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Archive for August, 2008

250 people walk in the park!

Wow!  We had a great show of community interest in keeping this parkland for the people.  Approximately 250 people (and about 40 dogs!) attended the meeting and walk in the park.  The meeting heard from federal and state members of parliament Kelvin Thompson, Carlo Carli, Christine Campbell and Colleen Hartland.  Local councillors Mark O’Brien, Daniel [...]

A walk in the park

Those that know this beautiful parkland know the decision to gift the parkland to the City of Moreland for the continued use of the community should be a simple one - as easy as a “walk in the park”.
To highlight the crisis facing the parkland, we’ve invited local and state politicians to attend an on-site information [...]

Green or greed? The battle for our suburban parklands

This opinion piece written by Peter Hodge - an MECPG committee member - appeared in ’The Age’, 11 Aug 2008.
HERE is a challenge.The next time it tickles your fancy to scale the heights of the Rialto or Eureka towers, look towards the northern suburbs of Melbourne from the observation deck and try to spot the parkland. There’s [...]