Latest articles by Sean Car
$40 million boost for North Melbourne Community Centre in new council budget
The long-awaited new North Melbourne Community Centre has emerged as a major winner in the City of Melbourne’s 2025–26 draft budget, with $40 million earmarked over the next four years to deliver what will become a vital civic hub for the fast-growing Macaulay precinct.
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Legal appeal launched over public housing tower demolitions
Inner Melbourne Community Legal (IMCL) has launched an appeal in the Supreme Court of Victoria on behalf of public housing residents, challenging the state government’s decision to demolish high-rise towers in North Melbourne and Flemington.
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Rumble Coffee Roasters opens new espresso bar in Kensington
Kensington has a new go-to destination for specialty coffee lovers, with Rumble Coffee Roasters opening the doors to its first espresso bar on Macaulay Rd.
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Residents take fast-tracked North Melbourne hospital approval to Victoria’s Ombudsman
An approval for a new 11-storey private hospital for North Melbourne has been fast-tracked by the state government, but residents have slammed the process and lodged a complaint with the Victorian Ombudsman.
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Council opposes Infrastructure Victoria’s push for Macaulay Rd tram extension
The City of Melbourne has maintained Macaulay Rd isn’t a suitable alignment for a tram extension into Kensington in its response to Infrastructure Victoria’s draft 30-year strategy.
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The Reece Police: Council budget delivers green wins and financial reset
The City of Melbourne’s 2025–26 draft budget has handed down a welcome result for residents of North and West Melbourne and Kensington, with significant investments in parks and community infrastructure – and a clear shift towards tighter fiscal management under the new-look council.
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Brunch and banter on the menu at Kensington’s new Market Brunch series
Melbourne Farmers’ Markets has launched Market Brunch, a new monthly event bringing together Victoria’s leading food artisans in a relaxed, communal setting at Kensington’s historic Younghusband precinct.
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Heritage meets high-rise in new West Melbourne apartment project
A major build-to-rent development set to transform a key West Melbourne corner has been given the green light by the City of Melbourne.
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“No clear community benefit”: locals fight latest plans for Macaulay
Kensington residents are raising the alarm on further “overdevelopment” in the Macaulay precinct following the latest proposal for an eight-storey project at the corner of Barrett and Bruce streets.
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The curious case of Macaulay’s “drainage land” drags on
The City of Melbourne’s pursuit of acquiring a piece of “drainage land” along the Moonee Ponds Creek for critical open space looks set to continue as more information is sought as to the site’s future use for flood mitigation.
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Government responds to flood inquiry
The Victorian Government has responded to each of the 73 recommendations contained in the final report on the state-wide floods in October 2022, which was handed down by a Parliamentary Inquiry.
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Council seeks local voices to advise on West Melbourne housing project
The City of Melbourne is calling for expressions of interest to join a project reference group that will provide advice on a proposed affordable housing development on a council-owned car park in West Melbourne.
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“An extraordinary councillor”: Rohan Leppert calls time at the City of Melbourne
Few figures are respected and admired right across the political spectrum, but outgoing Greens councillor Rohan Leppert leaves behind one such legacy at the City of Melbourne after 12 years of dedicated community service.
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Local candidates unite for North and West Melbourne
Three independent teams competing in this month’s City of Melbourne elections have come together to call on the North and West Melbourne community to get behind their shared vision to establish true local representation on the next council.
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City of Melbourne signs joint statement demanding action on Moonee Ponds Creek
The City of Melbourne has united with community advocates to call on the Victorian Government to unlock desperately needed land along Moonee Ponds Creek and support its ongoing revitalisation.
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“Full steam ahead” at Kensington Rec Centre redevelopment
The new Kensington Community Aquatic and Recreation Centre is edging closer to completion, with tiling of the new 25-metre pool now complete and its beloved four-metre eel sculptures having been reinstated.
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“Inadequate consultation”: West Melbourne car park to be turned into affordable housing
Traders and locals in North and West Melbourne have expressed their frustration with the City of Melbourne over its handling of a proposal to transform two local car parks into affordable housing.
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Renewed Arron Wood “energised” about the road ahead at Town Hall
“A fresh start, a proven record” is the message at the heart of the Kensingtonian's reinvigorated bid for the City of Melbourne, citing a lack of vision for the city as his prime motivation for returning for another crack at Town Hall.
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Fierce local advocate Mary Masters to run for City of Melbourne
West Melbourne resident Mary Masters is running as the one and only councillor candidate on the Voices for Melbourne team – an independent campaign for the City of Melbourne driven by a group of passionate locals.
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West Melbourne local joins Jamal Hakim’s bid to make history in Melbourne
West Melbourne resident Lawrence Lam has joined current Cr Jamal Hakim’s team vying for the City of Melbourne at October’s election and will run in the second position on its councillor ticket.
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