FBBF Executive Officer David Weston met today with representatives of the Property Council to establish how the two organisations can work on common issues affecting businesses in Fisherman Bend.

Members received a lunchtime briefing from a partner from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, Tamara Brezzi on the implications of submission made to the Fishermans Bend Planning Panel. The firm represented eleven property owners at the Planning Panel that was the longest running (and most costly to both government, businesses and property owners) in the history of Panel Hearings. Over 240 submissions were received including one from FBBF. The issue that affected a numb

FBBF Committee and members were delighted with the outcome at the Council meeting last night. Council voted 7 to 2 to adopted changes to on-street parking in the Sandridge Precinct. This included retention of an amount of unrestricted parking in area 2, moving the boundary between areas 1 and 2 further east to Boundary Street, making paid parking in area 1 $1.90 per hour so as to discourage city and Dockland commuters parking all day in area 1 and agreeing to placing 80 4hr