Cr Stephen Mayne

At the time of his speech, Stephen was a local government councillor with the City of Melbourne, as well as Australia's leading shareholder activist.

A Walkley Award-winning journalist and regular media commentator, Stephen is well known for founding Crikey.com, an e-zine that has become an institution in this country.

In 2008 he was elected to Manningham City Council, following that up by being elected to the Australian Shareholders' Association and then, in 2012, to Melbourne City Council.

Cr Stephen Mayne in action

Brett de Hoedt, Cr Stephen Mayne, Rowena Doo, Maggie Maguire & Peter Kenyon

Panel Session: The Great Debate - Bambi v Godzilla - Not-for-profit, charity and council mergers

Brett de Hoedt, Eyal Halamish, Cr Stephen Mayne, The Hon John Thwaites & Fran Bailey

Government Works - The OurSay Panel Responds

The Hon. Joan Kirner AC, Cr Stephen Mayne, Luke Ryan, Cr Samantha Dunn & Angela Savage

The Great Debate: Local Government is the best level of Government to reform and assist communities

Brett de Hoedt, Hugh de Kretser, Paul Bird & Cr Stephen Mayne

The Great Debate: Are Communities Out Of Control?

Cr Stephen Mayne

Cr Stephen Mayne

Cr Stephen Mayne in action

Panel Session: The Great Debate - Bambi v Godzilla - Not-for-profit, charity and council mergers

Government Works - The OurSay Panel Responds

The Great Debate: Local Government is the best level of Government to reform and assist communities

The Great Debate: Are Communities Out Of Control?

Democracy and Advocacy: How can community groups swim successfully against the flow?

Past Conferences

A search for the soul of the nation

Eliminate Inequality: Rebuilding Australia from the ground up, all the way to the stars

Think Bigger: Fix Everything

Connection, Creativity, Community: Finding Hope in a Climate of Crisis

Get Angry. Then Get Organised.

Activating community leadership to combat inequality

What makes healthy communities?

It's the Community, Stupid: Putting people and the planet back in the picture