Keeping the community informed
MEDIA RELEASE: Moonee Valley’s $20-million ‘kinder surprise’
The announcement of more than $20 million in Victorian Government funding for upgrades to five Moonee Valley kindergartens will see more than 500 new kinder places become available in the inner north-west municipality by 2028-29. The Building Blocks Partnership, a joint venture between the Victorian Government and the City of Moonee Valley, was announced today…
MEDIA RELEASE: New school boundaries “a life-changing win”
The City of Moonee Valley has welcomed the announcement of new secondary school zone boundaries for Avondale Heights, which will enable secondary students from the suburb to attend schools in their own municipality from next year. Last week, the Minister for Education and Deputy Premier, Hon Ben Carroll MP, released an updated map of school…
Council updates, Media Releases
MEDIA STATEMENT: Cam Nation resigns from Moonee Valley Council
Former Buckley Ward councillor, Cam Nation, has resigned from Moonee Valley Council, effective Tuesday, 26 March 2024. Mr Nation was elected as a councillor for three terms, across Myrnong and Buckley Wards. The Minister for Local Government and Victorian Electoral Commissioner have been notified of the resignation and the VEC is expected to fill the vacancy…
Incinerator Gallery, Media Releases
MEDIA RELEASE: New art program to support people with dementia
Moonee Valley City Council is thrilled to introduce an innovative new art program that aims to support people in the early stages of dementia, Art Mondo. Modelled after successful museum and gallery programs across Australia and globally, Art Mondo is set to revolutionise support for those living with dementia, and the people who care for…
Council updates, Media Releases, Sustainability and environment
MEDIA RELEASE: One, Two, Tree set to green the west
Moonee Valley City Council is leading the charge to plant more trees in the west, with the launch of its One, Two, Tree campaign. In consultation with Greening the West – a consortium of western councils, facilitated by Greater Western Water – Moonee Valley City Council has launched One, Two, Tree to encourage the community…
Council updates, Media Releases
MEDIA RELEASE: Counting down to Festival lift-off
Photo: Moonee Valley After Dark headliners, Electric Fields. We’re just five sleeps away from the return of the mighty – and mightily missed! – Moonee Valley Festival this Saturday, 24 February! Six years since it last took over Queens Park, Moonee Valley Festival is ready to make up for lost time, with double the fun…
Media Releases, Parks and open spaces
MEDIA RELEASE: A field of dreams to honour an Essendon baseballer
Ten years in the making, the Chris Lane Field will be officially opened on Saturday, 17 February at Boeing Reserve in Strathmore Heights. In 2009, a teenage baseball player named Chris Lane left Australia on a scholarship to pursue his dream of playing baseball in the United States. Four years later, on 16 August 2013,…
Council updates, Media Releases
MEDIA RELEASE: End the waiting for rail link: Moonee Valley Mayor
Melbourne Airport continues to delay the much-needed Airport Rail Link by insisting on an underground train station at the airport, says Moonee Valley City Council Mayor, Cr Pierce Tyson. Mayor Tyson has called on the airport to end its impasse and drop impractical and obstructionist demands for an underground station. His call comes after Melbourne…
Council updates, Media Releases
Festivals ready to ignite the Valley
The City of Moonee Valley launches its 2024 festival season with electric and eclectic lineups across major events in February and March. Multi award-winning Aboriginal Australian electronic duo Electric Fields will lead a sizzling lineup when the Moonee Valley Festival makes a triumphant return to Queens Park in Moonee Ponds on Saturday, 24 February 2024….
Council updates, Media Releases
Another step towards a lighter carbon footprint
Technology that generates renewable energy from waste is on the horizon for the City of Moonee Valley. By 2026 Moonee Valley will now be one of three Councils (alongside Monash and Melton) that will send waste that would otherwise go to landfill to a brand new, cutting-edge ‘gasification’ plant. Construction for the Laverton North facility…