City of Boroondara:What your candidates said
Victorian council elections

City of Boroondara:What your candidates said

Voters in Boroondara will choose 11 people to represent them on council for the next four years. Here is what the candidates said about why they are running in the Victorian council elections and what they want to achieve.

  • byCara Waters andRachael Dexter

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Bayside City Council:What your candidates said
Victorian council elections

Bayside City Council:What your candidates said

Voters in Bayside will choose seven people to represent them on council for the next four years. Here is what the candidates said about why they are running in the Victorian council elections and what they want to achieve.

  • byCara Waters andRachael Dexter
Banyule City Council:What your candidates said
Victorian council elections

Banyule City Council:What your candidates said

Voters in Banyule will choose nine people to represent them on council for the next four years. Here is what the candidates said about why they are running in the Victorian council elections and what they want to achieve.

  • byCara Waters andRachael Dexter
Mayoral hopeful pitches to make Melbourne flush with public toilets
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Mayoral hopeful pitches to make Melbourne flush with public toilets

Jamal Hakim also wants to rebrand maternal healthcare centres in a change for fathers with babies’ nappies.

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Residents sound alarm,call for curfew after third Melbourne Airport runway approved

Residents in Melbourne’s west are concerned for their families’ health and wellbeing,as well as potentially falling property values,when Tullamarine’s third runway is built.

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The Block confirmed for Daylesford after planning minister intervention

The next series of hit TV show The Block will be filmed in the country hamlet of Daylesford after intervention by the state’s planning minister to approve it.

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Sacked and under scrutiny:What’s behind Victoria’s council chaos
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Sacked and under scrutiny:What’s behind Victoria’s council chaos

The number of councils under formal scrutiny – or even sacked – by the state government is piling up. What is going on?

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Innocent men want justice from scandal-riven council a year after they were exonerated

The toxic workplace culture culminated in murder. Now two former employees at the scandal-riven Moira Shire say they’re still pursuing justice.

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How asbestos is finding its way into Melbourne’s parks
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How asbestos is finding its way into Melbourne’s parks

The discovery of asbestos pieces in several parks across Melbourne has put the spotlight on the mulch and demolition industries.

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Blame game hides truth of asbestos contamination saga
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Blame game hides truth of asbestos contamination saga

As a resident and the mother of a toddler,I have been concerned,like many others,about the lack of straight answers on the contamination of Melbourne playgrounds.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
The stakes are too high for dragging our feet over asbestos mulch
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The stakes are too high for dragging our feet over asbestos mulch

As a parent who has seen the devastating effects exposure can have,my worst nightmare is my children playing at a park and coming into contact with asbestos.

  • byTess Dickie