Cr Amanda Stone
A community activist involved in campaigns to protect Yarra’s liveability and heritage, Cr Stone served as Yarra’s 2008/09 Mayor.
She believes there is a need to improve the city’s liveability, which means the Council must respond better to long-standing challenges including pressure on open space, traffic congestion and managing conflict between residents and neighbouring commercial/industrial properties.
Other priorities include addressing climate change at a local level, assisting households and businesses to become more sustainable, and facilitating more affordable housing options so the city’s diversity is maintained.
Having grown up in Orbost with the Snowy River at the bottom of her family home, Cr Stone has a special passion for protecting the Yarra River from the impacts of built developments, to ensure residents “have a place to go to get away from it all’.
An education consultant who has previously worked as a teacher, student counsellor and assistant principal, Cr Stone holds a Bachelor of Arts and Graduate Diplomas in Education and Child Psychology.
She was a founding member of the Collingwood and Abbotsford Residents’ Association, sits on the board of one of Australia’s longest-serving aid agencies Partners in Aid and is a member of the Greens.
Cr Stone was elected to Yarra Council in November 2008 as a representative of Langridge Ward, which includes Abbotsford, Alphington (south of Heidelberg Road), Fairfield (south of Heidelberg Road) and parts of Clifton Hill, Fitzroy and Collingwood.
She is a member of Council’s Aboriginal Advisory Group, Business Advisory Group and Live Music Working Group. She represents Council on the Northern Alliance for Greenhouse Action (NAGA) and the Collingwood Children's Farm Management Committee.
She can be contacted on 9205 5053 or 0429 358 170 or at Amanda.Stone@yarracity.vic.gov.au
Below is a map which shows the area Cr Stone represents:
View Langridge Ward in a larger map
Further information
John Blighe
Admin Officer - Mayors and Councillors' Office
9205 5053
John.Blighe@yarracity.vic.gov.au
c/o PO Box 168 Richmond 3121
Fax (03) 8417 6666
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