‘Naughty child’:Mayor slaps parking ban on hire e-scooters

‘Naughty child’:Mayor slaps parking ban on hire e-scooters

The Yarra council’s new mayor lectured hire operators,likening them to naughty children who needed detention at school.

  • byRachael Dexter

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Donation revelations prompt fears Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece could be ‘mired in conflicts of interest’

Donation revelations prompt fears Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece could be ‘mired in conflicts of interest’

Reece accepted tens of thousands of dollars from donors with property interests in the City of Melbourne despite pledging he would not allow developers to bankroll his mayoral campaign. See the full list of donors.

  • byCara Waters,Adam Carey andSarah Danckert
St Kilda pub with deadly past to reopen after being shut for decades

St Kilda pub with deadly past to reopen after being shut for decades

The historic beachside pub was boarded up for 20 years after the one-punch death of a cricket legend. Now the century-old hotel will return to life.

  • byRachael Dexter
Lord Mayor Nick Reece declares he will not take donations from developers
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Lord Mayor Nick Reece declares he will not take donations from developers

The statement was made during the Future Melbourne Committee meeting on August 6,2024.

How people power,John Clarke and Julian Assange saved Fitzroy Pool

How people power,John Clarke and Julian Assange saved Fitzroy Pool

Thirty years ago,a Herculean community effort led by an unlikely band of campaigners stopped the site from being turned into a block of flats.

  • byRachael Dexter
Will Melbourne get an Ivy-style nightclub? City car park sale sparks fury and speculation

Will Melbourne get an Ivy-style nightclub? City car park sale sparks fury and speculation

Did Justin Hemmes make the City of Melbourne an “exclusive offer” it couldn’t refuse? CBD businesses are worried.

  • byCara Waters
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Heritage authority demands removal of beer banners on Melbourne’s 134-year-old shot tower

Heritage authority demands removal of beer banners on Melbourne’s 134-year-old shot tower

Melbourne Central management has been slammed by heritage advocates for allowing an alcohol ad to blanket the city’s heritage-listed shot tower.

  • byRachael Dexter
Triple zero falls short of emergency benchmarks and records $80m loss

Triple zero falls short of emergency benchmarks and records $80m loss

Labor used parliament’s final sitting day for the year to reveal the struggling state of the emergency dispatch service.

  • byRachael Dexter,Brittany Busch andBroede Carmody
Park scrapped,dog poo audit launched as new-look Yarra council adopts mega manifesto

Park scrapped,dog poo audit launched as new-look Yarra council adopts mega manifesto

The City of Yarra’s new firebrand mayor,Stephen Jolly,has signalled a major change in direction for the council after shepherding through a 36-point plan for the area.

  • byRachael Dexter
For and against Yarra council's'omnibus'bill
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For and against Yarra council's'omnibus'bill

New Mayor of Yarra Council Stephen Jolly,argues against criticism from former Greens Mayor Edward Crossland that an'omnibus'bill is bad governance.

Greenline project on Yarra delayed by up to a year as works stop for summer

Greenline project on Yarra delayed by up to a year as works stop for summer

Melbourne City Council will have to remove timber hoardings at Birrarung Marr to provide room for crowds attending major events including the Australian Open.

  • byKieran Rooney