Join Residents 3000 for our last event of the year this coming Thursday.

Gina Donazzan, Kim Davey and their team from Donazzan Boutique Property look forward to meeting with you again at our last Forum 3000 meeting of 2022 on Thursday, 1st  December 2022 at 6:00pm at the Kelvin Club (14-20 Melbourne Place off Russell Street).

We would like to share with you Melbourne’s Property Market update in sales and rentals and the buyers and renters sentiment during 2022.

We have already had some questions put to us that we will also discuss on the night. Perhaps you are considering selling or putting your property on the rental market, the Donazzan team would be delighted to advise you on the best approach to take.

This event will also be our Christmas celebrations.

And we will have some surprises and gifts for our beloved members and locals. 

Send your questions for Gina and her team prior to the event by emailing us at: info@residents3000.com.au. We welcome all your questions or queries.

Members and guests are welcome! The registration table will be open 5:45pm – 6:30pm. Finger food will be served at the event. Drinks available from the Kelvin Club bar. Come along to celebrate Festive Season with our CBD community.

Hope to see you all.

Rafael Camillo
President | Residents 3000 Inc.

Residents 3000 Inc would like to thank our Sponsors for supporting us this year:

Donazzan Boutique Property
Fawkner May
Kieser Collins Street

We would also like to thank the generosity of the following organisations that help make our Residents 3000 events excellent, interesting, and memorable:

The Kelvin Club
CBD News
The Windsor Hotel
Brunetti Cafe
Becco Restaurant
Creelman’s Pharmacy
Clementine’s
City of Melbourne

How does the Australian federal-state bicameral political system work?
What is my role as a voter in a representative democracy?
Why is it important for me to make informed voter choices with authentic information?  

Date: Thursday, 10 November 2022
Time: 6:00pm for 6:30pm start 
Venue: Hayden Raysmith Room, Ross House, 247-251 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000
Registration: (Limited Places) email us at info@residents3000.com.au

Resident 3000 is organising a pre-election voter awareness workshop in the lead up to the Victorian State Election 2022.  Voters play a critical role in democratic governance with their active participation in the political process. The interactive event will help empower voters to exercise their active citizenship with greater awareness about the Australian political system, role of voters in a representative democracy and making informed choices with authentic information.

Topics to be covered will include:

• Australian Political System: Federal-State, Bicameral
• Importance of Active Citizenship
• Voters Rights and Responsibilities
• Making Informed Choices
• Detecting Fake News
• Responsible Social Media Behaviour
• Nurturing Civic Responsibility

As Australians, we have a responsibility to uphold our democratic system. This workshop will be of interest to Melbourne CBD voters seeking to understand the Australian political system and how to make their voice heard in elections. All voters welcome, including those who will be voting for the first time in Australia.

Speaker: Arman I Rashid, PhD. Born in Kuala Lumpur, Dr Arman is a Melbourne-based political analyst-cum-mental health professional with experience of consulting in international governments and organisations, including the World Bank, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade and US State Department.  He is passionate about democratic governance and has written on Active Citizenship for CBD News:

https://www.cbdnews.com.au/explaining-active-citizenship-responsibility-participation-and-change

Note: Resident 3000 is a non-partisan organisation. This interactive workshop will raise awareness about Australian democracy and active citizenship without any bias for political parties and/or candidates.

For more information and to register, please contact us at info@residents3000.com.au

Forum 3000 – Melbourne CBD Owners Corporation Update with Fawkner May

Residents 3000 would like to invite you to our next Forum 3000 event on Thursday, 3rd November 2022 at the Kelvin Club (14-20 Melbourne Place just off Russell Street).

The topic for this meeting is the updates on the Owners Corporation Act from last year. Our guest speakers, Anton Block, Principal Lawyer at KCL Law, and Rick Deering, Company Owner / Director at Fawkner May will present the update and then will take questions from the audience.

During the evening we will also have representatives from Strata Community Association.

Guest Speakers Bio

Anton Block, Principal Lawyer at KCL Law

Throughout his career, Anton has focused on litigation and dispute resolution in respect of commercial transactions, negligence, trespass, leases (both commercial and retail), property contracts, Trade Practice issues, owners corporations, restrictive covenants, environmental issues, adverse possession, nuisance, building disputes and insolvency matters.

Anton also has extensive Owners Corporations practice in which he acts for owners corporations, managers and lot owners. His expertise extends to all aspects the Owners Corporation industry including providing advice and guidance on the Owners Corporations Act and its Regulations, interpreting plans of subdivision, drafting rules and resolutions, chairing meetings of members, attending and guiding committees and running litigation.

Anton’s approach to litigation is entirely outcome focused in that he works with the client to identify the objective of engaging in the litigation (either as plaintiff or defendant), to agree on a strategy to achieve that objective and then to implement that strategy. His approach is to be a problem-solver and to help clients find the solutions to their problems.

Anton heads up the Owners Corporation team at KCL Law which includes 5 other lawyers whose collective experience covers levy collection, defect claims, leasing, conversion of stratum to strata and property matters.

Rick Deering, Company Owner / Director and Certified Practising Strata Manager at Fawkner May

Rick has had senior management experience in construction, insurance and property. He knows about buildings, risk and property management.
For 7 years Rick was the Victorian General Manager for SSKB, a large national strata manager based in Queensland. Rick built the Victorian business virtually from scratch and his management portfolio boasted some of Melbourne’s iconic buildings.

In addition, Rick worked with major property developers to assist in bringing their new projects to fruition which in turn lead to the management of the Owners Corporations.

In 2014 he branched out on his own creating Fawkner May as a niche Owners Corporation Manager to service the needs of Owners Corporations and Property Developers in inner Melbourne and the CBD.

Victorian State Election 2022

Residents 3000 Inc. are pleased to invite you to our pre-election forum.

Thursday, 13th October 2022, at the Kelvin Club (14-20 Melbourne Place just off Russell Street).
Event registration starts at 6:00pm with forum commencing at 6:30pm. 
ALL WELCOME.

The forum is your opportunity to meet and hear from candidates for the up-coming Victorian State Election – District of Melbourne.

Confirmed candidates in attendance are:

• Ellen Sandell (The Australian Greens)
• Rebecca Thistleton (Australian Labour Party)
• Colleen Bolger (Victorian Socialists)
• Nicola Foxworthy (Reason Party)

Furthermore, at the event we will hear from the Upper House Candidates for Northern Metropolitan Region. 

Confirmed in attendance are:

• Evan Mulholland (Liberal Party of Australia)
• Paul Silverberg (Liberal Democratic Party)

More candidates will be added once they confirm their attendance. For further details, and last minutes confirmations or changes of plans, please check the Residents 3000 website or our Facebook and Instagram account. 

Please note this is a free event. Members and guests welcome.