‘Naughty child’:Mayor slaps parking ban on hire e-scooters

‘Naughty child’:Mayor slaps parking ban on hire e-scooters

The Yarra council’s new mayor lectured hire operators,likening them to naughty children who needed detention at school.

  • byRachael Dexter

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New renders reveal details in planned public housing towers

The government-appointed architect has pushed back on criticism aired in The Age that the Carlton tower designs are inferior to the existing buildings.

  • byRachael Dexter
As it happened:PM announces NRL deal with PNG;Australia supports UN vote for Gaza ceasefire

As it happened:PM announces NRL deal with PNG;Australia supports UN vote for Gaza ceasefire

Read the national news headlines for Thursday,December 12.

  • byJosefine Ganko,Rachael Dexter andLachlan Abbott
St Kilda pub with deadly past to reopen after being shut for decades

St Kilda pub with deadly past to reopen after being shut for decades

The historic beachside pub was boarded up for 20 years after the one-punch death of a cricket legend. Now the century-old hotel will return to life.

  • byRachael Dexter
How people power,John Clarke and Julian Assange saved Fitzroy Pool

How people power,John Clarke and Julian Assange saved Fitzroy Pool

Thirty years ago,a Herculean community effort led by an unlikely band of campaigners stopped the site from being turned into a block of flats.

  • byRachael Dexter
It’s the first glimpse of Melbourne’s future public-housing tower designs. Here’s what architects say

It’s the first glimpse of Melbourne’s future public-housing tower designs. Here’s what architects say

The planned redesign of two high-rises in the city’s inner-north has been described as a big step backwards by one expert.

  • byRachael Dexter
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Heritage authority demands removal of beer banners on Melbourne’s 134-year-old shot tower

Heritage authority demands removal of beer banners on Melbourne’s 134-year-old shot tower

Melbourne Central management has been slammed by heritage advocates for allowing an alcohol ad to blanket the city’s heritage-listed shot tower.

  • byRachael Dexter
Triple zero falls short of emergency benchmarks and records $80m loss

Triple zero falls short of emergency benchmarks and records $80m loss

Labor used parliament’s final sitting day for the year to reveal the struggling state of the emergency dispatch service.

  • byRachael Dexter,Brittany Busch andBroede Carmody
Park scrapped,dog poo audit launched as new-look Yarra council adopts mega manifesto

Park scrapped,dog poo audit launched as new-look Yarra council adopts mega manifesto

The City of Yarra’s new firebrand mayor,Stephen Jolly,has signalled a major change in direction for the council after shepherding through a 36-point plan for the area.

  • byRachael Dexter
‘No one should live this fear’:Australian student hit in alleged Israeli military shooting arrives home

‘No one should live this fear’:Australian student hit in alleged Israeli military shooting arrives home

Ranem Abu-Izneid was hit by shrapnel when an Israeli soldier allegedly fired at her student accommodation near Jerusalem. She fears she will never regain sight in her right eye.

  • byAshleigh McMillan andRachael Dexter
Australian student may lose sight in one eye after alleged Israel military shooting in West Bank

Australian student may lose sight in one eye after alleged Israel military shooting in West Bank

A 20-year-old Australian woman could lose vision in one eye after allegedly being shot at by Israeli forces in her apartment near her university campus in the occupied West Bank.

  • byRachael Dexter andGemma Grant