Melbourne
City Council are planning a video about market renewal but GMT Trade
Representatives have declined an offer to be interviewed.
The video
is to go on the MCC website so that members of the public can view traders and
customers talking about how important the market is to them and how important
renewal will be. That sounds innocent enough except that we have no real idea
of what renewal might involve. Indeed all Trader Representatives have made a
specific request through the TAC (Traders Advisory Committee) to receive a
Board/Council briefing on the renewal process. Can we be expected to give a
view on a process that we really know nothing about? Can we really say that
renewal is a good thing when we don't have any detail on how it might affect
traders?
