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Melbourne City Council profile


Melbourne City Council is unsubdivided and includes the suburbs of Flemington, Kensington, West Melbourne, Parkville, North Melbourne, Carlton North, Carlton, Docklands, the Melbourne CBD, East Melbourne, and south of the Yarra River it includes Port Melbourne, South Wharf, Southbank and South Yarra.

Features of the council

Melbourne City Council covers 37.6407 sqKm.

City of Melbourne is unsubdivided. The council consists of seven councillors plus the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor.

Current Leadership Team

Robert Doyle (Lord Mayor)
Susan Riley (Deputy Lord Mayor)

Current Councillors

Melbourne City Council  (7 councillors)
Carl Jetter
Jennifer Kanis
Kevin Louey
Cathy Oke
Chong Ong
Brian Shanahan
Jackie Watts (countback on 19 July 2011)

New structure for Melbourne City Council

The Minister for Local Government approved an increase in the number of councillors to nine (not including the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor) following the recent electoral representation review conducted by the VEC.

The modified structure will take effect from the Council elections in October 2012.

You can find out more about the Melbourne City Council by visiting their website: www.melbourne.vic.gov.au (external link).



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