MEDIATION POSTPONED 

We finally have confirmation that two committee members from The Substation Inc. are prepared to enter into mediation with representatives from the excluded membership group. 

Due to the lengthy delay from The Substation in responding to the invitation made on our behalf by the Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria, the mediation session could not be scheduled for late September as proposed.

Mediation is now planned for the week of the 9th December. This is not ideal, but was the first date that all parties were available to attend.

Following the postponement of the mediation session, I have written to our Councillors to request that if Hobsons Bay City Council provides funding to The Substation, it does so in limited regular instalments until a successful outcome can be negotiated through mediation. 

We have had the experience over the past three and a half years, that once funding is secured, no meaningful negotiation is supported by The Substation. 

There are also outstanding questions of the legality of actions taken by The Substation Inc. Committee to exclude it’s membership that will be pursued should mediation be unsuccessful.  

In the meantime, we will continue to communicate with the excluded membership group as well as the hundreds of concerned residents and ratepayers that have registered through our website.

If you have not done so already, please use this link to confirm that you are happy for me to represent you at the mediation. CONFIRM HERE

Please remember to keep this issue alive through discussions with friends and neighbours, it is only through a sustained and broad based action that we will restore our communities voice at The Substation.