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STPC and volunteers attend last sitti...



The account of our attendance as recognised by one of our volunteer attendees: ‘Single file and in unison we made our way into the public seating of Parliament House. We were uniform in appearance, black tee shirts with Save The Palace splashed across the front of them in bright white and we were uniform in our intent, to preserve the a [...]
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Another win in the Save The Palace ca...



Today the planning minister, Matthew Guy, confirmed that he will not approve  a tower at the Palace Theatre site after signalling his intention to introduce mandatory building height limits around Parliament House. An excellent outcome which renews our belief that we are making a difference. Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/minist [...]
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You task is clear Minister, save marv...



‘….the theatre isn’t simply a museum piece. It’s also valuable because of its contemporary use as a live music venue. Indeed, a ”Save the Palace Theatre” group has mobilised, sending a clear message that the Palace in its current form is much loved and valued. The group has held a rally, is circulating a pe [...]
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Agent of Change – A leg to stan...



This planning principle stipulates that the ”agent of change” is responsible for dealing with changed conditions. In an increasing number of cases, that ”agent” is a new neighbour or developer moving in next to one of Melbourne’s 460 live music venues, and because of that move, a venue that was once compliant wit [...]
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Hypocrisy at work? (23/11/2013)



At the council meeting, the representatives for the development from Urbis Pty Ltd ran through a list of companies/organisations they had support from. This list of supporters included Tourism Victoria. Would this be an issue we’d need to query of the Tourism Minister? We would think so. It is a little confusing. How can Tourism Victori [...]
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City of Melbourne votes against demol...



Melbourne City Council unanimously voted to object to development of the Palace Theatre on Tuesday night. They were strongly swayed by heritage arguments from both Save The Palace Committee and Melbourne Heritage Action. An additional factor was almost certainly the circular arguments from the developers representatives, which suggested the l [...]
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A small victory for us today! (7/11/2...



 Today Melbourne City Council have released information for their next council meeting. This agenda includes a recommendation from the Melbourne City Planning – Executive Officer for the council to object to the application to demolish and develop the site. We can safely assume that the public outcry, our continuous pressure and the [...]
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Parliament objects to Palace developm...



Maybe the powers that be will pay even more attention now… 31,000 people on Facebook can’t be wrong and now Parliament itself has lodged an objection. The best news we have to date. Now we just need council to oppose and then lastly, the Department of Planning (State Government). Then we’ll be onto heritage protection so thi [...]
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What can I do for now? (21/10/13)



While we wait and watch how this plays out before our next step, you can print off the placard below, take a photo of yourself and everyone you know and send it to us either in an email to [email protected] or share it with us on facebook and we’ll include it in our facebook #savethepalace album. The intention is to put faces to the page lik [...]
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The Age reports on October 12 Rally (...



rally The AGE report on Oct 12 rally   Victoria has ‘no planning in planning’ says Bandt (02:06) Greens MP Adam Bandt comes out in support of protecting the Palace Theatre – Bourke Street’s last to survive – at a community protest on Saturday.
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    The revised design for the demolition of the Palace and construction of a 78 room hotel has now been advertised by Melbourne City Council Planning Department. All previously received objections wil...

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