15 January 2013 - City of Monash

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Get active on Australia Day 

The City of Monash will kick off its Australia Day celebrations with a flag-raising 

ceremony at the Civic Centre in Glen Waverley at 8.45am. 

Australia Day Ambassador Rachael Robertson will share 

her thoughts about being an Australian. Rachael has just 

returned from 12 months in the Antarctic, where she 

successfully led the 58th Australian National Antarctic 

Research Expedition to Davis Station. She is the second 

female to ever lead a team at the Station. 

The morning will feature performances by the Oakleigh 

City Band and Indigenous musician Ben Walker (pictured 

at right). Following the ceremony there will be a free BBQ 

hosted by the Glen Waverley Bendigo Bank. 

Australia Day is an opportunity for local community groups 

and clubs to showcase their talents and this year Waverley 

Woodworkers, Monash Croquet Club, Friends of the 

Children Foundation and Waverley Bushwalking Club are 

just some of the many groups holding Australia Day events. 

Saturday 26 January is the day to 

celebrate what’s great about Australia 

and to reflect on what it means to be 

an Australian citizen. It is a time to 

celebrate our lifestyle and culture; our 

land and its beauty, across beaches, waterways and bush. In 

Monash, 150 Australia Day flags will be flying in our major 

Activity Centres. 

Since the first Australian citizenship ceremony in 1949, more 

than four million people have chosen to become Australian 

citizens. At Monash University’s Robert Blackwood Hall, 

420 Monash residents will become Australian citizens in a 

ceremony this Australia Day. 

For more about what’s on this Australia Day, visit 

www.monash.vic.gov.au/events 

Smoke-free zones 

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Eaton Mall 

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What’s On 

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Monash Civic Centre 

293 Springvale Road 

Glen Waverley, 3150 

Hours: 8.30am to 5pm 

Monday to Friday 

Oakleigh Service Centre 

3 Atherton Road 

Oakleigh, 3166 

Hours: 8.45am to 5pm 

Monday to Friday 

Telephone Facsimile 

9518 3555 9518 3444 

TTY (Hearing impaired) 

9518 3655 

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Staying healthy in the heat 

With two heatwaves already this summer and more expected, 

residents are reminded to make sure that they are well prepared. 

Preparing for hot weather includes 

checking your fan or air-conditioner 

works well, stocking up on food, water 

and medicines so you don’t have to 

go out in the heat, and looking at the 

things you can do to make your home 

cooler such as installing awnings, 

shade cloths or external blinds on the 

sides of the house facing the sun. 

Monash Council encourages you to 

check in with your frail, sick or elderly 

friends, relatives and neighbours who 

can be particularly vulnerable during 

hot weather days. 

Tips for coping with the heat 

include: 

• Drink plenty of water. 

• Stay inside cool or air-conditioned 

NEXT COUNCIL MEETING 

buildings such as shopping centres, 

libraries or community centres. 

• Block out the sun at home during 

the day by closing curtains and 

blinds. Open the windows when 

there is a cool breeze. 

• Keep yourself cool by using wet 

towels, putting feet in cool water 

and taking cool showers or baths. 

• If you must go out, stay in the 

shade and take plenty of water 

with you. 

• Avoid strenuous activity like sport, 

home improvements or gardening. 

• Never leave children, adults or 

animals in parked vehicles. 

For more information, visit 

www.monash.vic.gov.au/ 

community/heat-tips.htm 

Council will hold its next meeting on Tuesday 29 January, from 7.30pm. 

The meeting will be held in the Council Chamber of the Monash Civic 

Centre (293 Springvale Road, Glen Waverley). 

Community members are welcome to attend and can submit questions in 

advance for consideration at the meeting. The meeting’s agenda will be 

published on Council’s website on the Friday prior to the meeting, while the 

decisions made at the meeting will be published the day after the meeting. 

For more information, visit www.monash.vic.gov.au/council/ 

meetings.htm or ring 9518 3696.

Mayor’s message 

Happy new year! We have many exciting things ahead of us as a community 

and I’m looking forward to enjoying them with you. 

First up, we have our Australia Day celebrations on 26 January 

so please join in the festivities. Later that day, I’ll be proudly 

watching 420 people take the Australian citizenship pledge at a 

local ceremony. What a positive start to the year. 

Have you visited Eaton Mall in Oakleigh lately? When you 

get the chance to go, I think you’ll like what you see. With 

State Government support, we’ve revitalised the mall. You 

can find out more on page 5. 

Speaking of Council investments in community 

infrastructure, one of the things I am most pleased about is 

the recent opening of the Mulgrave neighbourhood library. 

