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Shannon Meilak - Advocate

It’s been a busy yet productive weekend. Yesterday, Mum and I had the pleasure of meeting Mitch Tambo, whom we both deeply admire. Today, we attended the Lions Club of Taylors Lakes picnic, where we had a chance to speak with Alice Jordan-Baird - Labor for Gorton and Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah MP.

During our 30+ minute discussion, I raised key issues affecting Brimbank, including the lack of funding for disability inclusion, the State Parliamentary Petition for a "new specialist school" in Deer Park, limited social connection opportunities for LGBTQIA+ adults, and our strong opposition to Melbourne Airport’s third runway. Both Alice and Michelle were receptive to the issues we raised.

We urged them to increase funding for disability support organisations in the West (including GenWest), provide resources to Brimbank City Council for inclusion programs for disabled and queer adults, improve road infrastructure—particularly Taylors Lakes' notorious roundabouts—and collaborate across all levels of government to ensure our communities receive the necessary support to thrive.

I will never stop fighting for meaningful change in our community.

Shannon and Mitch Tambo are posing for a photo. Mitch is wearing teal-green sunglasses. He is smiling and has a friendly expression. He's wearing a teal-blue long-sleeved jacket over teal-blue shorts. He's raising his right hand in a gesture of welcome, with his palm visible. His left arm is around the Shannon' shoulder. Shannon is wearing a light sage green top with a floral pattern, under a denim jacket. There are small, circular advocacy pins attached to the denim jacket. Her expression is joyful and happy. She is wearing dark-rimmed sunglasses on top of her head. She also holds a black walking stick in her left hand, adorned with purple ribbons. Both of them are engaged in a warm and friendly embrace. The background is a light coloured wood wall with a slightly greenish tinted panel. The overall impression is that of a casual meeting and a happy interaction.
Full outdoor shot of a group of people, at an The Lions Club picnic. A large, cartoonish, stuffed animal costume, resembling a mouse or similar small rodent, in light white with pastel pink and light blue tulle skirt, stands in the centre. Shannon and her dog are next to the costumed person. Shannon wears sunglasses, an Argyle pattern blue top, and blue jeans. On the other side of the costumed person, Virginia Tachos is wearing a patterned singlet top and khaki pants. She wears sunglasses and is smiling. Both women are standing on a light gray pavement with grass on the side. Overhead, a bright blue sky is visible. Parts of trees and bushes are seen in the background, suggesting a park-like environment. A yellow and light-brown banner with the letter "L" is visible on a pole above the costumed person and Shannon; It is the Lions Club logo. The image is well-lit, suggesting a sunny day.
A close up photo of Shannon and Virginia again, this time in front of small green shrubs and tanbark.
Close-up of Shannon, Virginia Tachos and Kim Truong. Virginia, with blonde hair, is wearing black sunglasses and a sleeveless top with a light teal/turquoise design. She is smiling broadly and looking directly at the camera. Kim is in the centre, also smiling and looking at the camera, has dark hair and is wearing an eye-catching, patterned top that is a white with a deep red/maroon colour floral-style design, along with large sunglasses in a wide brimmed hat that is black or navy and white with a pattern. Shannon, on the right, with dark hair and noticeable sunglasses wearing the same closes described in photo 3, has an equally joyful expression and appears to be in a candid, comfortable pose. A large, yellow marquee with a Lions Club logo, is visible behind them. There's also a parked van and a group of people in blue Lions Club polo shirts in the background. The background suggests a park-like setting with grass. The light suggests a sunny day outdoors.
#WeAreBrimbank#brimbank#melbswest
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Shannon Meilak - Advocate

This week I wrote to #bencarroll, following up on my previous email, regrading the increasing violence in our neighbourhood. I hope this time he acknowledges the genuine fear of his constituents and isn't too busy now as Deputy Premier, to acknowledge us.

"Dear Mr Carroll,

I write to you today to follow up on my correspondence dated 30.09.23 and attached below. As of today, I have still not received a reply from you with regards to the traumatising incident, that occurred in Keilor. Many are still trying to cope with the events of that day, but worse still, since I wrote to you we have experienced a second shooting; which happened to occur just two streets away from where I live, and the fatal hit and run of a 16 year old boy in Taylors Lakes.
Residents are terrified! We rightfully want to know what our government is doing to protect us and our families and it is unfathomable to me, that you have remained silent on the issue and failed to reach out, or even acknowledge residents impacted by these violent attacks in our suburban streets. Are you now too busy to address your own constituents?

I sincerely hope that you consider meeting with these impacted communities as I originally invited you to do, but at the very least, I hope to receive a reply from you this time.

Regards,
Shannon Meilak"

#community#stoptheviolence#neighbourhoodviolence
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Shannon Meilak - Advocate

📢 Brimbank City Council repeatedly breeches it's own Governance Rules and wilfully ignores the access requests of disabled people in their community!

I again used my questions to directly address the way Council breeches in their own Governance Rules and called for them to rectify the issue this month - they refused. I was advised that I would be provided with a written response and details on how to make a complaint; meaning my questions will remain off the public record!
Council excused this response by stating they did not believe they had breeched any of the Governance Rules, yet the fact they were unable to demonstrate how I was incorrect, paired with the fact that council read my question in full this month which cited that it breeches rule 57.14 if they do not read my question in full, I believe confirms that they did indeed breech this rule. They then tried to question my intelligence by stating that they would work to ensure the rules were better understood.

So I put it to you, how do you interpret the following information?

- 57.14 of Brimbank’s Governance Rules state; “All questions and answers must be as brief as possible, and no discussion may be allowed other than by Councillors for the purposes of clarification.”
- Council’s question submission site states that questions must be under 1000 characters to comply with this rule and you are unable to submit your question if it exceeds this limit.

- I was not in the chamber, so no discussion was attempted and the question was within the 1000 character limit and was as brief as possible without vital details being omitted.

Let me know if you think these actions breeched the rules or not.

More details (including the questions not read) at:
tinyurl.com/PQTBCC

July Ordinary Council meeting live-stream recording:
youtube.com/live/CEg0WIZHXRU?f

A screenshot of the online submission platform on Brimbank City Council's website. The posters personal details have been visually removed from the screenshot and the questions are written in the provided text box. The text within these text boxes is cut off and can be read in full in the next image attached to this post.
Question 1 In line with Brimbank City Council’s Governance Rules 57.14, I do not consent to any part of my question being omitted, as I have complied with the Governance Rules as written and to omit any part of this question, would be in direct contravention of this rule. As the two questions I submitted to Brimbank City Council’s public question time for last months meeting, had significant parts of them omitted and therefore the Governance rules were breeched, will you now read my questions in full, so that both my question and Council’s answer will be on the public record? Should you no longer have a copy of the original questions as submitted, I will be happy to provide them to you again. Question 2 In line with Brimbank City Council’s Governance Rules 57.14, I do not consent to any part of my question being omitted, as I have complied with the Governance Rules as written and to omit any part of this question, would be in direct contravention of this rule. Brimbank City Council’s new draft governance rules, have been revised to allow for omission of any part of a question submitted to public question time, that Council chooses. This is an affront to our democracy and directly works to silence Brimbank residents and any grievance or concern about Council that residents raise. As such, I ask all Councillors here today, to not be complicate in this change and to object to 55.16 of Brimbank’s new proposed Governance Rules being passed on August 22nd. (Text too long)
#corruptiongoverment#corruptgovernment#Corruption
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