Council

Council’s draft creative strategy promises stronger cultural outcomes while relying on continued cuts to the St Kilda Festival budget. TWiSK comments and reports.

Geoff Gower was on the community panel that helped develop the original site brief almost a decade ago. He is concerned that the lessons of the first failure have never been identified, let alone fully understood.

Two newly drafted strategies will guide how the City of Port Phillip supports arts, culture and community inclusion over the next five years. Community comment will be invited in coming months.

Port Phillip Council is set to call for stronger national action on antisemitism through a detailed submission to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. TWiSK reports ahead Council’s decision on Wednesday.

Council officers have recommended a ‘rinse and repeat’ process to find a new long-term tenant for the St Kilda Marina precinct. TWiSK asks whether doing the same thing and expecting a different result is worth the effort.

Council looks set to approve $22,000 for emergency repairs at St Kilda PCYC, a move that could reopen its community gym as early as July. TWISK reports on the youth charity’s fight to stay afloat.

It has been a long time coming, but it seems Council is finally going to restore the St Kilda Adventure Playground. A local mum reports.

Port Phillip Council CEO Chris Carroll tells TWiSK what the community will – and will not – be able to influence as planning for Balaclava’s supermarket sites moves ahead.

Balaclava is on the verge of a series of Council decisions about the renewal of the supermarket precinct on Carlisle Street. Resident and urban researcher Rachel Iampolski urges people who love Balaclava to speak up before it’s too late.

The 2025 Safety Roundtable headed by Ian Gray AM brought police, local welfare agencies and council together to have a coordinated response to community safety concerns. He comments on the proposed local laws.