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Advocacy Roadmap
Yarra City Council adopted an Advocacy Roadmap in November 2025, and in April 2026 chose to highlight some of the items under the brand ‘Yarra Decides’, with the aim of obtaining spending promises from the state government in the lead up to the November 2026 state election. The Advocacy Roadmap is a flawed document because…
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New councillors
Congratulations to Yarra’s new councillors! We wish them all well and hope that they can all help build a more beautiful, liveable, and accessible city, where every property can be safely accessed by people of all ages and abilities, irrespective of whether they choose to walk, roll, bike, take public transport, or drive. One of…
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Scorecard launched in Herald Sun
Streets Alive Yarra launched our Election 2024 candidate scorecard with an article in the Herald Sun! We’re proud of the guidance we published for the 2020 election; in hindsight we think our scores were correct. Now, for the 2024 election, we’re back with a updated version. Ian Royall from the Herald Sun came across it…
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Election 2024
New councillors will be elected to the City of Yarra in October 2024. We encourage every voter to meet the candidates in their ward, read their websites and flyers, and form their own view as to who best aligns with their values. However, we know it can be difficult to sort through all the campaign…
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Councillors for 2021-2024
Streets Alive Yarra congratulates the nine elected councillors for the 2021 to 2024 term, as announced by the Victorian Electoral Commission on Friday 6th November. All nine councillors will have a vote on all key issues facing Council, irrespective of what ward they are from. Here’s a snippet from each councillor’s policy platform or public…
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Election 2020
It’s council election time, and we know it can be difficult to sort through all the campaign material. If you’d like some guidance on how much each candidate will support a more beautiful, liveable and accessible city, read on. We’ve given each candidate a score out of 5, based on: Here’s our scorecard: Here’s a copy…
