We owe the city's active user groups an apology.
You may have heard we had contacted a small number of social groups about applying for an event permit under the Community Local Law 2017.
The Local Law was not designed to restrict these sort of activities, if anything we would like to encourage more groups and individuals to use our wonderful public spaces such as Lake Wendouree.
...We understand we have a duty of care to ensure the safety of those using the city's community spaces, but in no way do we wish to create obstacles for these people.
We apologise for this misunderstanding or any stress our approach may have caused.