Welcome to the September edition of the Dispatch

Let’s elect a new Council committed to strong climate action!

Darebin Council elections will take place on 7th-25th October by postal ballot. DCAN is working hard to try to ensure that our new Council is willing and able to act strongly on the climate emergency.

As in previous years, we are sending out a questionnaire to all candidates, asking about their commitment to climate action. After the difficulties that the current Council has experienced resulting in monitors being appointed at great expense to ratepayers, we are also asking about their views on good governance and involving the community in deliberations on complex issues, through processes like Citizens Assemblies.

Candidates’ responses to our questionnaire, along with their candidate statements and other public statements, will be used to create scorecards for each of the 9 wards. The scorecards will be on DCAN’s website and will be published widely.

We will be holding a Candidates Climate Forum on 3rd October at 7pm on Zoom. There will be a breakout room for each ward, so residents can ask questions of their own candidates. Register now! Please make sure you know what ward you are in before coming to the meeting so you can go to the right one. Find out which ward you are in here.