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Forum 3000 – Street Safety annual event – Police, VGCCC, and the City of Melbourne

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Residents 3000 are pleased to invite you to our next Forum 3000, which will be held at the Kelvin Club (14-30 Melbourne Place) on Thursday, 1st June at 6:00pm.

Joining us for the event will be:

  • Dean Robertson | Director, City Safety, Security and Amenity – City of Melbourne
  • Dinah Tremain | Neighbourhood Policing Coordinator, Melbourne CBD – Victoria Police
  • Glenn McFarlane | Leading Senior Constable Crime Prevention Officer – Victoria Police
  • Dale Huntington | Inspector |Melbourne East Local Area Commander (Melbourne East & Southbank) – Victoria Police 
  • Melaine Gitsos | Team Leader Compliance – VGCCC
  • Gary Laidlaw – EPA Community Engagement Officer, Gary Laidlaw (TBC) 

If you are a resident or business in the city, and have some concerns or questions about citizen safety in the city, then this is an event you don’t want to miss!

Image source: http://melbournestreet.net/

The registration table opens at 6:00pm, the guest presentations start at 6:30pm.
Finger food will be served at the event. Drinks available from the Kelvin Club bar. 

The details of the event are:

DATE:         Thursday, 1st June 2023

TIME:          6:00pm for 6:30pm start

VENUE:      Kelvin Club, 14-20 Melbourne, Melbourne 3000

The event is free for our current members. If your membership has lapsed you are welcome to renew at $25 per person. Non-members will be asked to contribute $5 to cover costs. New members welcome!

Follow up request from May 11 event discussion of unfreezing the liquor licence curfew

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“Have your say …”

This is a reminder about the opportunity to share your views about late-night liquor licensing and the State Government’s proposed lifting of the 3am curfew on new liquor licenses, with effect from 1st of July.

Please provide your comments –

https://engage.vic.gov.au/late-night-liquor-licensing-and-the-late-night-liquor-freeze

For information and research on the links between size of venues, opening hours and violent crime –

https://residents3000.org.au/support/resident-matters/licenced-venues-alcohol-violence/

June 2022 – update

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Forum 3000 – Police, VGCCC and the City of Melbourne street safety annual meeting

Residents 3000 are pleased to invite you to our next Forum 3000, which will be held at the Kelvin Club (14-30 Melbourne Place) on Thursday the 2nd June at 6:00pm. Joining us for the event will be:

  • Dean Robertson | Director, City Safety, Security and Amenity – City of Melbourne
  • Dinah Tremain | Neighbourhood Policing Coordinator, Melbourne CBD – Victoria Police
  • Glenn McFarlane | Leading Senior Constable Crime Prevention Officer – Victoria Police
  • Paul Murtagh | Team Leader Compliance – VGCCC
Image source: http://melbournestreet.net/

If you are a resident or business in the city, and have some concerns or questions about citizen safety in the city, then this is an event you don’t want to miss!

The registration table opens at 6:00pm, the guest presentations start at 6:30pm.
Finger food will be served at the event. Drinks available from the Kelvin Club bar. 

The event is free for our current members. If your membership has lapsed you are welcome to renew at $25 per person. Non-members will be asked to contribute $5 to cover costs. New members welcome!

Outdoor dining contact numbers

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Our November Residents 3000 event, Melbourne Outdoor Dining, was a very informative session.  Thanks again to the following for their presentations:

  • Deb Lusty and Paul Murtagh, Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation Licencing and Compliance Divisions
  • Inspector Troy Papworth, Victoria Police Liquor Regulation
  • Dean Robertson, Director, and John Kanelopoulos, Program Manager, Street Trading On-Street Support and Compliance, Community and City Services, City of Melbourne.

The following contact numbers may be helpful to address any issues arising from outdoor dining venues:

  1. Complaints regarding breaches of hours of opening, noise levels, patron queues and the number of permitted tables
    City of Melbourne – Ph: 9658 9658 (Select Option 2)
  1. Concerns about non-compliance with COVID-safety plans
    Department of Health and Human Services Victoria – Ph: 13 1444
  1. Victoria Police – Melbourne East Police Station – Ph: 9637 1100