Glenunga Hub
Since the official opening in 2015, the Glenunga Hub has been a success with locals and visitors. By far, the biggest community event is the annual Bag a Bargain, part of the Garage Sale Trail. This year’s event had people come from across the district seeking their own new treasures. If you missed it, make…
Conyngham Redevelopment
This site at the Greenhill Road end of Conyngham Street was originally part of a farming area and has been a working depot since the 1940s. Part of it was used as a furniture factory and warehouse until 1969 when it too became part of the Council Depot. It has always been an under-utilised piece of…
Collaboration
The current council, under the leadership of Mayor David Parkin, has demonstrated what can be achieved when people of good will decide to work together for the benefit of the community. This is an unprecedented departure from the faction-ridden councils of the past 20 years and reflects, I believe, the changing values of the community. …
Traffic and Parking
There are ongoing problems with parking and cut through traffic throughout our neighbourhood and I’d like to thank everyone who has contacted me about their issues. A couple of things have been achieved. A tonneage limit for Bevington Road and for Main Avenue Frewville has been posted. This means that large trucks are now no…
Going green
Since the adoption of the three bins and a basket system our waste to landfill has reduced dramatically. In two years Burnside reached the top of the league table with a 62% diversion from landfill. It is expected that this will reach 70% in the next year or so making us the first council to achieve the state target.…
Money, money, money…
There has been misleading talk about the level of debt the council has incurred. It is important to bear in mind that the Burnside Council is an entity with $606 million in assets and an annual turnover of $39 million. If it was a business it would be a medium enterprise. It is wrong to…
Going, going, gone…
No turning back now on the new Glenunga Hub. It won’t be long (next year) before we have a purpose built sporting and community hub in place of the ageing and outdated buildings in the middle of the Glenunga Ovals. Not just a sporting complex either, but a place for community groups and locals to…
It’s all about you
During my current term I have worked with Di Wilkins as my co-councillor for Eastwood and Glenunga. We have worked together like a dream team because we share a fundamental belief in the importance of community. For this reason we have decided we will stand as a team, two women ‘of a certain age’ who…
Rates, are you getting value?
There has been much debate about increases in rates over the past decade or so with with comparisons made to CPI. People need to be mindful that comparisons with the CPI are probably not terribly helpful since the CPI measures the cost to households of a basket of goods. Councils don’t buy domestic baskets of…
Welcome
Welcome to this first edition of local news. You have received this online newsletter via email because at some stage in the past year or two you have had contact with me in my role as your local Councillor. I will be posting updates regularly and encourage you to contact me should you wish to…