published or distributed-

a how-to-vote card which is not a registered how-to-vote card and which contains a representation or purported representation of an endorsement in the prescribed manner.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.

3) In a prosecution of a person for an alleged offence against subsection (1) or (2), it is a defence if the person proves that the person did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known, that the card was not a registered how-to-vote card.

The following email was sent to all councillors and candidates in response to an email from a resident –

Dear Mr. XXXX

Thank you for your e-mail of today.

You will receive a response soon from our Mayor Cr. Jamie Hyams.  As you have endorsed a copy of your e-mail to me as a Councillor, I thought I would give you an interim response.

I am not sure if you are aware that the Council works according to the framework and directives given to us by the State Government in respect to developments. Based on that the birth of a policy takes place.

Also you may have heard, the state government is aiming  to have 5 million people in Victoria by the year 2030 .

Therefore, developments have to mushroom within our suburbs as the government does not like to extend the developments outside built up areas due to the cost of exorbitant amount of money to establish new infrastructure.

Unfortunately, we will find it very challenging  to have more open spaces even if people are pledging that they would  ensure more open space unless of course we have the ability of performing a magic.  Same applies to ther (sic)pledges.

As I said in my second paragraph above, your dilemma in the captioned subject mayl (sic) be addressed in due course.

Kind Regards

Oscar Lobo

Councillor

Tucker Ward

PS: Below is what the resident sent to all candidates/councillors!

Source: http://www.facebook.com/VoteNewtonGatoff – ‘Meet the New Candidates, McKinnon Hotel, 14th October, 2012’.

Glen Eira Debates has over the past few weeks smashed all previous records for daily, weekly, and monthly hits. Comments have gone through the roof and subscriptions doubled. We thank readers for their support and are encouraged by the ongoing interest in our posts and the general discussion. As always our objectives are to provide a forum for debate, analysis, and to counter the mis-information that far too often issues from the building at the corner of Hawthorn and Glen Eira Roads!

Last week’s highlights included:

• 6,583 hits for the 7 days
• 3 consecutive days of over a 1000 hits per day (highest – 1,278)
• Average hits per day totalled 940

Source: Australian Jewish News, October 12, 2012

BERNIE KURAN

“The encroachment of commercial premises in residential areas prompted Elsternwick local of nearly 50 years Bernie Kuran to throw his hat in the political ring.

“Change is inevitable, but I just want to ensure that the existing character of the neighbourhood is not threatened by inappropriate development. We have some beautiful streets in this part of Glen Eira and I want to ensure they stay that way.”

Kuran said plans to construct ten-storey buildings on Glen Huntly Road, recently passed by the Glen Eira City Council, was the last straw. “That’s when I said I have to stop this.”

“There is some “need for development”, Kuran said, explaining that “there are department buildings being built on Glenhuntly Road, which are four stories (sic), and the top floor has been renovated and is modern, but not excessively bulky in nature.

“These changes are fine,” he said, “because they don’t detract from the atmosphere of the neighbourhood”.

Kuran added that there is a particular need to encourage younger people to buy into the suburb.

Also on Kuran’s to-do list is making more open spaces in the Camden ward, preserving the heritage character of metropolitan areas, ensuring there are sufficient parking allocations and boosting the local economy.

The father of three owns a finance broking business and prior to that had a career in IT and management consulting.

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PHILIP De’ATH VOTING CARD – in order of preference

1. De’Ath
2. Hyams
3. Dudeja
4. Gatoff
5. Lobo
6. Buch
7. Cade
8. Pilcher
9. Myers
10. Andonopoulos
11. Hedger
12. Kay
13. Read
14. Magee