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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….
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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…
Final boarding call for Melbourne Airport
Moonee Valley Mayor, Cr Pierce Tyson, has called on Melbourne Airport to meet its social responsibility and immediately get on board with the building of the Melbourne Airport Rail Link. Mayor Tyson’s call comes after Federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine King today reaffirmed $5 billion in federal funding towards the construction of the long-awaited rail link,…
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Celebrating ‘neighbourhood spirit’ in Moonee Valley
Nominations are now open for the 2024 Moonee Valley Neighbourhood Spirit Awards. Do you know someone who makes a positive difference in your neighbourhood? Someone who is always going that extra yard to help a neighbour, a charity, a sports club? Someone who just makes Moonee Valley a better place to be? Then it’s time…
Cr Tyson re-elected as Mayor
Rose Hill Ward Councillor Pierce Tyson was tonight re-elected as the Mayor of Moonee Valley. This is the first time in Moonee Valley’s history that a Mayor has been re-elected for a consecutive Mayoralty within a Council term. Mayor Pierce Tyson, who is also the youngest serving Mayor in Moonee Valley’s history, said he was…
Xanthe Dobbie wins 2023 Incinerator Art Award
Melbourne-based artist Xanthe Dobbie was named as the winner of the prestigious $10,000 Incinerator Art Award at Incinerator Gallery on Friday night. From an initial field of more than 250 entries from all over Australia, Xanthe’s work The Long Now was declared the standout among the 28 shortlisted artworks. Presented at the exhibition’s opening at…
MEDIA RELEASE: Council seeks community feedback on Draft Disability Action Plan 2024-2025
Moonee Valley City Council is urging community members to provide feedback on its Draft Disability Action Plan 2024-2025. The draft plan aims to build upon the successes and experiences of the current Disability Action Plan 2014-2023, which concludes later this year. City of Moonee Valley Mayor, Councillor Pierce Tyson, said the Moonee Valley community had…
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MEDIA RELEASE : Buruli Ulcer Alert
Mayor urges people to seek medical advice as cases emerge in Moonee Valley. Moonee Valley residents are being urged to seek medical advice for any non-healing skin sores or lesions, and to reduce their risk of mosquito bites, following an elevated alert of the Buruli ulcer in six suburbs within Moonee Valley and neighbouring council…
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MEDIA RELEASE: Moonee Valley enters historic PPP at Riverside
Moonee Valley City Council is entering into an unprecedented agreement which will see significant capital investment in the Riverside Sport and Recreation Precinct. The public-private partnership (PPP) with BlueFit, a leisure facility management company, will see a $10.8m capital investment in the Riverside Golf and Sports Centre, resolving long standing infrastructure issues and realising a…
Clifton Park Pavilion upgrade a win for community sport
The Clifton Park Pavilion Upgrade project is set to commence in mid-to-late 2023, marking a significant milestone in enhancing community facilities in the area. At an estimated cost of $8 million, this transformative initiative, which will be delivered over 2023/24 and 2024/25, aims to meet the evolving needs of the Aberfeldie Sports Club and provide…