Dozens of Victorian councils are fighting state plans to impose glass-only kerbside recycling,and argue the popular container deposit scheme should be expanded instead.
In a controversial split vote on Tuesday night,the coastal council decided to ditch its climate emergency declaration and plan,dismaying some residents.
Whittlesea Mayor Aidan McLindon,a former Freedom Party candidate,called a press conference outside state parliament to fiercely deny the allegations.
Communities in Melbourne’s southeast are celebrating the refusal to allow Veolia to build a waste transfer station,in a blow to council waste disposal plans.
Driving on this road is a bone-rattling experience,but that hasn’t deterred hundreds of locals from fighting to save its potholes and cracked surface.
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.
Townhouses and apartments can now be built,with fast-tracked approval,closer to footpaths and neighbours under sweeping changes.
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 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.