Local families will be happy to learn that storytime sessions 

are now being held at the library. From 10 January onwards, 

the sessions for children under five will be held every 

Thursday, at 2pm. 

Like any year, 2013 will have its challenges. One of Council’s 

challenges will be funding a $12 million superannuation 

Smoking ban on the agenda 

Monash City Council is calling on Premier Ted Baillieu to introduce a statewide ban on smoking in outdoor 

eating and drinking areas. 

Victoria is the only state in Australia yet to implement, or 

announce its intention to implement, a ban on smoking in 

alfresco dining areas. 

At its December meeting, Council resolved to write to the 

Premier, the Minister for Health and local Members of 

Parliament calling for the ban. 

Council’s call is timely, with State Parliament expected to debate 

in early 2013 a private member’s bill to introduce the ban. 

liability. We, alongside other 

Victorian councils, inherited 

this liability. It stems from 

a staff superannuation 

scheme that has not been 

open to new members for 

20 years. 

We have decided to pay the liability through a combination 

of $500,000 worth of savings each year, borrowings and 

slight fee and rate increases. We will be working through the 

finer details as part of forming our 2013/2014 budget. Once 

we’ve formed a draft budget, it will be over to you to provide 

comment and feedback. Our priority throughout the budget 

process, as always, will be to maintain vital services and to 

continue to have the lowest council rates in Victoria. 

I hope you have an excellent start to 2013! 

Micaela 

According to Cancer Council Victoria research, on average 75 

Monash residents are diagnosed with lung cancer each year. 

Mayor Micaela Drieberg said the ban would protect people 

from second hand smoke, help people who were trying to 

quit smoking, and further de-normalise smoking so fewer 

people started the habit. 

She said Cancer Council Victoria research showed more 

than two thirds of Victorians (70%) disapprove of smoking 

in outdoor dining and drinking areas. 

“Monash Council has been a leader in creating smokefree 

environments, by banning smoking in and around 

playgrounds, public swimming pools and Council buildings,” 

Cr Drieberg said. 

“For the health of our community, we now need the State 

Government to take a leadership role in banning smoking in 

outdoor dining areas,” she said. 

“We need a consistent ban across Victoria and the country 

so that all restaurant and cafe owners can operate on a 

level playing field.” 

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Oakleigh Graffiti Grant 

Monash Council was recently awarded $24,580 to help rid Oakleigh 

of unsightly graffiti. 

The grant, from the Department of 

Justice, will be used for graffiti removal in 

Eaton Mall and surrounding areas. As part 

of the project, there will be a clean up 

event for Oakleigh traders and volunteers. 

The grant will also fund an education 

program in three Oakleigh schools, run 

in partnership with Warner Awareness 

Education. Year 8 Students at Oakleigh 

Grammar School and Oakleigh South 

Secondary College along with Year 5 

and 6 Students at Sacred Heart Primary will learn about the costs and 

consequences of graffiti marking. 

The project aims to achieve a 50% reduction in graffiti incidents in the 

Oakleigh Shopping Precinct and has the support of the Oakleigh Police. 

“Two strategies a community can implement to significantly reduce or even 

eliminate graffiti are rapid removal and education,” Leading Senior Constable 

Biljana Luccio said. “Removing graffiti promptly sends a message that it will 

not be tolerated. Education is vital to foster in children a respect for the 

community and the property of others.” 

Last year, Council spent more than $125,000 removing over 5,100 square 

metres of graffiti from Council assets. Council also provides free graffiti 

removal kits to residents. 

For more information, ring 9518 3690 or visit www.monash.vic.gov.au/ 

community/waste-graffiti.htm#graffiti 

Have Your Say 

Multicultural and Disability Plans 

Monash Council is reviewing its Multicultural Framework 

and Action Plan 2009-2013 and Disability Access and 

Inclusion Framework and Action Plan 2009-2013. 

Council recognises there are many issues and challenges 

facing people with a disability, their families and their 

carers, and communities from Culturally and Linguistically 

Diverse (CALD) backgrounds. We also want to hear from 

you about the key issues, challenges and opportunities 

facing CALD communities and people with a disability. 

This will assist Council in formulating the new Plans and 

identifying strategies and priorities to be implemented over 

the next four years. 

If you would like to have your say about what should 

be included in Council’s Disability Access and Inclusion 

Framework and Action Plan and Multicultural Framework 

and Action Plan, please contact Eugenia on 9518 3625 or at 

eugeniag@monash.vic.gov.au by 31 January 2013. 

