Local council
Housing targets falling short in nearly all Victorian council areas
Melbourne is on track to fall well short of its housing aims – a trend that could worsen the state’s housing crisis and prompt the state government to intervene.
- Angus Delaney
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Fiscal restraint or culture wars? Councils winding back climate action
A new wave of conservative councillors are abandoning climate commitments, with critics saying the “back to basics” rhetoric is an ideological smokescreen.
- Rachael Dexter and Benjamin Preiss
‘We’re not going to go away’: Call for better access to burial site in Kings Domain
Uncle Robbie Thorpe and Indigenous advocates want the area, known as Kings Domain Resting Place, to be recognised as a ceremonial space and to be made more accessible.
- Cara Waters
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- Courts
Mayor briefly a wanted man after court no-show mishap over dangerous driving charge
An arrest warrant was issued on Thursday morning, then reversed hours later, after an inner-west mayor, Pradeep Tiwari, was charged with driving offences.
- Sophie Aubrey
Council votes to keep beach dog walking set-up despite fears for wildlife
The rules at this beach are supported by thousands of dog owners, but they’ve attracted concern from Parks Victoria.
- Gemma Grant
This should be a prime slice of the city. But it’s dark, noisy and unsafe
It could provide a crucial riverside open space for the growing number of CBD apartments, but instead Rebecca Walk is a “dead zone” infested with graffiti.
- Sophie Aubrey
- Opinion
- City life
Pedestrian etiquette in Melbourne has reached new lows. It’s time for a ‘keep-left’ crackdown
On any major CBD street you have fast walkers, slow walkers, people drifting diagonally like bishops on a chessboard, or those staring at their phone. It’s time for both carrot and stick.
- Nick Reece
School community hits a roadblock in push to ease traffic flow
A neighbourhood in Melbourne’s north-east is at odds about a purpose-built road closure, which was put in place by the council in 1973.
- Gemma Grant
‘People are heartbroken’ as quarry given green light in new suburb
The local mayor says the quarry’s approval is one of the worst planning failures in Victoria, as families will be forced to live near an industrial zone for decades.
- Adam Carey
Hawthorn cafe gets green light to open for dinner with petition
After an eight-month planning application process and an almost three-hour council meeting, the Barton Milk Bar can now open for dinner three days a week.
- Lachlan Abbott