How can you help?

We need your help to decrease the nationally significant level of disadvantage experienced in 3081 by communicating to Banyule Council administration the unintended consequences of closing the aquatic facilities:

Signing on to our public statement of support
Assist in advocacy to relevant state and federal government ministers for funding of the OLC redevelopment
Contacting Banyule council administration and councillors to delay the closure date
Assist with media coverage

Sign the Statement of Support as a Leader or Organisation:

1. Download the sign on statement template from the word doc link below

2. Have an appropriate representative sign the template

3. Attach your logo to the bottom

4. Email the signed template as a pdf to all Government representatives

Banyule Council Mayor Elizabeth Nealy - elizabeth.nealy@banyule.vic.gov.au

Councillor Mary O'Kane - mary.okane@banyule.vic.gov.au

Councillor Alida McKern - alida.mckern@banyule.vic.gov.au

Councillor Mark Di Pasquale - mark.dipasquale@banyule.vic.gov.au

Councillor Peter Castaldo - peter.castaldo@banyule.vic.gov.au

Councillor Rick Garotti - rick.garotti@banyule.vic.gov.au

Councillor Matt Wood - matt.wood@banyule.vic.gov.au

Councilor Alicia Curry - alicia.curry@banyule.vic.gov.au

The Hon. Kate Thwaits MP - Federal Member for Jagajaga - Kate.Thwaites.MP@aph.gov.au

The Hon. Anthony Carbines MP - State Member for Ivanhoe - anthony.carbines@parliament.vic.gov.au

Statement of Support

Sign on Statement Template

More information on the statement of support

Citations

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Brenner RA, Taneja GS, Haynie DL, Trumble AC, Qian C, Klinger RM, Klebanoff MA. Association between swimming lessons and drowning in childhood: a case-control study. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009 Mar;163(3):203-10. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.563. PMID: 19255386; PMCID: PMC4151293.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017. Impact of physical inactivity as a risk factor for chronic conditions: Australian Burden of Disease Study. Australian Burden of Disease Study series no. 15 Cat. no. BOD 16. Canberra: AIHW.

Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne). (2001, March). Swimming for Muslim women: An evaluation report (ISBN 1-876735-03-1). Author. https://miceastmelb.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Swim-muslimwomen.pdf

Seefeldt, V., Malina, R.M. & Clark, M.A. Factors Affecting Levels of Physical Activity in Adults. Sports Med 32, 143–168 (2002). https://doi.org/10.2165/00007256-200232030-00001

Infrastructure Australia. (2019, August 13). Australian Infrastructure Audit 2019: Executive summary. Infrastructure Australia. https://www.infrastructureaustralia.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-08/Australian%20Infrastructure%20Audit%202019%20-%20Executive%20Summary%20Brochure.pdf

Michels, Ank & de Graaf, Laurens. (2010). Examining Citizen Participation: Local Participatory Policy Making and Democracy. Local Government Studies. 36.