Monash in Four 

Better roads and footpaths 

Several significant road reconstruction 

and maintenance works will be starting 

soon as part of Council’s Capital Works 

program. 

Ellendale and Callandar Streets in 

Hughesdale are to be reconstructed. 

Road reconstruction works in Railway 

Avenue, Huntingdale and Allen Street, 

Oakleigh are already underway. 

As part of our road resurfacing program, 

repairs to concrete kerbs and channels 

are programmed for Carson Street, 

Mulgrave and O’Sullivan Road, Glen 

Waverley in January and February. These 

repairs will be followed by the laying of 

new asphalt surfaces. 

Concrete footpath replacement will 

continue in the northern parts of Glen 

Waverley, and the southern areas of 

Mount Waverley, 

Ashwood and 

Oakleigh South. 

In addition, 

the grinding of 

minor defects 

on concrete 

footpaths will 

continue in the 

southern area of 

Mount Waverley. 

More than 650 people told us where 

they think Monash should be heading 

in the next four years. The survey is 

now closed and the results will be 

available on Council’s website in March 

2013. Karolina Wlodarczak of Glen 

MONASH IN FOUR 

Waverley is the lucky winner of a new 

have your say about the next 4 years 

iPhone5. Residents will get another 

chance to participate via a series of community forums that 

will be announced in coming months. If you are interested 

in attending a forum, please call 9518 3675.

Revitalised Eaton Mall 

The $2.2 million upgrade of Eaton Mall is in its final stages and locals are 

embracing the revitalised shopping area in the heart of Oakleigh. 

Cindy Hartnett of the Oakleigh 

Traders Association said the upgrade 

heralded an exciting new era for 

Oakleigh. 

“It’s fabulous how the works have 

enhanced the Mall’s cosmopolitan 

feel. The furniture looks fantastic and 

the timber decking and trees are so 

inviting.” Ms Hartnett said. 

Council’s Urban Design team created 

the striking new street furniture made 

from sustainably-harvested spotted 

gum timber and stainless steel. 

Other features include: more places 

to meet and sit, interesting public art, 

a chess board built into the pavement 

and tables for people wanting to play 

backgammon and other games. 

The Mall has been designed with 

many environmentally sustainable 

features. There are more garden 

areas with advanced Bay, deciduous 

Mayor Drieberg with Steve from 

Steve’s Wine Bar and Restaurant 

Ash, ornamental pear and olive trees planted throughout. The landscaped areas are 

irrigated using water captured from the paved areas and the sculptural shade sails. 

Improving local reserves 

Works to upgrade a Mulgrave sporting pavilion will begin later this month, 

after Council awarded a tender for the project at its December meeting. 

The Wellington Reserve Pavilion is 

being refurbished to include junior 

and female friendly change facilities, 

an umpire’s room, new storage 

areas and accessible toilets. 

The upgrade is expected to cost 

about $330,000, with Council 

funding the majority and the State 

Government contributing $80,000. 

Meanwhile, Council has begun works 

to create a larger stormwater retarding basin at Brandon Park Reserve in Wheelers Hill. 

This project will help protect nearby properties from floodwaters. The ground is being 

flattened out so that, when there is heavy rain, water will be initially contained within 

the reserve before flowing out through the drains at a manageable speed. 

HOW DO I...? 

...become an Australian 

citizen? 

To apply to become an 

Australian citizen, contact the 

Department of Immigration 

and Citizenship. You can find 

out more about the 10-step 

application process, which 

includes a citizenship test, 

at www.citizenship.gov.au 

After you have applied, the 

Department will send you a 

letter to let you know whether 

you have been successful. If 

your application is approved, 

you will then receive a Council 

letter inviting you to a local 

citizenship ceremony. Monash 

Council hosts citizenship 

ceremonies every few months. 

At the ceremony, you will be 

asked to pledge your allegiance 

to Australia and its laws, after 

which you will be an Australian 

citizen. For more info about 

Australian citizenship, contact 

the Department of Immigration 

on 131 880. 

...request a new street 

tree? 

If you don’t have a tree on 

your nature strip, you can 

request a tree by filling in 

a form available at www. 

monash.vic.gov.au/city/ 

trees.htm and emailing or 

mailing it back to us. You can 

also request a replacement 

street tree for a tree that is 

dying. New tree plantings are 

chosen to deliver a consistent 

streetscape character, 

within the available growing 

space. Generally, we do not 

plant more than two tree 

species per street. For more 

information, contact Council’s 

Horticultural Services 

Department on 9518 3777. 


