Follow-up of Festive Season Celebrations & Residential Property update …

Thanks to our local community for attending our celebrations. It was marvellous to see everyone together from residents, local business owners, local politicians, collaborators, our business sponsors, and special guests.

Our special guest speaker was Kim Davey from bespoke residential property firm, Melbourne Boutique Property, who provided updates on residential apartment sales from buyer and vendor perspectives, and updates on the apartment rental market.

We would like to thank our local traders and businesses who so kindly contributed to this event:

Windsor Hotel
Hofbräuhaus Melbourne
Creelman’s Pharmacy
Royal Stacks
Vince and Dom Hairdressing
Mitty’s News Agency
Lotto Off Collins
Melbourne Boutique Property
Fawkner May
CBD Facility Management
Kieser Collins Street
The Kelvin Club


We wish to thank the organisations who assisted in supporting our events and activities throughout the year:

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

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

Melbourne Boutique Property
Fawkner May
CBD Facility Management
Kieser Collins Street

Follow-up of Building & Facilities Management …

Thank you to our November Forum 3000 guest speakers for an informative evening.

There was no shortage of interesting questions from the floor for the speakers, on how to deal with problematic issues which can arise, not only to do with owners corporation management, and facilities and building management, but also difficult or distressing issues with some committees.

Our guest speakers:

John Dall’Amico (principal of CBD Facility Management) provided a comprehensive overview of building and facility management for compliance, safety, and security issues, amongst many other requirements to capably maintain an apartment building. John was accompanied by members of his competent team.

Dean Robertson, Director City Safety, Security and Amenity, City of Melbourne provided a welcome update of safety in our city.

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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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 Queen Victoria Market redevelopment overview …

The Melbourne City Council has embarked upon an extensive mixed-use redevelopment of the heritage-listed Queen Victoria Market and the local surrounding precinct.

The local residents, Friends of Queen Victoria Market Inc., and long-time traders presented an overview of the redevelopment and explained their petition to save the market.

The event was very well attended with much interest in the informative presentations which were followed by lively debate on how our city and neighbourhoods are being affected by this redevelopment.

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)