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	PTUA Transport Scorecard - City of Yarra
		Yarra opposes the extension of the Eastern Freeway to Frankston (aka Mitcham — Frankston Freeway) and the proposed extension of the Eastern Freeway through Yarra to the Tullamarine Freeway.
		Yarra calls for a moratorium on freeways in Melbourne until public transport, walking and cycling have been improved to an acceptable level, such improvements to be funded from diverted road funding.
		The role of the TPC is to advise Council and the CEO on the implementation of this resolution.
	www.ptua.org.au /campaigns/yarra/2004/proposed-motion.shtml (793 words)

	Yarra city, Victoria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Yarra city is a municipality immediately east of central Melbourne.
		Yarra city comprises three former inner-eastern municipalities which have had strong presences of industry, postwar migrant settlement and subsequent gentrification.
		Yarra city's resident population in 1996 was 65,146 persons.
	www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/yarracity.html (344 words)

	Position Description
		The City of Yarra is an inner metropolitan municipality adjacent to Melbourne’s Central Business District and major national tourism and recreational facilities.
		Yarra’s extensive range of shopping and lifestyle strips are an integral part of the local economy and provide an important attraction for the local community as well as interstate and international travellers.
		The City is an inner city community of 69,482 residents, 8,000 businesses, an operating budget for 2003/04 of $82.36 million and a staff of 700 employees.
	www.sportspeople.com.au /content/posdesc/yarra_manager_mar04.htm (1982 words)

	Yarra River - Review of Planning Controls - City of Stonnington
		The study area is the Yarra River corridor between Punt Road and Bourke Road, including all public and private land in the surrounding area visible from the river.
		As the Yarra River passes through eight municipalities and agencies such as Parks Victoria and Melbourne Water also have management responsibilities, a consistent and coordinated regional approach is required to effectively manage and plan for the river valley.
		Along the Yarra River valley, the pressures for development are particularly intense between Punt Road and Burke Road, where private land is in close proximity to the river and former industrial sites are undergoing redevelopment for commercial and residential uses.
	www.stonnington.vic.gov.au /planning/news/strategicprojects/yarrariver (954 words)

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		City of Yarra representative, Julie Prideaux (Manager City Strategy Branch), made the point that this situation did not preclude these projects being initiated.
		City of Yarra is contributing $2 000 towards the development of the Boite project, with other ‘in kind’ contributions potentially available.
		City of Yarra and Darebin representatives are meeting the week beginning, Monday 2nd October to discuss a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ to formalise the Friendship City arrangement.
	www.yarraweb.infoxchange.net.au /group/createweb/items/YARRAWEB/doc018.doc (1247 words)

	theage.com.au - The Age -
		It was a City of Yarra local government byelection and it was a result that excited the party, not yet a decade old in the state, instilling hope for the prospects of candidates standing in upcoming state-wide local elections.
		Greg Barber, who helped spearhead the Greens' Yarra campaign and won 47 per cent of the primary vote in his ward, said doorknocking had revealed the environment as the number one local concern for the city dwellers who voted last weekend.
		Yarra polling booths in the federal electorate of Melbourne returned the highest Green vote in the federal poll, recording a primary vote of about 19 per cent.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/03/23/1016843080779.html (1045 words)

	City of Melbourne - Parks - Yarra Park
		Yarra Park caters for the leisure and recreational activities of residents, visitors and city workers.
		These parklands at the edge of the city are part of the ring of greenery, along with Fitzroy and Treasury gardens, and the Domain/Royal Botanic Gardens, that forms the municipality’s southern and eastern borders.
		Yarra Park has no current Master Plan but is strongly influenced by the State Government report on the Sports and Entertainment Precinct.
	www.melbourne.vic.gov.au /info.cfm?top=25&pa=1273&pg=1309 (330 words)

	UN Award for Australian Local Government assisting East Timorese Asylum Seeker
		The City of Yarra was awarded this week for its campaign on behalf of its local East Timorese community, receiving the 'Golden World United Nations Award' for 2003.
		Yarra Mayor Greg Barber has welcomed the award, saying it represented what could be achieved when councils are in touch with the values and concerns of their community and work in partnership to advocate in areas normally outside council's role.
		Cr Barber said the City of Yarra would not forget the needs of those community members whose residency status was still unresolved, and would continue to advocate on their behalf.
	www.etan.org /et2004/february/08-14/06unawrd.htm (390 words)

	Campaign for a better City - Our Policies - Traffic and Transport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The City of Yarra is under serious threat from a powerful road lobby.
		In the twelve months prior to the 2004 election there were four well-attended public meetings, at which Yarra residents have made it clear they are dissatisfied with Yarra Council's response to the threat, and want strong action from the council to oppose the road lobby and the State Government's pro-road, anti-sustainable transport stance.
		Yarra should call on the State government to restructure its planning agencies and processes to break the power of the road lobby.
	www.cbcmelbourne.org /policy-transport.html (2278 words)

