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Keep up to date with the latest CAPP news, articles and campaigns.

CAPP Submission in response to the Draft Fishermans Bend Framework
December 16, 2017
UPDATE: CAPP Members were asked to make a presentation to the Fishermans Bend Planning Review Panel. Rhonda Small, Ann Byrne & Brenda Forbath represented the Community Alliance of Port Phillip (CAPP) on 16 April 2018. You can ...
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CAPP AGM 2017 & Aged Care Services Forum
October 19, 2017
Dear CAPP members and friends CAPP members, friends and supporters are invited to attend the 2017 CAPP AGM and a FORUM on "Aged Care Services: at a turning point?": a forum on current challenges and opportunities for achieving responsive and ...
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New CAPP Policy Framework for 2017
July 20, 2017
A new CAPP Policy Framework 2017 had been published for any comments and feedback. Work on updating CAPP Policy statements from 2012 has been ongoing since last year’s elections, and we are pleased to say that the new CAPP Policy Framework 2017 is ...
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a part of our community since 1997

The Community Alliance of Port Phillip – CAPP – was founded in 1997 by residents in Port Phillip to campaign progressive political ideas and social services in the then newly formed local government municipality of Port Phillip.

CAPP forum on Fishermans Bend hosted by Peter Mares.

CAPP’s members live throughout the length and breadth of the city, from the gritty north-western corner adjacent to Webb Dock, through the ‘City Beautiful’ utopianism of Garden City, to the proud, blue-collar tradition of Port Melbourne that gradually bleeds into the fiery progressivism and elegant streetscapes of South Melbourne and Middle and Albert Park. Finally, Port Phillip is completed by the utopian radicalism of St Kilda, Balaclava and Elwood.

Since its foundation in 1997 CAPP has been a strong voice for that tapestry of constituencies, an alliance of residents with different backgrounds and beliefs who unite to champion civic life and better service provision throughout the City of Port Phillip by:

Fighting for innovative social housing like Woodstock in Balaclava or Kyme Place in Port Melbourne Advocating for excellent new schools like Albert Park College
Campaigning for new and better children’s services, whether they be better long-day care services, more funding for community-based childcare like Eildon Rd or Nelson St or supporting private providers like The Treehouse in St Kilda
Crusading for local aged care facilities and services like Southport Community Residential Home which is managed and maintained by the residents of Port Phillip for the residents of Port Phillip; and
Resisting, year – after – ear-splitting – year, the huge cost and imposition of the much-loathed Grand Prix in the Port Phillips most expansive public space, Albert Park.

Every member of CAPP is motivated by different issues or ideas. All share the belief that CAPP’s exists to enable its members to support each other in the fight for a more generous, caring and civilised City of Port Phillip. And participatory local government in general.

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Where did CAPP come from? Our origins and history

CAPP was born in late 1990s inspired by the spirited resistance to the amalgamation of Port Melbourne, South Melbourne and St Kilda into the City of Port Phillip in 1994.

Amalgamation was forced upon the three cities by the Liberal state government led by Premier Kennett. The state government overrode one hundred years of vibrant local democracy, merging the three distinct cities and replaced their 33 councillors with three unelected and unrepresentative commissioners who administered the new City of Port Phillip for the three years after amalgamation.

Each of the three fiercely resisted the government intervention through a sustained campaign of civil disobedience. Disgruntled ratepayers protested outside childcare centres, marched upon city libraries and burnt their rate notices. The most inspired civil disobedience was the formation of TOPP, The Other Port Phillip, a parallel democratic ‘Council’ of residents drawn from all three municipalities. TOPP’s alternative Council meetings only highlighted the commissioners’ complete lack of democratic legitimacy.

TOPP was the immediate antecedent to CAPP. However, TOPP had, in turn, been inspired by earlier progressive traditions that had existed in each of Port Melbourne, South Melbourne and St Kilda.

The revolutionary provision of social services like Melbourne’s first Meals on Wheels program and the first local government social worker that were pioneered in the City of South Melbourne in the 50s and 60s
The bohemian radicalism of St Kilda’s Turn The Tide which fought quick-buck property developers who sought to transform St Kilda’s foreshore into a Melbourne’s Gold Coast of low-quality high-rise
The much-needed family assistance and youth outreach auspiced by Father Bob Maguire and associates at St Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church in South Melbourne
The valiant, tireless Save Albert Park which opposed and – twenty years later – continues to oppose, the bastardisation of public green space into private racing track

A diverse tradition united by the commitment to progressive social values and ideals.

View this document in the CAPP Library.

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CAPP Policy: 'Empowering Citizens & Building a Sustainable Community'

CAPP candidates and elected councillors want to build on the achievements of our Council with bold local initiatives that will provide tangible benefits to residents and local businesses.

The policy document below describes the Policy Framework that CAPP has most recently developed [Updated in July 2017].

