Contact decision makers

The Hon Richard Wynne
 Minister for Planning
 richard.wynne@parliament.vic.gov.au
Ministerial Office: (03) 8683 0964
Electorate Office:  (03) 9415 8901

Sally Capp
Lord Mayor of Melbourne
sally.capp@melbourne.vic.gov.au
Phone: (03) 9658 9658

Jane Fenton AM
Chair, Board Queen Victoria Market Board
Jane.Fenton@qvm.com.au

Daniel Andrews
Premier of Victoria
daniel.andrews@parliament.vic.gov.au
(03) 9651 5000

 

Show that the future of Vic Market is important to you by writing or emailing the following decision makers and let them know that you oppose the re-purposing and inappropriate large-scale redevelopment of our market.

In your own words, let politicians know:

  • Your appreciation of what Queen Victoria Market brings to your life. Your belief that Queen Victoria Market belongs to the people of Melbourne; that it must be revitalised, appropriately managed and maintained in accordance with its heritage status as per the Burra Charter:

    The Burra Charter advocates a cautious approach to change: do as much as necessary to care for the place and to make it useable, but otherwise change it as little as possible so that its cultural significance is retained.

  • Your conviction, that Queen Victoria Market must not be repurposed as an event space and public open space with a token market on the side.

  • Your belief that vehicle access & trading from open stalls is integral to the market heritage, sustainable and economic viability.

  • Your understanding that QVM has been poorly managed and run down to provide a rational for redevelopment.  (Until recently it has made a handsome profit for the council with flow- on economic benefits for the entire city and state.)

Include some or all of the following points:

  • Accessible and affordable car parking for customers and traders is essential to the viability of the our heritage market – 500 underground car parks in the Munro site is inadequate to the market needs

  • QVM provides a low-cost, high turnover, sustainable fresh food option for all demographics and socio-economic groups in Melbourne offering a different shopping model to supermarkets.

  • QVM’s senior management lacks retail experience, which is required to lead the market back into becoming a thriving, low cost, profitable business.

  • The City of Melbourne QVM plans for redevelopment and gentrification do not represent the wishes of the majority of traders and the market community.

  • Public consultations and reports by the City of Melbourne concerning the need for redevelopment have not been independent.

  • The City of Melbourne does not value QVM’s elevated status as a National and Victorian Heritage listed place of significance and particularly its unique contribution to the social heritage to Melbourne.

  • It is the last remaining inner-city Melbourne Market.  No other market compares in its size, cultural and historical significance.  It is Melbourne’s greatest tourist attraction because it is an authentic working market without pretensions of being anything but.