Corba has made a submission in support of the Air Services Amendment Bill 2018 which addresses issues of noise, safety and amenity for the community.
“Last Kilometre Freight Plan” is now adopted Council policy June 2016
The Last Kilometre Freight Plan identifies actions to ensure last kilometre freight is considered as our city grows and changes. The plan focusses on the central city as the closer we are the central city, the busier the streets are and the harder it gets to deliver freight. More information about the goals of this project are located on the …
CoRBA’s 2014 achievements
LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEMOCRACY – electoral reform in the COM A gerrymander in the CoM delivers businesses with two votes and residents with one. CoRBA has waged a decade long struggle to address this injustice. In 2014 the Baillieu/Napthine Government finally undertook a review of electoral processes for local govt. elections- including the CoM. This was a major and momentous victory …
EastWest Link Claims Parkland
A trench several hundred metres long is likely to be dug through Royal Park, creating up to 12 months of major disruption to park users and damaging the landscape for up to 20 years, as part of building the East West Link. The Royal Park Protection Group and Protectors of Public Lands Victoria (Groups) and several other community groups including …
East-West Tunnel a costly mistake
The cost of the east-west road tunnel is huge, greater than any previous Victorian project by far and even many national projects. It will cripple the state’s fiscal position for many years through massive payments to the public-private partnership consortium that will finance it. The financial burden on the Victorian taxpayer will be so big that it will ”crowd out” …
Trilogy of Strategies
Urban Forest Strategy The City of Melbourne invites the whole community to have a say on the future of its Urban Forest Strategy. Tell us what you think of the draft strategy and how you would like to see the urban forest targets applied in your local area. The consultation is open from November 2011 until February 2012. Visit www.melbourneurbanforest.com.au …
Who cares, and doesn’t, about Inner Melbourne
CoRBA, representing 19 community and business groups identified key issues of concern to the 90,000 residents, ratepayers and business groups in the City of Melbourne. CoRBA then distributed the 2010 CoRBA State Election survey to all Candidates in the 5 relevant electoral Districts. Candidate responses are included in this file: CoRBA State Election Survey summary 24Nov10 (49Kb) or on this …