	Youth services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The City of Yarra’s Youth Services are working in collaboration with a variety of local businesses, schools and service providers to assist young people, with a particular focus on those from marginalised or disadvantaged backgrounds.
		The Yarra Youth Network is a service that is provided for the youth sector in the City of Yarra.
		Serve as an advisory group to the Yarra Youth Executive Committee, Yarra Youth Network and key bodies on SSA youth issues in the City of Yarra.
	www.yarracity.vic.gov.au /community/youth.asp (1941 words)

	Australia's National Local Government Newspaper Online >> Editions > 2003 > July
		This is no mean feat, considering the City of Yarra carries the bulk of Melbourne’s peak hour traffic and is intersected by several major arterial roads.
		Yarra Road Services is in a strong position to defend public liability cases which may arise from damaged roads or footpaths, following a High Court ruling that Councils are responsible for identifying and repairing foreseeable risks.
		In the City of Yarra, a seamless approach to making the road reserve safer has reduced the personal trauma associated with incidents and injuries as well as the potential cost of public liability suits.
	www.loc-gov-focus.aus.net /editions/2003/july/yarratech.shtml (397 words)

	News - City of Yarra Celebrates NAIDOC
		The City of Yarra raised the Aboriginal flag on all three of its Town Halls during the NAIDOC Week 2001 celebrations from the 8
		The City of Yarra’s official NAIDOC Week celebration ceremony was held on the steps of the Fitzroy Town Hall.
		Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation lived in the City of Yarra before European settlement, and Fitzroy is well known throughout Australia as a home and meeting place for Aboriginal communities in Melbourne.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/15135/20010803/www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/news/naidoc.htm (167 words)

	SFSF - Maroondah City Council - Yarra Valley Grammar Junior School Looking After Their Future
		Girls and boys at Yarra Valley Grammar Junior School are actively involved in programs and projects aimed at a sustainable future.
		Yarra Valley is fortunate to have a native bush area as part of our property.
		Following a generous grant from Maroondah City Council, we were able to purchase air monitoring equipment and a weather station.
	www.sfsf.com.au /maroondah_yarravalley_looking.htm (428 words)

	Yarra TRI
		The club is coordinated by the staff of Yarra Leisure, a unit of the City of Yarra.
		Yarra Leisure operates three Leisure Centres located in the inner Melbourne suburbs of Fitzroy, Richmond and Collingwood.
		Often abbreviated to Yarra Tri the club is coordinated by the staff of Yarra Leisure, a branch of the City of Yarra.
	www.yarratri.com.au (1373 words)

	Graffiti may be granted a wall of protection - www.theage.com.au
		A discussion paper on graffiti, "tags" and street art was released by the council last night and could lead to some of the city's graffiti being protected under heritage controls.
		Yarra Mayor Greg Barber said the council would embark on a "whole of community" strategy towards graffiti, possibly featuring protection for some of the city's more inspired street art.
		Yarra special project officer Carmel Boyce said local graffiti culture was "politically aware, complex and sophisticated".
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/12/01/1070127349953.html (561 words)

	Capital City Trail
		Melbourne's reputation as a "liveable city" can be attributed in large measure to its heritage of gracious central city parks, leafy boulevards and river corridors.
		The 29 km trail follows the Yarra River to Yarra Bend Park and Merri Creek in the north-east, the former Inner Circle rail reserve and Royal Park to the north, and Moonee Ponds Creek, The Docklands and Southbank.
		The Capital City Trail can be reached from many points in the central city and inner suburbs.
	www.dpi.vic.gov.au /dse/nrenrt.nsf/FID/-9889AE7088AA27274A25679A002868F0?OpenDocument (484 words)

	Parks Victoria: Yarra Bend Park page
		At Yarra Bend Park, the largest area of natural vegetation near the City of Melbourne, the landscape varies from steep, wild river escarpments to open woodlands, formal parkland, playing fields and golf courses.
		The Yarra Bend Park Trust was established under the provisions of the Kew and Heidelberg Lands Act 1933 and reports to the Minister for Planning.
		Yarra Bend Park contains some of the last stands of original bushland in inner Melbourne, with approximately half of the park covered by indigenous vegetation.
	www.parkweb.vic.gov.au /1park_display.cfm?park=225 (1842 words)

