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Serving the community

April 15th, 2026 - Tom Knowles

It was a tale, not of two cities, but of two sessions. As reported last month, the first session of Parkville Gardens Residents’ Association’s (PGRA) Women’s Safety Workshop, held on the Galada Ave Reserve on March 5, was a great success.

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Trekking through North and West Melbourne to Geelong, and fording the Moonee Ponds Creek

April 15th, 2026 - Geoff Leach

One of the earliest maps of Melbourne, the Robert Russell 1837 map, when Melbourne’s population was only a few hundred shows a “Track to the Saltwater River and Geelong”.

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Are Indigenous decision-making processes required for new technological advances?

April 15th, 2026 - Jacqui van Heerden

Indigenous decision-making processes have historically demonstrated high effectiveness through community-based, consensus-driven, and long-term sustainable approaches that have enabled resilience over thousands of years.

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“Learning as we go”: Kensington Neighbourhood House thriving at 50

April 14th, 2026 - Jenny Denton

Despite the difficult climate it is operating in, Kensington Neighbourhood House (KNH) has been going from strength to strength and continuing to kick major goals for the community, its recently released annual report shows.

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Future Melbourne turns to Arden-Macaulay with Rohan Leppert

April 9th, 2026 - North West City News

The latest episode of Future Melbourne turns its attention to Arden and Macaulay, two of Melbourne’s most important and most contested urban renewal precincts.

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“Special school” satire set to open at Arts House

March 18th, 2026 - Jenny Denton

A fierce, funny work lifting the lid on “special education” will play at Arts House in North Melbourne, which has commissioned the piece, over six nights in March.

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Hawke St residents petition council over preferred greening plan

March 18th, 2026 - Sean Car

West Melbourne residents have formally presented a petition to the City of Melbourne calling for changes to the council’s preferred concept for greening Hawke St, arguing the current proposal would worsen living conditions for those along the south side of the road.

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Kensington ghost bike symbol of human cost, advocate says

March 18th, 2026 - Jenny Denton

The disappearance of a white-painted “ghost bike” memorialising Kensington crash victim Will Richter has prompted a message from a cycling advocate to the City of Melbourne about the importance of remembering the victims of fatal bike crashes.

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Curtain set to fall on Witches in Britches site as councillors weigh office plan

March 18th, 2026 - Sean Car

A prominent West Melbourne corner long associated with the iconic Witches in Britches theatre restaurant is set to face a major transformation, with councillors next week to consider plans for a new four-storey office development on the site.

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Arden developer shortlist narrows as questions grow over secondary school and infrastructure

March 18th, 2026 - Sean Car

Planning for Melbourne’s future Arden precinct has entered a new phase, with Development Victoria confirming it has narrowed the field of developers competing to deliver the project’s central district from four bidders to two.

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From the courts to the Olympics

March 18th, 2021 - Jack Hayes
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