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good evening and welcome to our

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September council meeting I acknowledge

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the traditional owner of the land on

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which we meet the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung

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and Bunurung people and recognize their continuing

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connection to the land and waterways pay

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my respect to their Elders past presence

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and emerging and extend this to all

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

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people thank you to everyone joining us

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here in the room and watching online this

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is our first meeting during caretaker

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period for the upcoming local government

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election in October in Victoria over

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2,000 people have put themselves forward

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for elections including many in here

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Monash the elections will conducted by

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post and coordinate by the Victorian

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election commissions people will receive

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information on how to vote directly from

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the VEC in early October I wish all

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candidates luck right across

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Victoria and with that I'm pleased to

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get our September  meeting under 

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way councelor Samardzija in

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apology and I believe everyone else is

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here are there any disclosure of

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interest moving on to confirmations of

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minutes counselors there is a

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recommendations before us that the

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minutes of meeting held on 20th of August

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2024 and 27th of August 2024 be taken as

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read and confirmed do we have a

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move councelor Little

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I'll second that is there any

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discussions if not I will now put that

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to the vote all those in

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favor all those

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against that's

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carried counselors are there any other

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petitions  letters or memorials

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if not I will now move on to

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next on agenda which is a public

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question time Council has received two

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questions for tonight's meeting and one

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of them  has been disallowed  the

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only questions that we have in here is

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regarding item

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7.3.3 re  Insurance

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renewal financial year

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24/25 question submitter is Maria Palasidies

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Maria are you here to ask your

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question  can the council so this is

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in relation to

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7.3.3 can the council provide a simple

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summary of what the following insurance

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policies cover with examples additional

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can Council specify which of these

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policies protect the community from

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electromagnetic frequency radiation from

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Smart Technologies like street lights 5G

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towers that have been approved by

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counselors does the council and

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officers liability insurance protect

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counselors and the CEO from civil

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liability for decisions that may

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unintentionally harm the public

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especially when decisions are made

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without full disclosure of risks known

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unknown or longterm and of listed the

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four policies beneath did you say my

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other questions been

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disallowed thank you thank you for your

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question Maria a summary of the

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requested policy are as follows

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industrial special risk this insurance

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covers Council properties and assets

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public reliability and professional

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indemnity this is courage against claims

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made against Council relating to

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property damage personal injury or

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breach of a professional duty community

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liability this provides additional

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public liability and professional

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indemnity courage in connections with

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Council events environmental impairment

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liability this is courage in relation to

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any loss of connected with the

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pollutions incident there is no policy

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in Council portfolio insurance that

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expressly provides a courage for

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electromagnetic frequency

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radiations the counselors and officer

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policy does not provide blanket immunity

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to either counselors or CEO for any

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decision they made in the course of

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their Council

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duties we're now moving on the officer

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reports item 7.1.1 town planning

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schedule do we have a

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mover Council Little second do we have a

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seconder councelor Paterson is there

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any

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discussion if not I will now put that to

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the vote all those in

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favor all those against that's

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carry item

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7.3.1 informal meeting of councilor's

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record do we have a

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move councelor Little I'll second

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that is there any discussion

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if not I will now put that to the vote

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all those in

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favor all those

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against that's

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carried item

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7.3.2 draft 2023/24 financial report and

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performance statement do we have a mover

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councelor Zographos do we have a

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seconder councel Little is there any

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discussion councelor

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Zographos thank you thank you very much  and

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it gives me great pleasure to speak

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briefly on the financial statements 

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mayor because they're a good new story

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as they have been  for most of my time

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in this place  I know that our equity

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position is very strong $3.8 billion

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which  is good to see and also an $18

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million surplus for the financial year

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24 which is a very good financial

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position  that we're in  the capital

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program is at 97% spend which is 

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looking very good and obviously we know

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that there was some timing differences

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between when we receive grant funding

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and when we will receive and spend that

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grant funding in recent incoming months

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but overall  in my last second last

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council meeting it's very good to see

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that  the next Council will have

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although there will be challenges 

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they're working off a very strong sound

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financial base and that's Testament to

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the organization led by Andy Diamond and also

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this Council over many years thank

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you thank you Councilor Zographos is there any

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other

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discussions if not I will now put that

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to the vote all those in

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favor all those

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against that's

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carried item 7.3.3 Insurance renewal

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Financial year

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24/25 do we have a

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mover councelor Paterson do we have a

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seconder councelor Little is there any

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discussion if not I will now put that to

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the vote all those in

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favor all those

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against that's

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carried

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7.4.1 2024195 Mt Waverley Reserve crooked nets

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and maintenance shared constructions do

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we have a

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mover Councilor Paterson do we have a

