VOTE TO SAVE PRESTON MARKET!
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The Darebin Council elections are here, with postal ballots being sent out from Monday 7th October and voting closing on 26th October.
Darebin Council’s position on Preston Market has been a critical factor in saving the Market.
Over 2021 to 2023 the council ran its “Protect Preston Market” campaign, which saw the council back up the community position that the existing Preston Market needs to stay and that any development to take place must respect the important heritage and social values embodied by the market.
The council’s advocacy, along with the massive community campaign that has been going on for years, helped to save the market from demolition, and pushed the state government to put a heritage overlay on the market. The developers have had to go back to the drawing board, and we expect them to come back with new tactics to demolish the market.
The only reason Darebin Council held their “Protect Preston Market” position was because of pro-Preston Market councilors who had the majority position on the council.
If it weren’t for them the council would have let the developers have their way with the market, and we would have another Northland right in the middle of Preston.
This is why it is important to vote for pro-Preston Market councilors!
To help people work out who is best for Preston Market, we sent out surveys to each candidate asking them what pro-Preston Market actions they have taken, whether they support public acquisition of the market, and whether they would move a motion within six months of being on council that would commit the council to a position that advocates for public acquisition of the market.
Along with these questions we also made an assessment of each candidate based on their past actions combined with the past actions of the political party they belong to (if they belong to a party).
So - find your ward, check out where your local council candidates stand and VOTE TO SAVE PRESTON MARKET!
