Melbourne Leader has shown me up as being asleep at the wheel, ignorant of a major incident of civil unrest by inner suburban insurgents: a rally of 100 burghers outside Richard Wynne’s office on Saturday. Although the paper does not say so, I can only presume that the rally was against an application by Salta to build a 10 storey commercial and residential development around Victoria and Burnley Streets. Salta’s website says:
“Salta has made a significant mark as a major retail developer with the $170 million Victoria Gardens development in Richmond. In addition to the shopping centre development, this project will absorb a further $300 million on additional retail, residential and commercial development at the former MFB training college, which backs on to the Yarra River.”