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Boroondara’s Road Material Policy and Bluestone BoroondaraConsultation

Boroondara’s Road Material Policy and Bluestone

Boroondara Loses More of Its Bluestone Heritage Under Council's Road Materials Policy Boroondara advocacy group Save Boroondara's Bluestone Heritage and local Glen Iris residents were disappointed to discover that during recent road reconstruction works in Station Avenue, Glen Iris, Council decided to replace historic Interwar-era bluestone pitcher channels with plain…
29 March 2024
Titbits and snippets Local Neighbourhoods

Titbits and snippets

Send us your titbits and snippets Sometimes described as a small piece of interesting information, or a small dish of pleasant-tasting food, we at Eastsider News think that titbits is a good description of those curious morsels of information that our readers send us from time to time. We hope…
24 March 2024
Planning policies and regulations – housing and activity centres HousingPlanning

Planning policies and regulations – housing and activity centres

More on this topic is covered in articles in the post titled Speakers Corner - Planning policies and regulations.  Click here to read those articles. Planning Mechanisms for Social and Affordable Housing - a missed opportunity to correct market failure Julie Mulhauser The essential importance of housing as the foundation…
23 March 2024
Neighbourhood Houses and Community Centres Neighbourhood Houses

Neighbourhood Houses and Community Centres

Neighbourhood Houses are the heart of our communities. They are independent, community-based organisations.  Their purpose is to bring people together to connect, learn and contribute to their local community through social, educational, recreational and support activities.  Also commonly known as community centres, learning centres, community houses or neighbourhood centres, these inclusive…
21 March 2024
Suburban Deer in our midst Environment

Suburban Deer in our midst

Suburban deer in our midst Graeme Daniels It was only about a decade ago that seeing a Sambar deer in the middle or lower Birrarung (Yarra) Parklands was a novelty. Well, how things have changed! Sambar deer became an increasing environmental problem in Victoria and beyond in the latter part…
12 March 2024