12 June 2013
Yarra Council has supported proposed changes to planning controls over Amcor’s paper mill site in Alphington, specifying maximum building heights for future development and a minimum period of community consultation.
07 June 2013
Council has committed to a new four-year plan that aims to preserve Yarra’s unique identity while managing the impacts of rapid growth and change.
05 June 2013
A project to establish a community centre in Burnley has received a major funding boost in Council’s 2013/14 Budget.
20 May 2013
Yarra Mayor, Cr Jackie Fristacky, has renewed calls for a supervised injecting facility (SIF) to be trialled in Yarra as a long term strategy for addressing public injecting.
16 May 2013
Yarra Mayor Jackie Fristacky has appealed to all Melburnians to rally against the east west toll road and tunnel at a public meeting on Thursday 13 June.
15 May 2013
Yarra Mayor Cr Jackie Fristacky has welcomed the $3 billion commitment in the Federal Budget to Victoria’s Metro Rail project and the exclusion of funding for the east west toll road and tunnel.
08 May 2013
The State Government’s Budget is a major blow to Victorians seeking improved public transport, not more roads and freeways, Yarra Mayor, Cr Jackie Fristacky said today.
07 May 2013
Yarra City Council will undertake a series of actions to publicly highlight the issue of violence against women.
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16 April 2013
The community is invited to comment on Council’s proposed 2013/14 Budget and four year Council Plan both on public exhibition until Thursday 16 May 2013.
12 April 2013
Federal Minister for Local Government Anthony Albanese today announced that Yarra Council has won the 2013 National Award for Local Government in Promoting Reconciliation.
11 April 2013
Yarra Chief Executive Vijaya Vaidyanath (VJ) will join 88 CEOs from across Victoria participating in the 2013 Vinnies CEO Sleepout to draw attention to homelessness in our community.
05 April 2013
Yarra Council is urging ratepayers to become familiar with their existing insurance premiums ahead of the State Government’s Fire Services Levy appearing on their 2013/14 Council rates notices later this year.
05 April 2013
Yarra Mayor, Cr Jackie Fristacky, has welcomed comments from Federal Infrastructure Minister, Anthony Albanese, in support of the proposed $9 billion Melbourne Metro rail project.
22 March 2013
The State Government has backed Council’s calls to defer master planning for public housing estates in Fitzroy and Richmond.
14 March 2013
Yarra Mayor, Cr Jackie Fristacky today welcomed the long awaited release of the Doncaster Rail study but at the same time expressed major concerns that the recommendations would create a fragmented and inefficient rail solution.
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08 March 2013
Yarra Mayor Cr Jackie Fristacky today paid tribute to the achievement, strength and resilience of women in Yarra and across the world at a special International Women’s Day Ceremony this morning.
04 March 2013
Yarra Mayor, Cr Jackie Fristacky has successfully contested the 2013 Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) board elections and will represent the metro central region for the next two years.
20 February 2013
Yarra Council has endorsed a proposal for Wellington Street in Collingwood to become the first road in Yarra to have separated ‘Copenhagen-style’ bicycle lanes
15 February 2013
The City of Yarra was last night recognised at the 2013 National Government Communications Awards for the way it responded to Occupy Yarra camping at Edinburgh Gardens in October 2011.
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07 February 2013
Yarra Council has voted unanimously to write to the Victorian Premier supporting the proposed $5 billion Melbourne Metro Train project.
21 January 2013
Council has asked the State Government to extend the Melbourne Bike Share Scheme into Yarra.
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16 January 2013
Yarra Councillors have voted unanimously to call on the Premier and Minister for Housing to immediately release to the public the draft Master Plan Design Brief (MPDB) for the Richmond and Fitzroy public housing estates that between them are home to more than 4,000 Yarra residents.
07 December 2012
Council, in partnership with Destination Melbourne, today launched the Discover Your Own Backyard campaign in Yarra.
07 December 2012
Yarra Council is calling on the State Government to release the first phase findings of the two-year $6.5 million Doncaster Rail Study conducted by consultants, URS.
05 December 2012
Yarra City Council has been recognised as Victoria’s first carbon neutral Council under the Australian Government’s National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS).
05 November 2012
Yarra City Council tonight voted independent Nicholls Ward Councillor Jackie Fristacky as its new Mayor for 2012/13.