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Cat curfew changes considered A 24-HOUR cat curfew will not be implemented in the Kingston municipality for now. Kingston Council had been considering following the lead of many other Victorian councils and implementing a 24-hour ban on cats being outside properties. At their December meeting, Kingston councillors elected to continue the current policy of a night-time ban from sunset to sunrise. The night-time ban was implemented in 2010. Kingston councillors have agreed to reassess the future of a 24hour ban when council’s 2021-2025 domestic animal management plan is
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Know My Name: Australian Women Artists is a National Gallery of Australia touring exhibition that has kicked off here at MPRG on its two-year tour.
artist Kylie Stillman and fibre craft with local artist Elif Bradfield, as well as our VCE school holiday workshops to help VCE students get a headstart on their art folio for the year.
We’ve been so pleased to welcome visitors from near and far to see the work of these incredible female artists, to reacquaint themselves with some of their favourite artists such as Margaret Preston, Grace Cossington Smith and Cressida Campbell, and to be introduced to artists they may not have known - to see their artworks and get to know their name.
Sonic Textures and the Mornington Peninsula Shire will be presenting a series of acoustic music sessions at MPRG in January and February. This contemporary cultural event brings together the visual arts, acoustic music and local hospitality businesses. The program will be announced early January.
Alongside the NGA exhibition, we also have an exhibition featuring local artist Kylie Stillman, an installation by Natalya Hughes and an exhibition drawn from our collection of four female artists who supported each other’s work. January is full of school holiday workshops, including creating gift cards with a needle and thread with
The Gallery will be closed 24, 25 & 26 December, 1 & 26 January. Please check our website for up to date opening hours and to find out more about our exhibitions and special events. Hope you all have a wonderful festive season. See you at MPRG, soon. Danny Lacy MPRG Gallery Director
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council officers wrote. “It is proposed to maintain the current night-time (sunset to sunrise) cat curfew that is in place across Kingston and consider whether any changes are required through the development of the next domestic animal management plan. This will allow further consideration of any changes at a federal or state government level.” At the December meeting, councillors also agreed to proceed to community consultation on a proposal to limit the number of dogs allowed under a person’s control at any one time to four in designated off-leash areas.
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renewed. A report prepared by Kingston Council officers read that council would respond to feedback from other levels of government to form its policy. “The federal government is currently undertaking public consultation to determine how to reduce the widespread predation on native wildlife and create uniform cat confinement measures across all the states and territories. The Victorian state government has also committed to funding and actions to improve cat management outcomes in Victoria,”
20 December 2023
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