Candidate information register

• Map including street names for Wingrove
• Map with boundaries for Wingrove
• Number of properties in Wingrove

• Detailed map of Wingrove ward can be found on Council’s website
• Wingrove map showing boundaries
• Based on the rateable property type for Wingrove ward, there are 3,395 residential properties and 503 business properties.

Question about the election signage and promotion fact sheet: 

Signs and advertising on public land

To ensure Council doesn’t appear to support an individual candidate, election signage is not permitted:

• on Council land including roadsides, nature strips, parkland or Council-owned property
• attached to Council buildings
• attached to a verandah, awning or fence that overhangs Council land
• on land owned by other government agencies such as Parks Victoria or VicRoads with the required approval from the relevant agency. 

Should this be ‘without’? 

Correct and apologies - there is an error on the fourth point. It should read ‘on land owned by other government agencies such as Parks Victoria or VicRoads without the required approval from the relevant agency’.

Question about the election signage and promotion fact sheet: 

Events and pop ups

Candidates and supporters can hold events in public spaces but will need to follow the guidelines:

• Election material can’t be distributed within 50 metres of Council property – is a park, playgrounds, bbq area defined as ‘council property’ in this context or only buildings such as council offices and community centres etc? 
• Candidates need permission from the property owner to campaign in a public space – if the space has an ‘owner’ is it not then a private space? Or does this mean council, as the ‘owner’, must approve events in public spaces such as park, playgrounds, bbq area?
• Consider public safety and community amenity – don’t obstruct access to footpaths. 
• A-frame and freestanding signs aren’t allowed on Council land – does this include when an event is being held in a public space? 

• The 50-metre restriction on election material distribution applies to all Council properties. This includes not only Council buildings, such as offices and community centres, but also parks, playgrounds, BBQ areas, and similar spaces that are owned or managed by Council.
• ‘Public space’ has the same meaning as ‘public place’ in the Summary Offences Act 1966, and therefore you are correct in that it includes spaces such as parks, playgrounds, and BBQ areas. If the public space is Council owned or managed, then yes you will need Council permission to campaign.
• However, some public spaces may be owned or managed by other government agencies like Parks Victoria or VicRoads. For any campaigning on land managed by other government agencies, you'll need to contact the relevant agency to understand their specific requirements.
• If candidates and supporters are planning or attending events in public spaces, A-frame and freestanding signs are not permitted on Council land, this includes a public space that is Council owned or managed.

Advise on what the process is to gain approval to run small events (such as free sausage sizzles) and hand out flyers at local parks/bbq areas.

All of the information regarding planning an event in Nillumbik is found on our website via the below link.

There are clear instructions available on how to apply to hold an event on Council land.

Planning an event in Nillumbik