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From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122118149193050575/posts/122131516053050575

An explosive story published in the Age this morning confirms the reality on the ground that the City of Melbourne has been silencing about its dangerous security program. Meanwhile in Footscray, Maribyrnong Council’s security patrols program has been plagued by the same violence and denial.

Full story

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From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122118149193050575/posts/122130459249050575

No Mykis. No “Inspectors”. No turnstiles. No fines. No fear. And we use the billions we save to expand and improve PT.

#MakeFreePTPermanent

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122118149193050575/posts/122130049317050575

Many in our community are having big feelings about this new art installation in Footscray mall…

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122118149193050575/posts/122129721501050575

An escalation in cruelty just as the nights get cold, wet and windy. Following the trend already happening in St Kilda and the Melbourne CBD. The average life expectancy for a person experiencing homelessness is 44 years… what is Council thinking, and is a sign of what their “non security” model will

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122118149193050575/posts/122127293085050575

Follow and support the extraordinary work of Flat Out Inc and FIGJAM (Formerly Incarcerated Girls Justice Advocates Melbourne).

‘Strip-searching women in prison is state-sanctioned sexual abuse and it must end’, by lived experience https://cheekmedia.substack.com/p/strip-searching-women-in-prison-is

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122118149193050575/posts/122124951837050575

We want to know which of our representatives is LYING about what this vague, undefined “council-led civic presence” will be.

How could councillors give the thumbs up for a program that hasn’t even been designed yet? They’ve given a blank cheque to unelected bureaucrats to create something that could be

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122118149193050575/posts/122124468135050575

About 50 community members attended the Maribyrnong council meeting tonight to see how councillors would vote on the future of security-based programs against marginalised communities in Footscray. Unfortunately, the door remains wide open for more harm after tonight’s vote. But it’s not over. We still

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122118149193050575/posts/122124441813050575

80+ people at the FCR speak-out tonight despite pouring rain. Chanting “hey hey, ho ho: security has got to go!” and “from the mall to the hall: Footscray belongs to all!”. Speakers highlighted that some members of our community aren’t problems that others need to be protected from; they are our

#Footscray #FCR #SocialHealth #Justice #Reinvestment #Solidarity
From the Footscray Community Response Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/122118149193050575/posts/122124397965050575

Council’s own evaluation tells them the community wants real community participation in council decision-making.

So what does Council do? They recommend another half-baked program that ignores the evidence and the findings of their own evaluation. It includes no mention of community consultation!