Dear Friends and owners of Unley,

I have served you as your Mayor since 2018. We have achieved so much together with more to do to make Unley liveable and more accountable. When I started, I was told it would take two terms to affect the agenda I took to the last election. We have made Australia wide award-winning progress.

We have achieved so much and here are just two

1.     Rates with the lowest base rate in greater Adelaide, with a rate reduction of 4% below CPI we are building an inclusive mixed Unley.

2.     We have a cohesive working Council that can disagree yet unanimously vote in

a.     a budget that reduces debt and delivers our programs.

b.     our climate change policy and energy plan to be carbon neutral  Carbon neutral Unley

c.      walking and cycling safety  Walking and cycling Plan 2022 -2027

d.     delivers accelerated tree planting 

We have laid the foundation to deliver real community participation in policy decision making. (shaping Unley) but we are still losing 4 Ha of trees each year from our <400 Ha citywide total. Without completion of our current work our children will cook!

You can go to my website to see the breadth of policy and achievements of our Council in this term. Home | michaelhewitsonmayor 

“Need help to stay at home?” is an important story that did not fit into the newsletter.  The four videos below talk about the services available to support people living independently in their own homes through the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) and other local programs.

Unley people share their experience accessing services,  Need Help at home?