Melbourne’s west has highest homelessness in Australia
According to LeadWest* Melbourne’s west has recorded the highest homelessness demand in Australia. Melbourne’s west has a homelessness rate that is 50 per cent higher than the national average. LeadWest says that 15,025 people sought homelessness assistance in Melbourne’s west in 2024-25. Their analysis found Melbourne’s west lacks sufficient safe, secure and appropriate housing options to provide sustainable pathways out of…
Hume City Council passes motion calling for a moratorium on data centres
Hume City Council passes motion calling for a moratorium on approvals for new data centres and expansions of existing data centres until a Victorian Parliamentary Joint Select Committee Inquiry into Data Centres has been completed. 10 Councillors for, none against Motion passed August 10, 2026 That Council: 2.1 Writes to the Premier of Victoria, the Minister for Planning, the Minister for…
Cities for Everyone
Beyond neoliberal urbanism, the future of public life and space Saturday August 29, 11AM start Saturday August 29, Borderlands Cooperative, Footscray (Bluestone Hall, 32A Pickett Street) Organised by: People’s Plan for Footscray Supported by: Footscray Community Response, Borderlands Cooperative Why this gathering Throughout Australian cities, as the housing crisis and economic divide grows, local and state governments are enacting policies and…
Public rally for a data centre moratorium
Sunday August 9, 2pm Hansen Reserve Roberts Street West Footscray Melbourne communities are gathering in West Footscray on August 9 as part of a national call for a moratorium on AI data centre developments across Australia. Borderlands Cooperative and community groups including Citizens of Tottenham are calling for a pause on new approvals and construction on existing projects until governments legislate…
Data Centre Moratorium Wiki
This Wiki is a community resource intended to support local organising for a moratorium on data centres and as a tool to coordinate the wider campaign. Details on specific data centre sites can be hard to access. People are doing amazing work to investigate planning, zoning, emissions and technical specifications of data centres built or being planned in Victoria. The Wiki…
Solidarity Cities Reading Group
Solidarity Cities: Confronting Racial Capitalism, Mapping Transformation by Maliha Safri, Marianna Pavlovskaya, Stephen Healy and Craig Borowiak. Held at the People’s Place, Borderlands Cooperative On Monday evenings August– November, 2026, 7-8:30pm (see schedule below) This reading group aims to bring together interested locals to read and think together about the alternative futures of Footscray. The book Solidarity Cities draws on research…