At the outset of this campaign, I said that there were three broad areas that I want to tackle in Council. A new approach to urban planning and design. A more activist approach to local government. Greater transparency and scrutiny.

Geelong’s approach to urban design and planning is unsustainable in the long-run and largely ad hoc, Deakin Ward candidate, Bruce Lindsay, said today. Mr Lindsay made his comments in the context of the recent release of a planning panel report into the proposed Armstrong Creek Urban Growth Plan. The Plan envisages approximately a 25% increase in the size of Geelong by mid-century. The Panel report has recommended removing from the Plan many of the ‘greener,’ more progressive elements.

Geelong Greens Convenor, Bruce Lindsay, today announced he will run as a candidate in the Deakin Ward by-election for the City of Greater Geelong Council, on a platform of planning reform, Council activism and better governance.

Mr Lindsay said: ‘I work out at the Deakin University campus at Waurn Ponds. I feel a part of the area. This by-election is also about issues that effect Geelong and the Bellarine as a whole.’

‘Three areas of local government I want to see overhauled: