Latest articles by Sean Car
Council meets with North Melbourne locals
The next iteration of its “neighbourhood series” of community-held Future Melbourne Committee (FMC) meetings saw the City of Melbourne assemble with North Melbourne locals at the Meat Market on June 14.
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Greens romp home for a fifth consecutive term in Melbourne; Shorten reclaims Maribyrnong
Greens leader and Melbourne MP Adam Bandt enjoyed his best Federal Election yet on May 21, winning a fifth consecutive term with an increased percentage of the primary vote, while his party expanded its presence in the House of Representatives. For Kensington residents, who are a new addition to the seat of Maribyrnong, long-serving local MP and former Labor leader Bill Shorten will lead them for the next three years after a comfortable victory.
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Rec Centre construction under way
Demolition has been completed and construction is now officially under way on the new Kensington Recreation Centre.
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Parkville Gardens planning in council hands
The City of Melbourne will now be responsible for administering the Melbourne Planning Scheme and issuing planning permits in the former Commonwealth Games Village at Parkville Gardens.
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Council endorses North Melbourne Heritage Review
The City of Melbourne has rung in a new era of heritage protections in North Melbourne after endorsing the first review of the area’s heritage assets in nearly 40 years.
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Councillors call on state government to progress West Melbourne vision
The City of Melbourne used its first ever meeting in West Melbourne on March 15 to call on Minister for Planning Richard Wynne to sign off an amendment that would progress the West Melbourne Structure Plan ahead of the State Election.
Read MorePlans for a community battery
Federal Member for the seat of Maribyrnong Bill Shorten has announced that a victorious Labor Government would provide residents of the Flemington Public Housing Estate with direct access to renewable energy through the installation of a new community battery.
Read MoreCouncil meetings to go local in 2022
The City of Melbourne is bringing Town Hall to its people in 2022 by hosting monthly Future Melbourne Committee (FMC) meetings in a different neighbourhood throughout the course of the year.
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“Happily exhausted”: Lord Mayor absolutely loves her job
The final subject of our Councillor Profile series doesn’t need much of an introduction. Lord Mayor Sally Capp has become the face of our city during her three-and-a-half-year reign in the top job, and she continues to prove why she’s the right leader during a crisis.
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Thinking big, acting local
For second term councillor and Deputy Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece, the ability to deliver on big ambitions at a community level is what inspires him most about working in local government.
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A world record that’s no cause for celebration
Melbourne has now been in lockdown longer than any other city on the face of the earth. Who could ever have imagined that the city would go from “most liveable” to “most lockable”?
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Rotary looking for volunteers to help the homeless start up their new homes
The Rotary Club of North Melbourne has for quite a while now worked to help the homeless by providing support for established organisations that have a proven track record in this field.
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Giving a voice to our international students
While Cr Philip Le Liu has brought many passions to the City of Melbourne, his greatest ambition continues to be making Melbourne the number one student city in the world.
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Island Wave moves to Kensington
One of Melbourne’s most well-recognised pieces of public art is moving from the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) precinct to Newmarket Reserve in Kensington.
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All the ingredients to a balanced life
To many locals living in the North Melbourne area, the sight of a man balancing a large bottle of water on his head as he walks or even rides his bicycle through the neighbourhood will be all too familiar.
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Quiet achiever is as passionate as ever
While he may have been around Town Hall for more than 20 years, Cr Kevin Louey said that the pandemic had meant “throwing the rule book out” when it came to being on council.
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Kensington Primary secures $7.4 million government funding
After years of desperately trying to scrape together funds to fix Kensington Primary School (KPS), the community has welcomed a $7.365 million upgrade from the Victorian Government to fix the aging school for good.
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The community councillor
An educator, publican, family man and proud member of the Flemington-Kensington Bowls Club – you’d struggle to find a more community-minded councillor than Davydd Griffiths.
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Bringing Melbourne back better than ever
Young, driven and full of ambition for reviving Melbourne from the pandemic – newly elected councillor Roshena Campbell is passionate about creating a better city than the one we had before COVID struck.
Read MoreOlivia gets the ball rolling on council
First-time councillor Dr Olivia Ball is bringing a renewed focus on human rights to the City of Melbourne.
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