Melbourne North Police Station – Amended Hours – from Sunday 22nd March 2026
Good morning members and friends Below is an important email from our representative, Jan Lacey, on the Melbourne North Police Community Consultative Committee regarding the hours of operation of the Melbourne North Police Station at 36 Wreckyn Street North Melbourne. Regards Kevin Chamberlin Secretary Good Morning On behalf of the Station Commander of the Melbourne North Police Station, I would like to advise you that from Sunday 22nd March 2026 the Melbourne North Police Station reception will be operating under amended hours. Police will continue to patrol in the community and continue to respond to calls for service. The reception will be staffed Monday
A day with Urban Planning students
The North and West Melbourne Association recently took part in a field trip to the Arden Precinct organised by the University of Melbourne for the Masters of Urban Planning students.
Presentation by Peter Gerrand: 4 Big Projects
In the Februrary 18th 2020 General Meeting, Peter Gerrand presented an overview of the four major projects that will impact our community.
Report on 1st Nov. 2019 Meeting of Rail Projects Victoria’s Community Reference Group (CRG) for the Arden & Parkville Precincts
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Christmas Toy and Food Drive 2019
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CORBA: Local Government Review 2015
A submission by the Coalition of Resident and Business Associations - Melbourne from December 2015. Melbourne is one of the fastest growing local government areas in Australia, and is central to the future prosperity of Victoria. The continuing influx of residents to the CoM is critical to maintaining the growth and prosperity of the CoM. However, the present governance arrangements of the CoM have failed to keep pace with this growth, which is leading to a gross distortion of governance in the CoM; whereby the overwhelming numerical superiority of residents is, effectively, gerrymandered to benefit non-resident and corporate voters. CoRBA’s
NWMA 50th Anniversary Dinner
You are invited to our 50th Anniversary Dinner, a big night for the Association. Book and pay for tickets to this great event as soon as possible as we don’t want you to miss out. All the details are in the invitation. RegardsKevin Chamberlin [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/NWMA-Anniversary-Dinner.pdf"]
Homelessness in Victoria by Jenny Smith
Jenny Smith presented a talk about Homelessness in Victoria at the last NWMA meeting on Tuesday 21st March 2017. The presentation was well received and is available here: [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/20170321-homelessnessInVictoriaJennySmith.pdf"]
Review of Local Government (electoral) Act 2016
Many members of the NWMA Inc. have been concerned for a long time about the electoral structure and operational performance of the City of Melbourne. From the early 1990’s when the Kennett Government amalgamated Councils, through the Bracks reforms of the early 2000’s, there has been an ongoing campaign by the State Government to disenfranchise residents and small business from being properly represented on our Council. For nearly ten years the Association has been active through organisations such as CoRBA (Coalition of Residents and Business Associations – Melbourne) to change this gerrymander with remarkably little success. The Napthine Government to
Report from the 2015 Homelessness Action Group Community Forum
On the 19th of November 2015, the Homelessness Action Group held a community forum. Minutes below: [gview file="https://nwma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015-HAG-Community-Forum.pdf"]