Your Voice, My Commitment

If I am elected as your councillor, my mission is to represent your interests and ensure Moonee Valley thrives. I pledge to go beyond the basics of roads, rates, and rubbish to foster a united, vibrant community. I am particularly passionate about the following priorities:

• Community First – Unity is Strength
• Serving Local Residents, Businesses and Ratepayers:
• Advocating for the needs of children, families, and pets.
• Enhancing the quality of life and services for all community members and visitors.

Economic Vitality:

• Supporting local businesses and fostering economic development. I am committed to advocating and endorsing ‘Support Your Local’ business initiatives, along with vibrant community events and campaigns. I also pledge to meticulously scrutinise the expenditure of ratepayers’ money, ensuring it is invested wisely in essential community services, facilities, and projects that align with our residents’ most urgent needs. By prioritising these issues on our council agenda and through strategic future vision planning.
• Promoting low to medium-rise development within designated zones, close to key amenities and transport hubs. (With regards to the State Government Housing Statement and Victorian Planning Authority Activity Centre Plans for North Essendon and Niddrie, without compromise, the infrastructure and services must be improved and come first, before considering any compromise of an increase in height and density of our activity centres). Rising population, cost of living inflation and need for more housing is already putting pressure on households and affordability to buy or rent. Adequate services and infrastructure must be established to cope in future based on our current system that is already under pressure.

Advocacy and Infrastructure:

• Advocacy and consulting with the State Government to address local issues, including schools, housing, and
  public infrastructure.
• Ensuring our major roads, arterials, and public transport systems meet the needs of our growing community.
• Continuing to champion for action and accountability of state government to provide transparency, updates and action on the urgent re-design and upgrades of the dangerous Essendon North Village roundabouts and intersections.

Together, we can build a flourishing

Inclusive Moonee Valley.

Your voice matters
– let’s make it heard!

From Tragedy to Triumph:

Taking it back a few years, the life events that shaped our family, and the love we have for our community that embraced us in a time of need, made us who we are today. My wife Michelle began her career in real estate in 2002. We met at work, fell in love, and within a few years, we were engaged to be married in 2005. However, at the age of 24, Michelle’s life changed forever. During a freak workplace accident in 2007, an out-of-control vehicle jumped the footpath and crushed Michelle against the exterior wall of our office building on Union Road, at our workplace Raine & Horne Ascot Vale. As a result, she suffered a traumatic
amputation of her right leg.

Despite this life-altering event, Michelle rehabilitated triumphantly. We married that same year in 2007, and Michelle went on to learn how to walk and run again using a prosthetic leg, even though she was told she would never run again. Running became her passion. In her short four year running career, Michelle broke the 100m and 200m T42 athletics world records. She was awarded the Pride of Australia Courage Medal, named Athletics Essendon Athlete of the Year, received scholarships from both the Victorian Institute of Sport and Australian Institute of Sport, and represented Australia at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Family, Business and Community Life:

I am a father of two amazing daughters, plus our fur-child German Shepherd Strudel, and husband to my rock, wife, and business partner, Australian Paralympian Michelle Errichiello, with whom I co-founded Master Advocates in 2014 as a husband and wife team.

I have operated a real estate business with my family, whist leasing commercial premises between Ascot Vale and Essendon since I began my real estate career in 2000. In 2014 Michelle and I established our own Independent Real Estate Buyers & Vendors Advocacy business.

My passion for community and people was sparked by my father, Tony Errichiello, and my brother, George Errichiello. I followed their footsteps into real estate at our family-run real estate office, Raine&Horne Ascot Vale. Watching my father actively support the community through his involvement with local Traders Associations in Brunswick and Ascot Vale, his nine-year tenure as an Independent Councillor for the City of Brunswick, and his role as Chairman of the Brunswick Electricity Supply significantly influenced me. My family, along with my personal and professional experiences, fuels my dedication to community service.

It is also the catalyst propelling my candidacy to be your preferred Councillor of the Woodlands Ward in the Moonee Valley City Council elections this October 2024.

About Mark

My personal credentials, qualifications and accolades in business, service commitment to our local community and professional associations:

MASTER ADVOCATES – REAL ESTATE SERVICES
Mark Errichiello
Director, Co-Founder, Licensed Estate Agent,
CEA (REIV), DipPropServ (Agency Mngt)
Independent Buyers & Vendors Advocate and Investment
Property Management Advisor

• Elected to the [REIV] Real Estate Institute of Victoria Board of Directors 2023
• REIV FRAC – Finance Risk and Audit Committee 2023
• REIV Buyers Agent Chapter Committee and Members Council Delegate 2014-2023
• REIV AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE – FINALIST Buyer’s
• Agent of the Year 2021, 2022 & 2023
• Long View – Affiliate Buyers Advocate – Investment Committee Independent Advisor Buyer Boost and Home Flex Fund Services
• Chairman of the Essendon North Village Traders Association 2019-2021, served on Executive Committee since 2017
• Committee Member of Strathmore Primary School Parents Club 2018-2019
• Accredited Member [REBAA] Real Estate Buyers Agents Association of Australia – Victorian State Representative 2020-2023
• Member [PIPA] Property Investment Professionals of Australia
• Panel Judge 2024 Victorian Training Awards: 70th Anniversary: Victorian Skills Authority – Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions
• 3rd Kyu, Modern Applied Self Defence – Open Hand and Weapons training techniques – Seikatsu Aikido Dojo – Iwama Ryu Aikido, founded by Japanese Martial Artist Morihei Ueshiba – Ō Sensei, that he called the “Art of Peace”.

Closing comment:

I recognise that effective leadership requires not only vision but also the ability to act decisively and compassionately. My approach will be grounded in evidence-based decisionmaking and an unwavering commitment to equity. I am here to serve you, to advocate for your needs, and to work
tirelessly to ensure that our community remains a place where everyone can thrive.

As we move towards the election, I invite you to engage with me, share your ideas, and voice your concerns. Your input is invaluable and will help shape a platform that truly reflects our collective aspirations. Together, we can build a future that honours our shared values and addresses the
challenges we face.

Thank you for considering me as your candidate. I am excited about the prospect of serving our community and working together to make it the best it can be. With your support, I am confident that we can achieve great things and create a brighter future for all.

Altogether, One Thriving Community!

Contact Mark

If you would like to contact Mark, please either call, email or fill in the contact form, below.

I am looking forward to connecting with you and would love to hear about any of your concerns, aspirations and vision for our City of Moonee Valley and how I can help you.