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…
Call for a Moratorium on Victoria’s Data Centre Build Out
Organising Meeting, Wednesday July 1, 6.30pm at the People’s Place Borderlands Cooperative Data Centres are popping up everywhere in the Western Suburbs without anything approaching adequate public scrutiny. Our State Government has drunk the AI Kool-Aid. It is overriding local democratic controls to position Victoria at the cutting edge of a big tech dystopia. Data Centres consume vast amounts of electricity,…
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…
St John’s Food Program
Borderlands Cooperative is grateful for the support we receive from St John’s in Footscray. It’s not only a shared physical home for us, but also a shared mission of sorts. If we were to make use of Gustavo Gutierrez’s theology of liberation, we would say we share a similar “option” for the exploited and oppressed, intentionally aligning our actions, resources, and…
Successful launch of the Community Builder’s Journal
As part of National Volunteer Week 2026, community leaders, volunteers, community development workers, and active citizens came together Friday May 22 for the launch of The Community Builder’s Journal, introduced by two of the authors, Peter Westoby and Rachael Donovan (from Community Praxis Co-op). The event was hosted by Hot House Living Lab and Maribyrnong City Council. It proved a beautiful…