Author: Stuart James

Understanding how Council’s work

11/02/2022 - Current Council Issues - by Stuart James - No Comments

After many comments on socials, phone calls and emails lately, it is clear that many misunderstand the way a Council runs and the powers the Mayor and Councillors have. I’ll try and explain this, because it’s important for people to understand. There has been no “captains call” with regards to […]

Q & A on bin collection changes

04/02/2022 - Current Council Issues - by Stuart James - No Comments

I wanted to respond to some of the comments made over the past few days. Firstly, thank you to everyone that has engaged genuinely with the process and identified some of the barriers they believe they will face. We’ll work with you to try and overcome these. Here’s some initial […]

Not many things go in your landfill bin

01/02/2022 - Current Council Issues - by Stuart James - No Comments

There’s not many things that actually need to go into your red bin. In fact, most of the things in there right now probably shouldn’t be there. Did you know that the following items can be dropped off FREE of charge at our recycling station? Polystyrene, any electronic appliance, paper […]

A massive change is coming to Monash!

31/01/2022 - Current Council Issues - by Stuart James - No Comments

A massive change is coming to Monash – and we want to hear from you. From August this year, food and garden waste (green) bins will be collected weekly and landfill (red) bins will be collected fortnightly. Over the past few years, we’ve all seen and read the stories of […]

Elected Mayor 2021/2022

10/11/2021 - Current Council Issues - by Stuart James - No Comments

I am very excited and honoured to have last night been elected Mayor of the City of Monash for the next twelve months. When I was elected Mayor for the first time, at the end of 2019, I had a grand vision on what I was going to achieve over […]

How to vote card

06/10/2020 - Election 2020 - by Stuart James - No Comments

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 […]

That was the term that was

03/10/2020 - Announcements , Current Council Issues , Election 2020 , Representing Monash - by Stuart James - No Comments

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 […]

Job done!

31/07/2020 - Announcements , Representing Monash - by Stuart James - No Comments

I recorded this video on the eve of the latest lockdown but decided to hold off posting it we were through it. Given what’s happening lately, that appears to be some time away so I’ve decided to post today. This was a huge moment for me – check out why […]

Public transport solutions face a fork in the road

21/05/2020 - Transport - by Stuart James - No Comments

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 […]

Council’s response to Covid-19

27/03/2020 - Current Council Issues - by Stuart James - No Comments

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 […]