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…
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…
Submission to Maribyrnong Council: Footscray Opportunities Paper
*All quotations are from Council documents, unless otherwise noted. Finding Footscray & Defining Liveability Plans for the betterment of Footscray must be anchored in an honest and transparent interrogation of the distinct needs, interests and varying aspirations across the community. The choice of policies and operational levers to effect housing development, employment and commercial patterns, services and other infrastructure, and environmental…
Open Letter for Better Buses for the West
Sign on to the Better Buses for the West Open Letter of Support. To sign on as organisation email contact the Sustainable Cities Campaign. Go here for more information about the Better Buses Campaign (Friends of the Earth). Better Buses for the West — Open Letter of Support We are people, communities and organisations who are committed to transport justice in…