‘Yes,I’m young’:The gutsy teenage candidates in Victoria’s council elections

‘Yes,I’m young’:The gutsy teenage candidates in Victoria’s council elections

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.

  • bySophie Aubrey

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‘A Royal Park in the sky’:Reece pledges seed funding for rooftop garden plan

‘A Royal Park in the sky’:Reece pledges seed funding for rooftop garden plan

The incumbent lord mayor says the city’s rooftops are an underused resource that could be transformed into thriving public gardens.

  • byHenrietta Cook
From Smellbourne to Softwood:The small but enduring suburb of Spotswood

From Smellbourne to Softwood:The small but enduring suburb of Spotswood

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.

  • byBrittany Busch
Ward games:The weird,wacky and wonderful world of council elections

Ward games:The weird,wacky and wonderful world of council elections

Our collection of regular columns in the lead-up to voting closing on October 25,focusing on the colourful characters and unusual goings-on.

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Protest too much:City leaders call out demonstration disruption

Protest too much:City leaders call out demonstration disruption

A year of pro-Palestinian protests in central Melbourne has prompted calls from mayoral aspirants for a change in approach.

  • byChip Le Grand
The plane truth:Melbourne’s most polarising tree stirs spring controversy again

The plane truth:Melbourne’s most polarising tree stirs spring controversy again

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.

  • bySophie Aubrey
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Sausage breakfast? Lord mayor debate an all-bloke affair

Sausage breakfast? Lord mayor debate an all-bloke affair

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.

  • byTom Cowie andRachael Dexter
‘7 grams of the best’:Former Moonee Valley mayor’s cocaine messages revealed in IBAC probe
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‘7 grams of the best’:Former Moonee Valley mayor’s cocaine messages revealed in IBAC probe

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.

  • byRachael Dexter
Vow to revive Melbourne Money to trim cost of dinner,drinks and a show
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Vow to revive Melbourne Money to trim cost of dinner,drinks and a show

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.

  • byCara Waters
Caught on camera:Signs torn down and turfed in council poster wars

Caught on camera:Signs torn down and turfed in council poster wars

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.

  • byTom Cowie andRachael Dexter
Election sign ripped down in Kingston
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Election sign ripped down in Kingston

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.