The historic riverside vaults and the area under the West Gate Bridge will be among the neglected parts of the city to become home to new parks if Nick Reece is re-elected.
Women and girls constitute more than half the population,require the toilet more frequently and take longer in it. Yet buildings usually have more facilities for men. What can be done?
Calls to expand Melbourne’s free tram zone to landmarks and inner suburbs have been shot down by transport advocates who say paying commuters are being crowded out.
Nearly 50 candidates will waltz into council chambers across the state,elected unopposed. Even some of the lucky winners fear the impact on democracy.
The drug find in the men’s bathroom at Moonee Valley council chambers has blown into the public arena,with claims the mayor demanded a drug test from a councillor late one night.
The City of Melbourne is hitting up the city’s wealthiest philanthropists in a bid to secure funding for a public artwork it has commissioned for Southbank by New Zealand artist Michael Parekowhai.
Councils say they were promised free use of the state’s immunisation record platform – until the Department of Health sent the bill.
The City of Melbourne has passed an urgent motion opposing Nicholas Reece’s push to sell the historic theatre.
“I did not want to be in that room with that man,” one Hume City councillor said about not being at meetings in person.
The century-old Collins Street institution is estimated to be worth between $40 million and $50 million,and the council owns a 51 per cent stake.
A new policy on hedges was meant to balance community value with footpath access,but it’s sparked a war that has resulted in a cypress beauty being torn down.