TESTIMONIALS
“I have known and worked with Mal on school and community initiatives for almost 10 years. As president of the Glen Iris Primary School Council, I was pleased to work with Mal as fellow Council member and also when he headed the Parents Association for over 3 years. The PA accomplished more for the school, raised more money, and involved more students and families when Mal ran it that any other time in my memory because of his determination, enthusiasm, and his ability to get people to work together for a common goal. I have no doubt Mal would be a fantastic addition to the Boroondara Council in Junction work. He is all about community.“
Philip Connell
Former President, Glen Iris Primary School Council
“I would like to offer my support for Mal Osborne-Smith, as candidate for Junction Ward in the upcoming Boroondara Council elections. Mal has been a long time supporter of Camberwell Green, since its first inception in 2020. I believe his considerable experience in urban planning and activity centre improvements, give him a good insight into the issues and opportunities facing the Junction. These issues include the pressures on population growth and as a consequence increasing child care and school enrolments, and also the need for family-friendly spaces and services that we residents will increasingly need in the Junction. I believe Mal has the best interests of both current and future residents at heart and am very inspired by his vision for the future of the Boroondara city and the Camberwell Junction. He would be a great asset to the Boroondara Council.”
Elaine Ko
President, Camberwell Primary School Council
Camberwell Junction Community Reference Group Member
“Mal's commitment, as a leader with Glen Iris Cub Scouts for many years, was simply outstanding. A natural raconteur and leader, his energy, ideas and dedication, especially through the COVID era, were widely noted and appreciated by our youth members and their parents who came to rely on ‘Cubs over Zoom’ as a beacon of normality in a world that was anything but normal. I'm privileged to know him not just as a fellow leader but as a good friend and fine role model for our youth. He will be an asset to the council and residents of Boroondara.”
Adam O’Donnell
Scouts Victoria, Chief Survival Instructor & Former SAS Troop Commander
“Mal’s vision for a more equitable housing market that creates wonderful dwellings above shops, whilst preserving our heritage, should be strongly commended. As an investor in his Three Doors concept, I have witnessed the transformation of previously unloved Victorian-era shops to stylish quality boutiques and funky shop-top apartments and new townhouses off the rear lanes. We need more of these in Boroondara, if we want to retain and attract our youth. Mal would give some much-needed impetus to Council to get on with this and other great initiatives currently sitting quietly on the drawing board.”
David Haintz AM
Partner, Merchant Investment Management