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Some information about the Melbourne City Greens.
The Melbourne City Greens is the inner-city branch of the Australian Greens (Victoria), and covers the same area as Melbourne City Council.
It takes in members from the city and the suburbs of Carlton, Docklands, East Melbourne, Kensington, North Melbourne, Parkville, Southbank and West Melbourne, as well as parts of Carlton North, Port Melbourne and South Yarra; an area home to about 75,000 people.
The Melbourne City Greens is the only branch in the Melbourne Region; the branch and region share the same boundaries, members and office-bearers. The current office bearers for the Melbourne City Greens and Melbourne Regional Council are:
Co-Convenors: Rohan Leppert and Alister Air.
Secretary: Jeremy Graham.
Treasurer: Donna Lancaster.
Regional Councils are responsible for local policy and have the responsibility for federal, state and local electoral matters (including candidate preselection and campaigns). As such, the Melbourne Regional Council is solely responsible for Green Melbourne City Council electoral matters, and is responsible for State seat of Melbourne electoral matters (with Yarra and Western Suburbs Regional Councils) and Federal seat of Melbourne electoral matters (with Yarra, Western Suburbs and Northwest Metropolitan Regional Councils).
On Melbourne City Council, we have one elected Green, Cr Fraser Brindley, elected in 2004.
At the state level, the Greens achieved a Two Party Preferred vote with candidate Dr Richard DiNatale of 48% to Education Minister Bronwyn Pike's 52% in the seat of Melbourne in 2006, and elected Greg Barber MLC to the Legislative Assembly region of Northern Metropolitan.
At the federal level, the Greens achieved a Two Party Preferred vote with candidate Adam Bandt of 45.3% to Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner's 54.7% in the seat of Melbourne in 2007, and came very close to electing Dr Richard DiNatale to the Senate.
It takes in members from the city and the suburbs of Carlton, Docklands, East Melbourne, Kensington, North Melbourne, Parkville, Southbank and West Melbourne, as well as parts of Carlton North, Port Melbourne and South Yarra; an area home to about 75,000 people.
The Melbourne City Greens is the only branch in the Melbourne Region; the branch and region share the same boundaries, members and office-bearers. The current office bearers for the Melbourne City Greens and Melbourne Regional Council are:
Co-Convenors: Rohan Leppert and Alister Air.
Secretary: Jeremy Graham.
Treasurer: Donna Lancaster.
Regional Councils are responsible for local policy and have the responsibility for federal, state and local electoral matters (including candidate preselection and campaigns). As such, the Melbourne Regional Council is solely responsible for Green Melbourne City Council electoral matters, and is responsible for State seat of Melbourne electoral matters (with Yarra and Western Suburbs Regional Councils) and Federal seat of Melbourne electoral matters (with Yarra, Western Suburbs and Northwest Metropolitan Regional Councils).
On Melbourne City Council, we have one elected Green, Cr Fraser Brindley, elected in 2004.
At the state level, the Greens achieved a Two Party Preferred vote with candidate Dr Richard DiNatale of 48% to Education Minister Bronwyn Pike's 52% in the seat of Melbourne in 2006, and elected Greg Barber MLC to the Legislative Assembly region of Northern Metropolitan.
At the federal level, the Greens achieved a Two Party Preferred vote with candidate Adam Bandt of 45.3% to Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner's 54.7% in the seat of Melbourne in 2007, and came very close to electing Dr Richard DiNatale to the Senate.