Follow-up of Meet the Candidates for Lord Mayor …

We are grateful for the significant interest and overwhelming attendance at this special event.

The following declared candidates were invited and all agreed to participate –

Lists of Melbourne City Council election candidates, for Leadership Team (Lord Mayor & Deputy Lord Mayor) nominations, and for Councillor nominations, are available from the Victorian Electoral Commission.

Information about the Melbourne City Council election is available from the Victorian Electoral Commission.

We wish to thank our business sponsors for their support of our association and the local resident community:

Melbourne Boutique Property
Fawkner May
Kieser Collins Street
CBD Facility Management

This event was a collaboration with additional funding contributed through the City Precinct Traders Association.

We also thank Russel Howcroft as special guest compère for the presentations and Q&A with the candidates. Russel is a resident of East Melbourne and was thrilled to collaborate with our community for this important night. Over a long career in media and marketing, Russel has been one of the most prominent voices on the cultural and economic importance of advertising, particularly through his role as a panellist on the ABC TV series “Gruen”, and is currently host of “3AW Breakfast with Ross & Russel”, the #1 breakfast radio show in Melbourne.

If you have any event follow-up questions for candidates, please email us at: info@residents3000.org.au.


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Forum 3000 – Owners Corporations and Building & Facilities Management update

Residents 3000 are pleased to invite you to our ninth Forum 3000 of the year, which will be held at the Kelvin Club, 14-30 Melbourne Place (off Russell Street) on Thursday, 7 November 2024, from 6:00pm.

We are pleased to welcome guest speakers: Rick Deering from Fawkner May, John Dall’Amico from CBD Facility Management, and some of their expert colleagues; who will present on Owners Corporations and Building & Facilities Management for residential apartment buildings in the CBD.

As most postcode 3000 residents live in apartments, this is sure to be an interesting and informative session, and will include plenty of time for questions and interaction with our guest speakers.


The details of the event are:

Thursday, 7 November 2023

6:00pm for 6:30pm start

Kelvin Club, 14-30 Melbourne Place (off Russell Street), Melbourne 3000

Registration opens from 6:00pm; and guest presentations start at 6:30pm sharp.
Drinks are available from The Kelvin Club bar; with finger food served afterwards.

The event is free for our current members. Non-members or non-renewing members will be asked to contribute $5 towards event costs. New memberships and renewals are welcome at $10 per person pro rata for the remainder of this calendar year, and due for full annual renewal from 1 January next year.


Our guest speakers:

John Dall’Amico (principal of CBD Facility Management) provided a comprehensive overview and some interesting information of his team’s thorough and progressive staged process of the first 100 days of taking over the provision of building and facility management for a building in order to uncover, rectify, and manage building compliance, safety, and security issues, amongst many other requirements to capably maintain an apartment building. John was accompanied by members of his competent team.

Rick Deering (owner and director of Fawkner May) spoke about his experiences as owners corporation manager, especially when first taking over the owners corporation management of a building, quite often in a distressed state when more attention is needed to bring the owners corporation into compliance.

Anton Block (Principal Lawyer at KCL Law) provided information on new laws in relation to contract terms and information on terminating owners corporation managers, and the state of VCAT hearing procedures and delays since the pandemic.

Follow-up of Annual General Meeting 2024 …

Thanks for everyone who attended our AGM 2024. It was a great success. We also have a new Committee.

We also received updates from Lord Mayor, Nicholas Reece. And special thanks to our guest vocalist and musician, Alfredo Malabello, who once again shared his talents with us before and after the presentations.

The room was filled with joy and has again demonstrated the importance of our local CBD community.

Rafael Camillo
President and Committee Members


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Follow-up of Looking after our Mental Health …

Thanks to all residents and supporters for attending. It was a very informative event which portrayed different perspectives on managing mental health as presented by our guest speakers.

Our guest speakers:

•  Dr Hugh Leslie, CBD Doctors Melbourne: Dr Leslie is a University of Melbourne graduate with a specialist qualification in General Practice who enjoys dealing with the whole person in his practice and has a keen interest in working with people to improve lifespan and more importantly, healthspan. Dr Leslie believes that a combination of exercise, nutrition, sleep, and good mental health as well as medication and supplements can prevent or delay diseases of ageing.

