Reimagining Frankston

15/10/2021

Are you a Frankston local, aged 15 or over, and keen to have your voice heard on issues affecting our City's future? If so, please consider putting your hand up to join the 'Mini Frankston City'!

This diverse group of 500 carefully selected residents will get to share their views and ideas and to contribute to the development of key policies and projects. You can find out more here:

Do you want to be part of our representative Mini Frankston City?

07/09/2021

At last week's Ordinary Meeting, Frankston Council agreed to explore bringing forward the achievement of net zero organisational emissions to FY2023/24!
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(P.S. The Frankston Times is available online: - https://issuu.com/frankstontimes/docs/ft_7th_september_2021?fr=sZWNmOTExNTUyMjQ)

21/07/2021

If you're looking for some inspiration as you start the second week of this 5th Melbourne lockdown, you might like to tune into this new podcast by the Australia reMADE team?
I've listened to the first couple of episodes - while getting my daily exercise - and they're FULL of inspiration and hope.
Let's keep working together to pursue the best version of "us"
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…a new conversation that asks, ‘what is the best version of us, and how do we actually build it?’ How can we be more collaborative, transformative and ambitious? How can we help change systems, not just treat symptoms?

09/06/2021

Do you know a worthy volunteer, serving an organisation of impact? If so, why not nominate them for a Volunteer of the Year Award?

"Established by Impact Volunteering in partnership with Frankston City Council in 2017, the Volunteer of the Year Awards aim to celebrate and recognise the valuable contributions that volunteers make to the local community, with an organisation of impact taking home a $1,000 prize.

When you nominate a worthy candidate, you’ll be highlighting the great work they do as a volunteer as well as creating awareness for the work of their volunteer organisation in the community."

Nominations close in July. You can find out more here:

Volunteer Awards

31/05/2021

Our new Council is already more than six months into its four year term! In recent months we have been working on the Annual Budget (21/22) and the Council Plan (2021-2025). These important documents are available for community consultation, and we'd love your feedback. What do you think? Have we got the balance right?

You can find out more, and have your say, here:
https://www.frankston.vic.gov.au/Your_Council/Have_Your_Say/Draft_2021%E2%80%932025_Council_Plan_and_Budget

18/11/2020

Well this is good news indeed!

(and at 43.8% Victoria now has the strongest female representation in local government within Australia)

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Surgical nurse Ashleigh Vandenberg makes history in more ways than one by becoming the first Indigenous person elected to her local council.

09/11/2020

Meet the newly formed Frankston Council!
You are most welcome to join in online next Monday evening for the 'swearing in' ceremony... details below:

Welcome and congratulations to our incoming Council, as voted by the community.

Remember to join us next Monday 16 November from 7pm for our very special Statutory Council Meeting, where our new Council will be sworn in and a new Mayor and Deputy will be elected for the next 12 months.

Details of this online event are available, here: https://fb.me/e/5UCyfccEv

04/11/2020

Its official!!
Our very own Claire Harvey will be representing the people of Frankston for the next 4 years on the Frankston City Council.

Its has been such an honour and pleasure for Gabriel and Jay to campaign alongside Claire and we are so excited to see that the principles we stand for are important to the people of Frankston!

Wherever you are in Victoria, you can see the results of your council on the VEC website:
https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/results/2020-council-election-results

Or head straight to the Frankston results:
https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/results/2020-council-election-results/frankston-city-council

Find results for your 2020 local council election.

25/10/2020

Today is 'extraction day'. Rather than a painful dental procedure or some kind of military maneuver, today is the day that ballot boxes are opened.
The AEC election officials open the ballot boxes; separate the declaration slip from the envelopes; open the envelopes and remove ballot papers; and then finally separate the formal and informal ballots.
Informal ballots are any that are incomplete or invalid for whatever reason. Candidates are able to have scrutineers onsite for the extraction to ensure that every possible ballot is counted.
Democracy in action!

23/10/2020

Celebrating the end of our campaign!!! 🥂

We are so very thankful for the support of wonderful friends - both old and new - and grateful for the inspiring connections and conversations along the way. It has been good to be involved in this important democratic process 👏🏻

We feel we have plenty to celebrate regardless of the outcome...

21/10/2020

VOTE TO AVOID A FINE!

Voting in Australia is compulsory for all elections, including the current local council elections. So get your ballot in the mail by 6pm on Friday 23rd October. Just 2 more days to have your say!

(you are also able to deliver your ballot in person to the election office in Frankston by 6pm on Friday 23rd)

20/10/2020

We're on the home stretch now, but we've still got things to say and new people to meet.
Check out Claire and Gabriel chatting with the lovely Jenna, who's running for Kingston City Council! Jenna, it was an absolute pleasure to talk with you about our campaign!

I couldn't think of any better way than to wrap up what has been an incredible series than by interviewing these two powerhouse candidates running for Frankston…