Author: Stuart James
How to vote card
Here is my recommended voting order. I’ve put myself at number one – dur 🙂 I have chosen two women as my second and third preference. In the current term, only two of eleven Councillors are women and zero out of three local ward councillors. We need greater diversity and […]
Read MoreThat was the term that was
Thank-you to all Monash residents! With everything that is happening around us at the moment, it seems bizarre that I’m in the midst of an election campaign; it’s honestly the furthest thing from my mind. It’s easy to get stuck in the moment and neglect to go back and reflect […]
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Public transport solutions face a fork in the road
As printed in the Herald Sun – 21st May, 2020 Melbourne’s population is growing exponentially. The lack of proper transport planning over the past few decades is evidenced by an avalanche of congestion on our roads. The State Government has funded a myriad of infrastructure projects aimed at reducing congestion […]
Read MoreCouncil’s response to Covid-19
I am extremely proud that Council tonight unanimously passed a set of principles to outline our response to the corona / covid-19 pandemic, including guaranteeing ongoing employment for staff. We also took measures to assist our community by extending our hardship policy and reducing interest rates to 0% In an […]
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Elected Mayor – 2019/2020
At it’s special meeting on November 11, 2019, my colleagues elected me as the Mayor of Monash for the 2019/2020 term of office. I am incredibly excited and humbled to have been given this opportunity to serve our community at a higher level. It’s been a very busy first few […]
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Radio Interview with Raf Epstein
In the lead-up to the 2019 Federal Election, I was invited by Raf Epstein in my capacity as chair of the Eastern Transport Coalition (ETC) to discuss Transport issues in the seat of Deakin (covering Ringwood and the surrounding suburbs). As you would expect, our discussion branched out in to […]
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Rowville Rail – Followup
A lot has happened since my article on Rowville Rail appeared in The Age in late May, which followed the announcement by the Andrews State Government to build a Tram line to Monash University. • Monash Council, Knox Council and the Eastern Transport Coalition have all passed motions in support […]
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Oakleigh Central Paid Parking
Paid parking has been introduced by Oakleigh Central in an effort to tackle rail commuters parking at the centre and using spots that could otherwise be used by customers. Last week I wrote to management acknowledging that this was fundamentally a good idea but requesting that they revert back to […]
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Rowville Tram? Rowville Train? Think bigger!
As printed in The Age, 27th May, 2018 https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/rowville-rail-fits-the-bigger-transport-picture-20180522-p4zgrn.html Melbourne used to plan for the future. We built train lines to the country side and invited people to build around that train line. Now we wait for people to build houses and spend decades trying to find a transport solution […]
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