Darebin Council elects Boroondara Councillor Coral Ross as their MAV delegate
31 January 2017
The Australian Local Government Women’s Association Vic(ALGWA Vic) supports wholeheartedly the City of Darebin, the Mayor and Councillors, for the unanimous decision at a Special Council meeting last night to appoint Cr Coral Ross as their Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) delegate.
“We are thrilled with the decision by the City of Darebin, and congratulate them for supporting Cr Coral Ross as their MAV delegate,” said ALGWA Vic President Helen Coleman.
“This decision will now give a highly respected and credentialed woman councillor the opportunity to nominate for President along with other candidates,” she added.
ALGWA Vic has been vocal in its disappointment at the City of Boroondara’s decision to not appoint a MAV representative which has resulted in not only stopping Cr Coral Ross, who had been Boroondara’s delegate, to have the opportunity to stand as a candidate for the President of the MAV, but to also have no say in the reform at the MAV that they have been advocating for.Cr Ross is currently the Interim President of the MAV.
ALGWA Vic now is confident that the election of the President and Board members for the MAV will go ahead in a fair and democratic manner.
Media enquiries – Helen Coleman, President 0437 9340 930
About Cr Coral Ross
Cr Coral Ross is currently serving as interim MAV President until elections in March, and is highly respected in the local government sector. She represents Victoria on Australia’s national peak local government body, the Australian Local Government Association. She was elected to the MAV Board in 2011, and was the Deputy President (Metro) until elected Interim President by the Board in November 2016.
First elected to Council in 2002, Cr Ross, an independent, has served as Boroondara mayor three times. Cr Ross was named as one of the Westpac/Fairfax 100 Women of Influence in 2014, was chosen for the Local Government Minister’s Mayoral Advisory Panel in 2015 and was the Australian Local Government Women’s Association (ALGWA) Victorian President from 2011 to 2016. Cr Ross is currently the National President of ALGWA. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors.