TWiSK Q& A interview with Port Phillip Mayor Cr Louise Crawford.
Recorded in the week after the Federal election, Louise and Greg discuss the topics of the month:
Ian Gray's Community Safety Roundtable Report being tabled on 21 May
Federal election promises in the local area
Why have three council meetings been cancelled?
Council budget feedback and what's in the Council Plan for the next four years.

Watch a video of the interview

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To date, this council has been proud of its unity, as shown in the many unanimous votes delivered in the council chamber on Wednesday nights. However, this budget is set to be a major test of that unity.
The budget is based on an increase of 3.0 percent to the average general rate, the maximum allowed under the state rate cap. This is accompanied by an increase in the Default Waste Charge of 13.1 percent, rising from $203.60 to $230.30. Other fees and charges are set to rise by 3.15 percent.

We hear from eight of the nine councillors in their own words, unedited. 

Click CHAPTERS Tab to get links to the start of each speaker. 

For more budget detail visit
Budget Brawl as rates and charges rise
and
Budget Split Divides Councillors

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ABC Radio Melbourne Mornings presenter Raf Epstein followed up the TWiSK coverage of the Marlborough Street Housing First delays. He interviewed people sleeping rough just metres away and also the Mayor Heather Cunsolo.

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The podcast companion to TWiSK: This Week in St Kilda website and newsletter.

Topics this week include:
A special screening at the Astor  of a documentary about the Battle of Long Tan 
Also at the Astor, a Q&A with Bob Brown at a screening of a new film The Giants.

There's a big week of music, including:
The Elwood Community Choirs Sunday Stroll
The ReChords 
Kim Volkman & The Whiskey Priests
Jack Howard & The Long Lost Brothers
Jim Willams
John Kennedy And The New Originals

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Topics this week include:
A visit to the new St Kilda Gatehouse Op Shop where we meet Andie Patchett to discover the treasure available in their divine new spot.

We preview the two circuses coming to town ...
Grand Prix - TWiSK has all the flyover and fireworks times
Circus Royale - under the big top at the Triangle.

Music and entertainment audio previews from:
Sammy Owens Blues Band
The Comedians
SARAY Iluminado

Plus local gossip:
Why has legal street art been painted over by Council?
Which street will be the route of a Critical Mass cycle protest?
How many double features can you fit in at the Astor this week?

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Topics this week include:
Unanimous vote at Council on a live music precinct in St Kilda
More contentious debate about parking and parklets.
Passionate praise for Blessington Street parklet from Cr Andrew Bond

Plus a run down of some music and arts events this week. 

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Our latest podcast is a companion to TWiSK: This Week in St Kilda - a weekly newsletter about arts, music and community in St Kilda.
This episode focuses on events in St Kilda during the week Monday 13 March – Sunday 19 March, including:
Not Finished With You Yet @ Alex Theatre on Fitzroy Street
Until Sunday 2 April
Eilen Jewell & Her Band @ Espy Gershwin Room
Tuesday 14 March, 7.30 pm
Blue Moon Marquee (CAN) @ George Lane
Wednesday 15 March, 7 pm - 11:00 pm
Clannad @ Palais
Friday 17 March, 8 pm
St Patricks Day @ St Kilda
Saturday 18 March
Pop Choir at the Bar @ Memo
Saturday 18 March, 7 pm
Songs for Suzanne: The Music and Poetry of Leonard Cohen @ Memo
Sunday 19 March, 3 pm
The Women's Show @ Vivienne Anderson Gallery
Opening Wednesday 15 March, 6 - 8pm
Trifecta of new art @ Linden
Opening: Friday 17 March, 6 pm – 8 pm
Exhibition dates: Saturday 18 March – Sunday 4 June 4

Feedback / suggestions welcome
[email protected]

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Welcome to a very special edition of St Kilda Talks. 

We’re back again after a break because a podcast is the best way to let you know about some current problems facing the St Kilda community.
Last week, our city council – the City of Port Phillip – was considering changes to local laws.
Normally an administrative exercise to tidy up the local laws. But the 1 March council meeting became a three hour marathon session with more than thirty members of the public lined up to give personal testimony.
They’d come to talk about many topics, dogs in parks, hoons on roads, concerns about short stay accommodation and fears about safety in public places.
While all these issues were considered, the issue of community safety in public places was the subject of the most passionate testimony.
This podcast breaks all the rules and presents audio highlights of the community testimony to the council. Consider it like a community truth telling session.
You’ll hear a selection of the personal experiences of numerous locals as they told council what they saw in the community.
It's confronting. It’s raw. And it needs an audience.

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Breathe, pause and know that you are not alone

Our April podcast looks at the community response to the virus. We meet Rose Paduano from Port Phillip Community Group, Cr Dick Gross from CoPP, Michelle Nicol from St Kilda Live Music and Serge Thomann from French Assist. Plus music from The Dalicados and Missy Higgins.

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Faded, jaded, debated and exasperated – Fitzroy Street is a hot local topic.
We discuss the future Fitzroy Street with outspoken Cr Andrew Bond and designers of the Pride Centre - local architects Grant Amon and James Brearley.
Also 40 years of Theatre Work on exhibition and concept designs for a new EcoCentre in our Botanical Gardens.

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