Rundown corners of the city to become parks under lord mayor’s re-election plan

Rundown corners of the city to become parks under lord mayor’s re-election plan

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.

  • bySophie Aubrey

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Women are 34 times more likely to queue for the loo,while men are flush with options

Women are 34 times more likely to queue for the loo,while men are flush with options

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?

  • byMadeleine Heffernan
Free tram rides to the MCG,Victoria Market come at a price

Free tram rides to the MCG,Victoria Market come at a price

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.

  • byPatrick Hatch
An entire Victorian council just got elected without a single vote cast

An entire Victorian council just got elected without a single vote cast

Nearly 50 candidates will waltz into council chambers across the state,elected unopposed. Even some of the lucky winners fear the impact on democracy.

  • byRachael Dexter andTom Cowie
Cocaine find sparks drug test and late-night confrontation in council scandal

Cocaine find sparks drug test and late-night confrontation in council scandal

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.

  • byRachael Dexter
Opening nights and studio visits:How Melbourne’s richest art donors are cultivated
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Opening nights and studio visits:How Melbourne’s richest art donors are cultivated

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.

  • byCara Waters
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Councils say new state charges put kids’ vaccine program at risk
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Councils say new state charges put kids’ vaccine program at risk

Councils say they were promised free use of the state’s immunisation record platform – until the Department of Health sent the bill.

  • byRachel Eddie
Councillors revolt over lord mayor’s plan to sell Regent Theatre

Councillors revolt over lord mayor’s plan to sell Regent Theatre

The City of Melbourne has passed an urgent motion opposing Nicholas Reece’s push to sell the historic theatre.

  • byCara Waters
‘Wouldn’t pass the pub test’:Call to compel councillors to attend meetings

‘Wouldn’t pass the pub test’:Call to compel councillors to attend meetings

“I did not want to be in that room with that man,” one Hume City councillor said about not being at meetings in person.

  • byAdam Carey
Why Melbourne’s lord mayor wants to sell the Regent Theatre
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Why Melbourne’s lord mayor wants to sell the Regent Theatre

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.

  • byCara Waters
Council pruning ultimatum sees century-old hedge turned to woodchip

Council pruning ultimatum sees century-old hedge turned to woodchip

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.

  • byAdam Carey