The Supreme Court has dismissed a case against a Melbourne council for temporarily closing its public gallery during meetings, amid an increase in abuse and intimidation.
The council is among dozens that have moved to increase security at meetings this year after disruptions by people with concerns about vaccinations, 5G towers and, Dickson sought to delay a vote on the council’s Monbulk urban design framework – a planning document used to guide infrastructure and development – by 12 months, claiming the council failed to “meaningfully engage” residents on the document.
“In other words, a meeting may be ‘open to the public’ even though members of the public are unable to attend in person.” The move to registration requirements has been criticised as anti-democratic by some community members in Yarra Ranges and other areas includingBut in her judgment, Richards found the registration requirement was “proportionate” in the case of Yarra Ranges given “the disruption to council meetings that occurred earlier this year”.
A change.org petition organised by My Place railing against the council’s purported “20 minute city agenda” was submitted as evidence by Dickson. Dickson’s case also focused on the possibility of three-storey developments along the main street of Monbulk.
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