	Australian Cyclist January 2006 - News - CPF news: City of Yarra leads the way (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The City of Yarra is adjacent to the Melbourne CBD and includes some of the city's oldest suburbs such as Richmond, Collingwood, Fitzroy, Carlton North, Clifton Hill and Alphington.
		Yarra has some of the highest levels of bicycle use in Australia.
		Between 1996 and 2001 there was a 40.5 per cent increase in the number of work bicycle trips starting in Yarra and a 60.8 per cent increase in the number arriving at workplaces in Yarra.
	www.australiancyclist.com.au /showarticle.php?s=2&a=971 (764 words)

	City of Yarra Aboriginal Recognition Statement - Agreements Database Event (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		City of Yarra Aboriginal Recognition Statement (1998 -)
		· The City of Yarra recognises that the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation are the original inhabitants of this land and have a continuing association with it.
		The City of Yarra also makes a commitment to work with the community to research stories and sites of significance for Aboriginal people, supporting them to retell their histories.
	www.atns.net.au /biogs/A000586b.htm (398 words)

	Burnley, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is 4km south east of the Melbourne GPO in the Local Government Area of the City of Yarra, and has the Yarra River as its southern boundary.
		It is serviced by train with Burnley Railway Station being located near the corner of Swan Street and Burnley Street, and parallel with Maddern Grove.
		Burnley gives its name to the CityLink Burnley Tunnel which has an outbound exit at Burnley, and an inbound entry at Yarra Bend Boulevard, Burnley.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burnley,_Victoria (204 words)

	Gurm Sekhon elected (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The Greens candidate for Nicholson Ward, City of Yarra was elected on the 6th of October.
		Gurm's first public function was to attend a celebration for newly arrived migrants and refugees, an exciting and inspiring event.
		He is also getting up to speed on the situation with the City's childcare centre which need more funding.
	www.vic.greens.org.au /yarra/Council0203/gurm.htm (198 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The fundamental tenet underpinning Yarra’s salary arrangements for Coordinators up until then was that 'their salary must have been right in 1995 and therefore it must still be right now’.
		The CEO agreed to a change in the remuneration policy for Coordinators and this was conveyed to the Coordinators at one of the regular forums during 1998, together with the accompanying broad process steps such as job evaluation and bench marking of salaries, which it was proposed would be conducted by an external consultant.
		Now that Yarra intends to have a range to 105% of midpoint, it is possible for an employee’s salary to progress beyond midpoint on the basis of higher than satisfactory performance as an outcome of Yarra’s Performance Review and Development Scheme.
	www.airc.gov.au /decisionssigned/S9038.doc (18112 words)

	Australia's National Local Government Newspaper Online >> Editions > 2004 > March
		The work of the City of Yarra was selected from one of six international campaigns that advanced the aims of the United Nations.
		The ‘Common Sense for East Timorese — Let Them Stay’ campaign was developed by the Yarra City Council after the East Timorese people in its municipality began receiving letters from the Australian Immigration Department in January 2003 advising them they had 28 days to leave the country.
		Yarra Mayor, Greg Barber, has welcomed the award, saying it represented what can be achieved when Councils are in touch with values and concerns of their community.
	www.loc-gov-focus.aus.net /editions/2004/march/unyarra.shtml (472 words)

	Campaign for a better City Yarra Council Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		City of Yarra created from merger of Fitzroy, Collingwood, Richmond and North Carlton.
		Yarra opposes State government plans for a bus priority lane on the north side of Victoria Parade, citing the need to retain parking.
		No criticism of this from Yarra, which is a financial member of MAV.
	www.cbcmelbourne.org /timeline.html (280 words)

	Victoria Online: Yarra City Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Provides information about rates within the City of Yarra, including payment options, concessions and penalties, valuations and instructions for applying for Land Information Certificates.
		Provides information about the different types of parking permits, parking fines and parking regulations within the City of Yarra, including a link to online payments.
		Provides information about building services within the City of Yarra, including building permits, fences and swimming pools.
	www.vic.gov.au /sl/vic-online/04438-Victoria-Online-Yarra-City-Council.html (234 words)

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		The Yarra River would be redeveloped from Richmond station to the Docklands with $4 billion of projects on the drawing board, the Acting Premier John Thwaites announced today.
		With the international spotlight to be on Melbourne in 2006 for the Commonwealth Games, Mr Thwaites said major work was needed to overcome problems that had prevented the success of Southbank flowing to the north bank of the river.
		Launching the Yarra Plan, Mr Thwaites said the Government had appointed a high-level Management Committee to lead 40 public and private developments to turn Melbourne into a waterfront city.
	www.dpc.vic.gov.au /domino/Web_Notes/MediaRelArc02.nsf/d025c300601da9dc4a25688e00143d49/0338166637ef581d4a256a7f007ee702?OpenDocument (488 words)

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