City Council Mystery Tour

Public denied access to Council meeting as Melbourne's Business community express no confidence in proposal

Melbourne City Council screws up again! With allegations that the Council Administration have no idea of the Melbourne Tourist Market.

Herald Sun: Crown tourism snub [01feb06]

Melbourne City Council's controversial Mystery Bus Tour, costing ratepayers $750,000.00 plus pr year, will exclude Melbourne's Crown Casino raising questions as to the tour bus's viability and management.

The Council's management are out-of-control and out of touch with reality. The City Council proposed empire building undermines private operators who have invested millions of dollars and already service this market.

The cost of running the Mystery Tour will certainly blow out with ratepayers left footing the bill.

The City of Melbourne should have negotiated with Crown Casino to help subsidise this extravagant expensive exercise.

There was only one item on the agenda of last nights meeting and that was the Tour Bus.

The meeting was poorly managed and the public were shut out and denied access . Council's deliberation and determination was made behind closed doors. (Shame)

Don Parsons, Melbourne Business community representative, was furious to learn what happened.

Councillor Peter Clark spoke out at the meeting saying "They should have shut the meeting down."

The proposed Tourist Bus should be abandoned pending further discussion with all stakeholders and a proper review. The City Council should, instead, concentrate on providing a mini-bus service linking the East Melbourne, Carlton, Parkville and North Melbourne communities.

The Lord Mayor continues to demonstrate that he has no idea how to run the City.

The City Council failed again to express confidence in the Deputy Lord Mayor following revelations of Gary Singer's professional mismanagement.