Councillor News – Cr Geoff Lake 

Council recently addressed its biggest mistake from the 

last few years by finally agreeing to make the Vegetation 

Protection Overlay (VPO) fairer and more flexible. 

For the past decade, the VPO has unreasonably limited 

the property rights of Monash residents by preventing the 

removal of trees on privately owned property. 

The strong community support for change could not have 

been clearer. Council spent $50,000 in sending out 43,153 

surveys in 2011 to residents living in the VPO area. We 

received 14,495 responses – a 34% response rate and a 

staggering result given it was a voluntary survey. 

Overwhelmingly, 82% of respondents said they wanted 

change – either complete removal of the VPO or greater 

flexibility in its application. 

Only 15% supported the noisy campaign to put trees 

before people. I was surprised by the breathless clamour of 

some who predicted unprecedented tree removal. This is 

nonsense – indeed, the changes supported by Council will 

see two new trees planted for any tree removed. 

Council’s belated decision now commences the statutory 

process to change the Monash Planning Scheme. Although the 

process will take some months to complete, once finalised no 

longer will the views of a few be given precedence over the 

elderly pensioner unable to maintain a tree on her property, 

a young family living in fear that a branch will drop on one 

of their children or simply the law abiding person wanting to 

make their own decision about their garden. 

Cr Lake is now setting his sights on delivering a 

world-class library for Glen Waverley 

Your Councillors 

Glen Waverley 

Mount Waverley 

Warrigal Road 

Huntingdale Road 

1 

Stephensons Road 

Blackburn Road 

Highbury Road 

2 

High Street Road 

Waverley Road 

Poath Road 

3 

Nor th Road 

Ferntree Gully Road 

Princes High way 

Springvale Road 

Lum Road 

4 

Wellington Road 

Centre Road 

Monash Freeway 

Police Rd 

Cr Geoff Lake 

0411 645 281 

Geoff.Lake@ 

monash.vic.gov.au 

Cr Katrina Nolan 

0406 274 126 

Katrina.Nolan@ 


Cr Jieh-Yung Lo 

Deputy Mayor 

0400 235 363 

Jieh-Yung.Lo@ 


Cr Tom Morrissey JP 

9888 8112 or 

0412 238 976 

Tom.Morrissey@ 


Cr Brian Little 

0407 878 033 

Brian.Little@ 


PLEASE ADDRESS ALL 

CORRESPONDENCE TO 

PO Box 1, 

Glen Waverley 3150 

Councillors’ faxes: 

9518 3444 

Mulgrave 

Oakleigh 

Cr Robert Davies 

0416 000 777 

Robert.Davies@ 


Cr Micaela Drieberg 

Mayor 

9518 3509 or 

0403 034 307 

Micaela.Drieberg@ 


Cr Paul Klisaris 

9518 3555 

Paul.Klisaris@ 


Cr Stephen 

Dimopoulos 

9579 3118 

Stephen. 

Dimopoulos@ 


Cr Bill Pontikis 

0418 355 166 

Bill.Pontikis@ 


Cr Theo Zographos 

9551 7202 or 

0430 316 911 

Theo.Zographos@ 

monash.vic.gov.au

Supporting people with disabilities 

Local residents, organisations and businesses were recognised for their contribution to the disability sector at the fifth 

annual Monash Disability Awards in December. 

Hazel Hockley won the ‘Service 

Delivery’ category in recognition 

of her outstanding leadership 

in advocacy, development and 

promotion of sport for people with 

disabilities, particularly the vision 

impaired. Ms Hockley, a Mulgrave 

resident, was diagnosed with 

hereditary vision impairment in 

2000 and said she was “humbled” 

to receive the award. 

“I am one of a team and without 

the team there is no teamwork. 

So I am very happy to accept this 

award on behalf of the team,” Ms 

Hockley said. 

“I would like to use this 

opportunity to encourage others 

who are disabled to speak out for 

themselves.” 

Waverley Industries Limited 

won the ‘Business’ category 

and was acknowledged for its 

role in empowering people 

with disabilities through quality 

employment. 

Executive Director Frank Cresia 

said that his organisation today 

employs more than 250 people 

with disabilities compared with 17 

people when it began in 1984. 

The ‘Innovation’ category was 

won by Parent Support Network 

Eastern Region for their work with 

parents and carers of children 

with a disability. In accepting the 

award, Frances Gammino said 

that as parents with disabled 

children their “strength came 

from peer support”. 

