Summer 2016

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Annual General Meeting

Guest speaker: Professor Stuart Macintyre spoke on the role of the Victorian Heritage Council
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Working Groups

Parkland and Streetscapes

• Royal Park Heritage Registration
  Permit exemptions to accommodate the destructive East West Link on Royal Park were rescinded on 3 December, 2015.
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Planning

• Developer Donations
  Victorian Ombudsman, Deborah Glass reported on the issue of property developer donations to political candidates
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• Donations to candidates, Melbourne City Council elections, 2012
  The implications of donations for CoM
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• Vacant Apartments
  Up to 30% of existing apartments in inner-urban areas remain vacant. A City of Melbourne analysis has revealed 85% of apartments are purchased by investors, many off-shore based.
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• Carlton Heritage Shake-Up
  The Heritage Review, instigated by the City of Melbourne in 2014, could result in the greatest transformation of the heritage planning arrangements in over thirty years.
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• Planning Applications
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• Carlton a History
  Wanted – a used copy of ‘Carlton a History’
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A Message from Ellen Sandell State MP for Melbourne
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Community News

Farewell John and Jean Evans

Rev. Dr John and Jean Evans leave Carlton. Since they arrived at the Church of All Nations (CAN) in 2008 they have actively immersed themselves in our diverse Carlton community, including as CRA members.
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Carlton Gardens Tennis Club

This successful program first ran for 10 weeks in 2014. The tennis club continued to work with Church of all Nations and Tennis Victoria repeating it in 2015.
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CAN Family Learning Program

The CAN (Church of All Nations) runs a program of educational support for Carlton families
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Executed in Franklin Street

The Council has now finalised the design for a $155,000 memorial to two aboriginal men, Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner, executed for murder in 1842
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Xmas Party Raffle  

Many great prizes to be enjoyed – many thanks to those who donated the prizes
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CRA Christmas Party

Apology the date of the Christmas party was 2015
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