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The 2017 Policy Framework includes:

BUILD A BETTER COUNCIL

Review spending priorities and cost controls to keep Council expenditure within CPI limits.
Benchmark Council’s financial goals and performance with other local governments to ensure residents and businesses receive maximum value for their rate dollar
Demonstrate leadership in deliberative and participatory democratic governance using technology, citizen panels and other means to ‘hear the breadth and depth’ of the community concerns and enable residents and businesses to contribute to the ‘big issues’
Undertake bold advocacy to State and Commonwealth Governments on planning, housing, schools and child care, transport, environment and cultural issues to improve the quality of life, sustainability and affordability of Port Phillip

ACT FOR THE FUTURE

Create a Port Phillip Energy Foundation to promote composting, grey water recycling, rain water collection, solar energy and energy efficiency programs to residents and businesses
Introduce a green waste household bin program
Power South Melbourne with its own solar panel array
Water capture and release programs to protect the Shakespeare Grove and Elster and Elwood Canal precincts from flooding
Boost Council investment in safe cycling and walking modes and advocate for improved public transport for residents and visitors
Support key elements of the Fishermans Bend Network vision, with a precinct of mixed density, quality design, affordable housing and community infrastructure of transport, schools and child care designed for a real city with a living soul
Challenge the dominant model of skyscrapers with their stacked, gated communities

HOLD ON TO OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY

Protect the village ethos of the Middle Park, Albert Park, Ripponlea, Ormond Road, Clarendon and Carlisle Street shopping strips
Celebrate the unique South Melbourne market – maintaining its affordability, preserving its attractiveness and viability
Call a summit of landowners, traders and residents to develop a comprehensive vision and plan to revitalise Fitzroy and Acland Streets with attractive retailers and culture – not just new street beautification
Implement a main street program to encourage a more robust, diverse and attractive mix of traders through active Council involvement
Investigate consequences for retail sites left vacant without reasonable cause over the long-term (more than 12 months). Examine possible Council and State Government options to deter this behaviour
Implement the Carlisle Street Structure Plan
Embark on a new vision for the St Kilda Junction - advocate to government for a fully planned approach to the Junction rather than issuing individual permits in an ad hoc manner
Work with the community, the State Government and others to deliver a beautiful cultural asset on the St Kilda Triangle site. If that takes time so be it. Better to get it right rather than achieve mediocrity

PROMOTE COMMUNITY SAFETY

Co-operate with local police and local communities to ensure all citizens are safe and secure on our streets
Lobby for increased local police presence in areas of high crime or a high risk of crime
Strictly control the irresponsible provision and consumption of hazardous quantities of alcohol at hours and places threatening reasonable expectations of civic peace
Support programs that adopt harm minimisation and ameliorative responses to drug and alcohol issues

INVEST IN PEOPLE

Advocate strongly for additional government investment in local schools
Develop a Port Phillip Youth Charter to affirm young people as a valued part of the Port Phillip community
Support our great youth and local sports clubs in South Melbourne and St Kilda – advocate for clubs facing rising rents, loss of access and damage to grounds in Albert Park and elsewhere
Promote local arts, music, galleries and rehearsal and workshop spaces through investment and better use of under-performing Council and community assets
Ensure that the community has priority access to all public spaces and that they are not enclosed for private uses. Any use of public spaces for events should be in the public interest
Maintain direct provision of Council Aged Care Services and invest in their expansion and improvement
Directly provide children’s services to the community and support and resource community managed services including child care centres, kindergartens, family day care, after school care, teenage and holiday programs
Establish high quality playgroup, parent groups and maternal health services to meet the city’s growing population
Increase the proportion of social housing dwellings in Port Phillip as a percentage of all dwellings in the municipality over the next eight years, ensuring our community is a place for everyone

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Contact CAPP

Community Alliance of Port Phillip welcomes feedback from the community. Or you may be interested in participating in our activities or volunteering for helping the election of CAPP candidates.

If you want to send a message to any or our councillors or candidates, try using their own websites (linked above) or we will forward your message on for you.

You can use any of the methods below or use the contact form below.

Send Postal Mail to:
Community Alliance of Port Phillip
C/- Post Office Box 1105
St Kilda South, Victoria 3182

Phone: 0434 027 760 (Rhonda)
E-mail: info@capp.org.au
Website: www.capp.org.au

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Keep up to date with community events, issues and campaigns in the City of Port Phillip. This is only to sign up to the CAPP mailing list. If you would like to become a member of CAPP then go to 'JOIN' section below.

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Our mailing list is used to keep you and others informed about CAPP and issues in the City of Port Phillip. We do not share or sell your information to any third parties. If you have any question or concerns, please contact us at news@capp.org.au.

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Join CAPP

There are a number of ways to join CAPP:

Membership form

Download the membership form below (click on the image)

Complete the form and MAIL to PO Box 1105, St Kilda South 3182; SCAN the form and email to membership@capp.org.au; or submit IN PERSON at the Annual General Meeting.

If you need assistance or have a question please email membership@capp.org.au, or call Rhonda on 0434 027 760.

Paying your membership fees

Please note that, because we are a registered community organisation operated by volunteers, membership fees are due on the 1st of July of each year regardless of the date that you joined.

Make payment by:

Mailing a CHEQUE or MONEY ORDER payable to the ‘Community Alliance of Port Phillip’ to Post Office Box 593, Elwood 3184;

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make an ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER to the account details listed below, including your surname in the reference;

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make a CASH payment at the next CAPP AGM;

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pay your membership fees and donation by PAYPAL or Credit Card here. Select your membership fee category in the drop down list.

If you wish to make a donation on top of your membership fee, or you are paying for an event admission, please JUST enter the TOTAL that you wish to pay in the box marked 'Other Amount'.

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The Purposes of the Community Alliance of Port Phillip Incorporated (CAPP) are:

to promote the development and implementation of policies in the City of Port Phillip that
- maintain Port Phillip as a well planned, livable municipality
- progress equity, social justice, inclusiveness and environmental sustainability
- value cultural diversity and the arts
to promote sound governance and community representation by the City of Port Phillip
to promote community awareness, debate and action on issues affecting the community and residents of Port Phillip

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Look for a document in the CAPP Library [DansDrive]