The Finance and Governance Committee meeting of Yarra Council on Monday night saw high drama and a walkout as the ALP began their push for a new local law to effectively cut residents out of Council meetings. The proposed law will also introduce harsh punishments for minority Councillors who are deemed by their political opponents to be breaching the vaguely worded ‘Code of Conduct’.
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The following is a report from the October Council meeting written by Stephen Jolly, Socialist Party Councillor in the City of Yarra (Melbourne). Last night saw the successful end of a five year community campaign to save St. Andrews Kindergarten in Melbourne’s inner northern suburb of Clifton Hill. (more…)

The following is a report of the September 2007 Yarra Council meeting by Socialist Party Councillor Stephen Jolly. For more information about the Socialist Party’s work in the City of Yarra visit our SP Yarra Council webpage click here (more…)

The following is a report of last nights Yarra Council meeting written by SP Councillor Stephen Jolly.
Last nights Council meeting heard from Joan Doyle, State Secretary of the Posties Union (CWU), who spoke about the union’s campaign to stop Australia Post’s replacement of 17 fulltime posties covering Abbotsford and Fitzroy with casual staff on four hour shifts and 15% less pay. (more…)

The following article is the transcript of a story that was broadcast on the ABC’s Stateline program on 03/08/2007. It features quotes from Socialist Party Councillor in the City of Yarra, Stephen Jolly. This coverage has added even more pressure on the State government to fund the indigenous-run bus as a non racist solution public drinking on Smith St in Melbourne.

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Only hours before last Friday’s successful Socialist Party-organised rally on Smith St, Socialist Party Councillor Stephen Jolly received the following email from the Green Party Mayor of Yarra Council, Jenny Farrar. Stephen’s reply goes to the heart of the differences between these two parties in the area. (more…)

On a day of political turmoil for the Victorian Labor government yesterday over 400 people attended a rally on a cold winters night outside Safeway supermarket at Smith Street, Collingwood calling for State government funding for a cultural centre, sobering-up facility and 24-hour indigenous run bus.
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The following is a report of the July Yarra City Council meeting from Socialist Party Councillor Stephen Jolly.
Last nights Council meeting saw a victory of sorts on the battle to save St. Andrews Kindergarten. The Councillors, under huge pressure from the people of Clifton Hill and the surrounding areas, voted to relocate the Kindergarten building via a house removalist from its current site to a new site next to the Scout Hall in Walker St, Clifton Hill. (more…)

The following is the transcript of ABC’s Stateline program broadcast on 04/05/2007 it covers some of the issues at the Fitzroy public housing estate in Melbourne. The Socialist Party has done a lot of work on this estate, especially since getting a councillor elected in Yarra in 2004. The program included quotes from our councillor Stephen Jolly. (more…)

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