They might not have the life experience of most other candidates,but these plucky teens reckon they’ve got plenty to offer as city councillors.
The incumbent lord mayor says the city’s rooftops are an underused resource that could be transformed into thriving public gardens.
The inner-west neighbourhood has a tiny population but it has claims to fame:It is the birthplace of Melbourne’s modern sewage system and the subject of a movie starring Oscar-winners Russell Crowe and Anthony Hopkins.
Our collection of regular columns in the lead-up to voting closing on October 25,focusing on the colourful characters and unusual goings-on.
A year of pro-Palestinian protests in central Melbourne has prompted calls from mayoral aspirants for a change in approach.
The City of Melbourne has a plan to reduce the dominance of plane trees,but some lord mayoral candidates say it is not going far nor fast enough.
There were three notable absentees at the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry event this week when six male lord mayor hopefuls took to the stage.
A former mayor of an inner-north Melbourne council traded cocaine for favours and workshopped a bribery scheme to pay unnamed councillors up to $60,000 to buy their votes,a wide-ranging anti-corruption investigation has found.
Lord mayoral candidate Arron Wood is pledging to bring back the program – expanded to include live music venues – if elected,offering a 20 per cent rebate on the cost of food and drinks in the City of Melbourne.
Who is the poster pirate caught ripping down election signs in Chelsea? Welcome to Ward Games,The Age’s coverage of the wacky world of Victoria’s local council elections.
Video has surfaced of a man in Kingston Council area ripping down an election corflute and throwing them on a train track on Saturday October 5.