Port Phillip Conservation Council Inc.

A0020093K  Victoria             ABN 46 291 176 191

 

 

2006 Records

 

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DECEMBER 2006

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2006 Annual Report of President of Frankston Beach Association Inc.

 

NOVEMBER 2006

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President's Report to the 2006 Annual General Meeting of Port Phillip Conservation Council Inc.

 

OCTOBER 2006

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Ricketts Point “Tea House”, Beaumaris: Application for a liquor licence, and extending hours to midnight is opposed by PPCC Inc. & Beaumaris Conservation Society Inc.

 

SEPTEMBER 2006

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Report from Beaumaris Conservation Society Inc. on Channel Deepening Focus Group meeting at Brighton on 12th September 2006

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Results posted: Survey of Parkdale and Mentone residents on bicycle road route, Petition on Legislative Assembly notice paper, and excess Beach Rd bitumen widths listed

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PPCC Inc’s Australian Conservation Foundation representative cast its vote against the undemocratic changes below, but they gained the 75% majority to implement them.

 

AUGUST 2006

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The following nine members of Port Phillip Conservation Council Inc. have nominated as candidates for the 2006-07 Committee of Management:
Janet Ablitt, Stephen Calvert-Smith, Adrian Cerbasi, Glenn Firth, Geoffrey Goode, Frank Hart, Jennifer Warfe, Len Warfe, and Neil Watson.

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Major transport operator, Lindsay Fox, is quoted in The Age as saying Government plan to deepen Port Phillip to intensify port operations in inner Melbourne is misguided.

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Submission to Kingston City Council on Stage 1 of its bicycle road planned to fragment already beleaguered indigenous vegetation on the Mordialloc-Parkdale foreshore

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PPCC Inc. President’s reply to Premier of Victoria’s letter re-affirms PPCC Inc.’s call for a binding referendum on the Channel Deepening project and urges legislation for that.

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Draconian Channel Deepening (Facilitation) Bill 2004 debate, begun on 7th December 2004, keeps being postponed. See latest Notice Paper listing it for “debate”!

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PPCC Inc. has long been a Member Body of the Australian Conservation Foundation, and warns of undemocratic constitution change to remove Council as Governing Body.

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BICYCLE ROAD: Kingston City Council seeks comment by 18th August 2006 on its Bicycle Road proposal Stage 1 to bisect the narrow Mordialloc-Parkdale foreshore reserve.

 

JULY 2006

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CONCRETE SKATEBOARD PARK PROPOSAL, ROSEBUD: VCAT has disallowed the appeal by PCC Inc. against the grant of a permit for this proposal.

 

MAY 2006

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Click on the PHOTOS button above to view a SLIDESHOW of photographs taken on PPCC Inc. flights around the Port Phillip coastline.

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PPCC Inc. appeal to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal on the Rosebud Skate Park proposal has now been heard, and judgement is awaited.

 

APRIL 2006

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Committee recommends October 2006 AGM adopt Draft PPCC Inc. Policy Statement No. 16 “Camping and Caravan Use on Coastal Reserves and Land Abutting Port Phillip”

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President's Report to the non-quorate April 2006 meeting of members of Port Phillip Conservation Council Inc.

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ROSEBUD FORESHORE RESERVE SKATEPARK PROPOSAL PPCC Inc. appeals to Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal – hearing starts on 8th May 2006.

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April 2006 issue of PPCC’s newsletter, “PORT PHILLIP” can be read here.  Call on Premier to hold a binding referendum on Channel Deepening with the 2006 State elections.

 

JANUARY 2006

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CENTRAL COASTAL BOARD'S BOATING COASTAL ACTION PLAN: PPCC Inc. endorses and supports submission by Frankston Beach Association Inc.

 

 

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Current Port Phillip Winds and Temperatures                                                                          Current Synoptic Barometric Pressure Pattern

 

 

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Also click here for Tidal Predictions and records from the National Tidal Centre

 

 

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180 degree Panoramic View south from City of Melbourne from its Web Camera:                 
See the Northern Fringes of Port Phillip and the current air and sky above

 

 

 

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