Five years on,after buyers paid deposits for 80 per cent of its planned apartments,the STH BNK project in Melbourne’s Southbank still doesn’t have a builder.
Changes to parking in the City of Melbourne aimed at simplifying the experience enabled the council to rake in an additional $5 million in parking fines last year.
The City of Melbourne is aiming to reduce the number of wildlife killed and pets lost or hurt on roads.
There is uncertainty over more of the lord mayor’s election promises,including a rates freeze,as a hostile council complains about the city’s mounting debt.
The lord mayor has declined to detail who funded the Fed Square event,at which the pop superstar was given the key to the city.
The British singer received the key to Melbourne before a crowd at Federation Square. But a donation to Lord Mayor Nick Reece’s election campaign and the late notice to councillors have raised questions.
Lord Mayor Nick Reece is backing away from a pledge to provide 50,000 free swimming lessons and $2 swimming pool entry across the City of Melbourne’s pools.
A statue of the explorers will not return to its prime location in Melbourne’s city square.
Melbourne City Council has begun a trial of two security guards accompanying their officers enforcing anti-begging,drinking and drug-taking laws.
A strike this week by fruit and vegetable traders exposed tensions between traders,management and developers.