Hazel Hockley and friend Gail Newberry 

Brine Street’s Giving Tree 

There is a big tree in the 

kindergarten outdoor 

environment at Brine 

Street called the ‘Giving 

Tree’. Each year the 

‘Giving Tree’ story is read to the kindergarten children. It’s a 

story about a tree who gives up everything for a little boy to 

be happy. Brine Street’s ‘Giving Tree’ provides a lot of shade 

and some fascinating cotton seeds each year. To give back to 

the tree, the kindergarten children can draw pictures that are 

hung from the tree’s branches. 

Children attending Brine Street Kindergarten in 2013 will learn 

about the tree. A guest horticulturalist will visit and discuss 

how old the tree is and how the ‘catkins’ are produced each 

year with its seeds. The children will learn about who may 

have planted the tree and the traditional owners of the land 

on which Brine Street is situated. 

If your child is requiring kindergarten for 2013, please contact 

the Coordinator for a tour and more information about 

Council’s only owned and operated long day care and statefunded 

kindergarten. The kindergarten is at 33 Brine Street 

Hughesdale and can be contacted on 9579 0903. 

Fabulous Family Day Care 

The great teamwork and commitment of Council’s 

Family Day Care (FDC) service has been officially 

recognised. 

Monash Council has received formal notification from 

the Department of Education and Early Childhood 

Development that Monash FDC achieved the highest 

possible rating of ‘Exceeding National Quality Standard’ 

during an assessment visit in October. 

The report noted that “...the service performed well in 

all quality areas and this was particularly demonstrated 

through strong leadership, staff relationships, 

relationships with children and collaborative 

community and family partnerships.” 

Over the past 12 months, our Educators provided a 

total of 373,767 hours of care and our Fieldworkers 

conducted more than 680 home visits. Also this year, 

four of our Educators were nominated for the Family 

Day Care Australia Educator of the Year Awards. 

For more information, call 8544 4444 or 

email fdcadmin@monash.vic.gov.au 


WHAT’S ON 

...Monash Gallery of Art 

PEACE: a O South Collective 

exhibition 8 February–28 April 2013 

Featuring work by Sean Flynn, Tim Page, Stephen 

Dupont, David Dare Parker, Jack Picone, Ben 

Bohane, Michael Coyne and Ashley Gilbertson, 

PEACE showcases a collection of images 

that provide a personal reflection of peace, 

captured amongst the environment of war. 

°South is a collective of Australian documentary 

photographers who have covered conflicts from 

Vietnam in 1965 to present day Afghanistan. 

Put your heart into it! 

ACT!VE MONASH has recently upgraded its cardio equipment across 

the Monash Aquatic and Recreation Centre, Clayton Aquatics and 

Health Club, and Oakleigh Recreation Centre. 

This fresh new facelift has been warmly welcomed by existing 

members and is sure to impress those who are looking to join. 

Collectively the new equipment includes a range of equipment from 

True Fitness and Stairmaster including: treadmills, cross trainers, 

upright and recumbent bikes, Stairmasters, interactive Expresso bikes 

and rowing machines. The main features include new and exciting 

fitness programs, integrated TV screens and iPod connectivity. 

Now’s the time to get fit and healthy and make use of the fantastic 

facilities available at ACT!VE MONASH. 

Occupy Wall Street demonstrator Edgar Cancinos 

meditates in Zuccotti Park on 16 November 2011. 

Image courtesy of the artist Ashley Gilbertson. 

Also happening ... 

Saturday 19 January 

Family Day Out at Monash, 

Clayton & Oakleigh Aquatic Centres 

Saturday 26 January 

Australia Day BBQs at Monash, 

Clayton & Oakleigh Aquatic Centres 

Sunday 17 February 

Chinese New Year Lantern Festival 

in Kingsway, Glen Waverley 

860 Ferntree Gully Rd, 

Wheelers Hill 3150 

Ph: 8544 0500 

www.mga.org.au 

Arrange a tour to check out the new equipment and get started 

towards your health and fitness goals by contacting reception at: 

Bedtime Storytime 

Children can bring their teddy 

bear and wear their pyjamas while 

enjoying bedtime stories from 

7pm to 7.45pm at the Oakleigh 

Library on Monday 21 January or 

at the Glen Waverley Library on 

Wednesday 23 January. 

MARC 9265 4888 

CAHC 9541 3100 

ORC 8567 0333 

Seniors Internet 

Classes 

Throughout February, Monash 

Public Library Service is offering 

free Internet classes for seniors 

with little or no computer 

skills to learn in a comfortable 

environment. 

Some classes will be presented 

in Chinese, Italian or Greek. 

To book a place, call your local 

library branch or the Monash 

Public Library Service general 

number on 9560 1655.

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