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second a second by Councilor Little is

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there any

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discussion if not I will now put that to

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the vote all those in

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favor all those

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against that's carried

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moving on the next agenda we don't have

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 any notice of motion

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tonight are there any urgent business

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item

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counselors and moving on next item is 

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there's no item for consideration of

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report written by Council so we will now

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move on to the personal explanations are

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there any  personal

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explanations

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counselors if not I will now move on to

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are there any counselor

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reports councelor

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DeSilva  thank you mayor  as is well

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known Monash is home to one of the most

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significant Sri Lankan diasporas not

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only in Victoria or Australia but also

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in the world the Sri Lankan Community is

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a vibrant and integral part of our

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broader Monash community and our

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municipality would be unrecognizably

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poorer without its presence here because

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of this I wanted to take a few minutes

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this evening to reflect on the rather

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momentous events occurring in Sri Lanka

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over the weekend on Saturday Sri Lanka

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voted to usher in a new government it

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was the most closely contested election

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in Sri Lankan history and not everyone

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will agree with the outcome nevertheless

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bears saying that what has happened is

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significant for the first time in a very

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long time a majority of Sri Lankans

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thought that real change might be

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possible and they came out and made

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their voices heard and their votes felt

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thousands of Sri Lankan citizens living

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in Monash made

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their way back home to be able to vote

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and thousands more will make their way

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back in the coming months to be part of

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the change to come it is not lost on me

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that in our first council meeting of the

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caretaker period  this change is

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happening across the world as I stand

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here this evening  nearly at the end

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of a council term that has been

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characterized by discussion and debate

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and descent and decision making in the

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service and interests of the community

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not only by those here in the room but

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by the very many officers  and indeed

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members of the public who can contribute

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to council governance behind the scenes

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democracy doesn't always function

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ideally but a functioning democracy is

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not something to be taken for granted

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and I want to express my sincerest wish

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for the people in Sri Lanka and those

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who still call Sri Lanka home overseas

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 that with this change of leadership

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will also come the material and lasting

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change that so many Sri Lankan people

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have been hoping for and fighting for in

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one form or another for so so long

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thanks

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thank you councelor DeSilva councilor

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Zographos thank you very much democracy is

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very important and people should always

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have the right to express their views in

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our community  but  mayor you

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mentioned also  council elections 

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at the outset of this meeting and  you

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know I think it's very important 

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responsibility that Victorians have I

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wish all candidates the very best in

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their election campaigns across Victoria

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particularly those  in

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mes and  you know I'll be sort of

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observing from the sidelines and I'll be

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exercising my vote I'm sure for who I

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think is best in my

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ward  it's the first time I won't be

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on the ballot in since 2005 in Monash

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Council election so  I don't really

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don't know really what to do with myself

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at the moment I'm sort of just walking

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around twiddling my thumbs  if there's

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any needs letter boxing you know sort of

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I'm available but

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 I do want to update the Council on

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some of the events that I've been

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attending in my capacity as I farewell

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 this role and on the  11th

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of September I joined yourself councelor

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James and McCluskey and councilor Little

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at the St John Monash Awards  at the

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Museum of Australian photography and it

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was great to see such an

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inspirational array of nominees 

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and of course

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Erin Bardleton and Leisel Richards who are

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teachers at Wheelers Hill Primary School

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won the outstanding leadership award 

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I think they're year two teachers from

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memory and of course other people like

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 Faral ? who's an inspirational

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woman who won the inspirational women's

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leadership award and many others and

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it's good to see yourself and councilor

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Mclusky and councelor James presented

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those Awards having been on the panel

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and you you obviously know the stories

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of those people

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 the next day on September the 12th I

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attended the MAV what are you laughing at

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the MAV dinner  at the Sofitel which is

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the annual  dinner of all counselors

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across Victoria and of course bitter 

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sweet as I sort of said goodbye to

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many people that I've worked with

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over I don't know 15 years or whatever

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it's been since I first stood  for

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Council and just

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finally where are my

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notes on the 13th of September the next

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day I had to get up and go to the

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Clayton friendship Chinese friendship

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Association who celebrated their 13th

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birthday and of course we celebrated the

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Moon Festival  for another year and

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that was also a great experience for me

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to  I guess take part in a very

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important cultural tradition for monach

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so  that's my second last counselor

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report and  I look forward to having

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more to say  at the next meeting which

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will obviously be my last one here at

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the city of Monash thank

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you thank you councelor Zographos are there

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any other  Councilors

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reports if not counselors so there's no

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confidential matters to discuss which

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means that  I will now bring this

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meeting to

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close at 7:20 thank you than you good

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night everyone