•  Nick Nicolaidis, Keiser Collins Street, Centre Leader & Physiotherapist: Nick is a University of Melbourne Graduate who has completed a Doctor of Physiotherapy and a Bachelor of Exercise Science. He believes strongly in treating the person beyond the acute injury, considering all factors that may be contributing to their presentation. Nick is passionate about improving the long-term health outcomes of his clients through the prescription of physical activity and has seen firsthand the impact of appropriate exercise interventions on his patients’ health and lifespan.

•  Tristan Chooi, Reimagine Psychology Melbourne: Tristan uses a strengths and empathy-based approaches where he aims to guide his clients toward cultivating healthier strategies to live fulfilling and balanced lives. He prefers a conversational style in therapy, fostering a warm atmosphere where both therapist and client work together towards their goals. Tristan believes we can do our best work by together building trust and community connection rather than a particular psychological intervention.

•  Ruairi Cleary, Health & Wellbeing, City of Melbourne: Ruairi is a University of Melbourne graduate with a Master of Public Health and is currently finishing a Master of Social Work. Ruairi has worked in mental health promotion and policy roles in local government for several years and complements this experience with welfare and counselling roles in local community sporting clubs. Ruairi understands the importance of strategies that address community members’ unmet social, emotional, and material needs, and believes improving the mental health outcomes of the community requires a combination of mental wellbeing promotion initiatives and strategies to prevent mental ill-health. His current role at the City of Melbourne considers how local government can best use its resources and influence to drive this work.


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Follow-up of Management of City Disruptions (Protests) …

Residents 3000 are pleased for those that attended our sixth Forum 3000 of the year, which was be held at the Kelvin Club, 14-30 Melbourne Place on Thursday, 4 July 2024.

Unfortunately, we heard a lot of complaints in relation to 40 weeks of non-stop protests happening every Sunday and some of the impacts caused by those protesters and the protests.

We are not against protests, but some of those especially on Sundays are affecting the livelihood of small businesses and the wellbeing of residents.

Please for those who do not live in the city remember when protesting in the city to respect others and their neighbourhood and private property.

Some info shared at the event:

  1. Each sticker (used by protesters) placed illegally on private property is costing rate payers between $62 to $92 dollars each to be removed depending on the day of the cleaning.
  2. A variety (age group) of city residents are feeling stressed and anxious being in the city on Sundays.
  3. Residents are preferring to not even leave their residence on Sundays caused by lack of feeling safe.
  4. The enormous costs to tax payers on having excessive number of police on every Sunday in order to have the protests on.
  5. The lack of support from state government for move-on laws, and enforcement law and permits to better address issues once conflicts arises.
  6. Excessive noise from protestors with drums and screaming causing excessive noise issues and anxiety to locals for 40 weeks non-stop.
  7. Protesters using streets to put stalls to commercialise merchandise related to the protest without any permits, creating an unfair environment where local small businesses and buskers currently need to apply for a permit.
  8. Antisemitic language used on t-shirts, flags, posters, and stickers.
  9. A large number of people avoiding visiting the CBD on the weekend.
  10. Federation Square could also be used as a place for a protest, and State Government to facilitate the use of it, to reduce city disruptions such as street closures and promote a safety for CBD stakeholders.
    Reasons why:
    1. It’s the biggest square in town and the only one designed for people, events, and other uses. Why is never utilised as a place for protests?
    2. It already presents a stage, and has bathroom facilities.
    3. It’s close to the biggest train station and one the biggest tram stops too, preventing patrons to leave the protesters blocking the streets and requesting large numbers of Police. Consequently creating a safe environment, cost effective, and reducing disruption to Residents and Businesses.
    4. The protests could start at Birrarung Marr and end at Federation Square. This would allow enormously less disruption to the entire city and not compromise the validation of the protest. Especially considering that Parliament House is empty on Sundays.
  11. Mobility access for those that depend on public transport, taxis, Uber, and trams to circulate around town. This includes city workers and people with disabilities, and elderly people that cannot get health workers to attend their residence during the protests.

