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Clements Reserve - The ongoing saga - 2025
Darebin Council committed to buying Clements Reserve in 2018. Why is it taking so long?

Serena O'Meley
Mar 184 min read
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Voice debate harms Darebin's stance on Aboriginal consultation
Darebin Labor's push for endorsement of the Voice to Parliament undermines Darebin Council's stance on Aboriginal consultation.

Serena O'Meley
Jul 26, 20237 min read
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Who sets the agenda on Aboriginal matters at Darebin Council?
Darebin Aboriginal Advisory Committee will not be rushed into endorsing a 'yes' vote in the upcoming Voice Referendum.

Serena O'Meley
Apr 26, 20232 min read
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Arbiter finds that Darebin Councillor has engaged in misconduct
A local government arbiter has found that Darebin Councillor, Tim Laurence, engaged in misconduct by disparaging his fellow Councillors

Serena O'Meley
Nov 13, 20223 min read
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Darebin wildlife gardening quick links
Quick links to indigenous planting guides for Darebin

Serena O'Meley
Aug 14, 20221 min read
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Dysfunctional Darebin - who's to blame?
Darebin Council meetings are being disrupted by a minority of Councillors. Who's to blame?

Serena O'Meley
Apr 16, 20227 min read
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Lead at Clements Reserve up to 1,400% above EPA health limit
Lead from an old shooting club and asbestos from a former landfill has been found on Clements Reserve, Reservoir.

Serena O'Meley
Jan 17, 202215 min read
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Clements Reserve - Darebin Council rejects FOI request
Darebin Council has refused the majority of my recent Freedom of Information (FOI) request regarding Clements Reserve, Reservoir.

Serena O'Meley
Dec 29, 20214 min read
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Former Ruthven Primary School - Diary 2016-2023
Diary of efforts to protect and enhance the new reserve on the site of the former Ruthven Primary School.

Serena O'Meley
Jul 6, 202133 min read
564 views


How Darebin Council lost the Dumbarton grassland
(First published on Facebook 29 December 2019) Dumbarton grassland assessed as ‘of no strategic interest’ to Darebin Council In early...

Serena O'Meley
Dec 28, 201910 min read
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Deadline looms for Darebin Council with public open space still at risk at Ruthven and Lakeside
Why Darebin Council must act now to secure Lakeside and Ruthven, and why I have lodged a formal complaint with the Victorian Ombudsman.

Serena O'Meley
Aug 8, 20164 min read
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Breakthrough in the campaign to save parkland at the former Ruthven Primary School
Public meeting about saving public open space at the former Ruthven Primary School.

Serena O'Meley
Jun 6, 201610 min read
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Darebin Council’s failed lobbying strategy jeopardises public open space at former Ruthven PS
Darebin councillors keep pursuing a failed strategy to try to get the State Government to gift Darebin the land at the former Ruthven PS.

Serena O'Meley
May 15, 20168 min read
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Darebin Council must pick up the ball to keep Merri Creek land in public hands
Darebin Council failed to buy land next to the Merri Creek when it was offered by the State Government.

Serena O'Meley
May 8, 20166 min read
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Darebin Council alienates senior citizens in land zoning debacle
Angry public meeting about the proposed sale of land at two former primary schools - Ruthven and Lakeside.

Serena O'Meley
May 3, 20164 min read
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