We thank our guest speakers from City of Melbourne Safety, Security and Amenity Team, Victoria Police Melbourne East Command, and Members of Parliament who provided insights into the city disruptions caused by protests affecting the peaceful enjoyment of residents, workers, visitors, and tourists in the city.


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Follow-up of Community Showcase …

Thank you to all who participated in our Community Showcase. We would particularly like to thank the local groups and organisations who were invited to present and so kindly contributed to this event:

City Precinct Traders Association
DAM Busters BCS Dragon Boat Club
Friends of Queen Victoria Market
Friends of Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Inner Melbourne Life Activity Club
Laneway Learning
Melbourne Athenaeum Library
Melbourne Ladies Committee
Melbourne Men’s Shed
Melbourne Sunrise Probus & Melbourne Bearbrass Probus
Rotary Central Melbourne & Rotary Melbourne
Royal Historical Society of Victoria
State Library Victoria
U3A Melbourne City

City of Melbourne
    Volunteering Programme
     •  Visitor Services & Premier Events
     •  Gardens for Wildlife
    City Library & narrm ngarrgu Library
     •  Book Clubs
     •  English Conversation Club
     •  English Learners’ Book Club
    Healthy Ageing & Inclusion
     •  City Baths & Group Fitness
     •  Active Melbourne Directory
     •  Out & About Activity Guide
     •  Wellbeing & Connection Map

We wish to thank our business sponsors for their support of our association and the local resident community:

Melbourne Boutique Property
Fawkner May
Kieser Collins Street
CBD Facility Management

We also wish to thank the organisations who assist in supporting our activities throughout the year:

The Kelvin Club
CBD News
City of Melbourne
Victoria Police
City Precinct


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Follow-up of Waste & Recycling update …

Thank you to our guests from the City of Melbourne who provided an update on the latest waste and recycling, resource recovery, and sustainability initiatives:

  • Vince Macolino, Acting Director Waste and Recycling
  • Jordi McInerney, Manager Strategic Projects and Circular Economy
  • Steven Pilinis, Acting Manager Clean City
  • Catherine Ng, Manager Commercial Waste and Recycling Services
  • Kevin Schwieker, Manager Residential Waste and Recycling Services

Follow-up of Alison Leighton, CEO of the City of Melbourne …

Thanks to our speakers and for everyone who attended. Once again it was a great success with always interesting topics.

Our guest speaker was Alison Leighton, Chief Executive Officer of the City of Melbourne.

This was our first presentation from Alison Leighton since her appointment as CEO, having responsibility for the Executive Leadership Team and assisting in the overall leadership and governance of the City of Melbourne.

Our additional speakers were:

  • Rei Chin, Neighbourhood Partner – CBD, Community Development, City of Melbourne
  • Arthur Makridis, Leading Senior Constable, Neighbourhood Policing Co-Ordinator, Melbourne East, Victoria Police
  • Dale Huntington, Inspector, Melbourne East Local Area Commander, North West Metro Region, Victoria Police

Follow-up of Metro Tunnel Project update …

With train testing now underway, our first Forum 3000 of the year was another exciting installment in this underground breaking story which has been unfolding over the past seven years, as we near our final destination to opening of Town Hall Station and State Library Station within the CBD, next year in 2025.

We thank the presenters from the Metro Tunnel Project team, as they continued with the latest installment of this captivating underground excavation and construction journey and the project nears completion.

For slides from their presentation, follow this link:
residents3000.com.au/Metro-Tunnel-Project-Presentation-2024.

For the latest details about the Metro Tunnel Legacy Artwork Program, follow this link:
bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/metro-tunnel/community/art/legacy-artwork.

Our guest presenters were:

  • Blythe Chidgey – Town Hall Station Communications Manager (Cross Yarra Partnership)
  • Melinda Kelly – State Library Station Communications Manager (Cross Yarra Partnership)
  • Barry McGuren – Manager, Landowner and Business Support Services (Rail Projects Victoria)