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Delivering on the services Stolen Generations people say they need most

July 15th, 2021 - Emma Hartley

The state government dedicated $300,000 to cover the funeral costs of Stolen Generations people thanks to advice from the Stolen Generations Reparations Steering Committee.

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Latest news from Parkville Gardens

July 15th, 2021 - Tom Knowles

This communiqué from Parkville Gardens can begin again with good news! Sixty local residents – 50 adults and 10 children – came together to enjoy a festive community dinner on Friday, June 25, just before the end of the financial year. The venue was the Reggio Calabria Club, where our genial host was Carlo Parvia.

Public housing – the best way to solve our housing crisis

July 15th, 2021 - Cory Memery

When the Victorian parliamentary Inquiry into the Public Housing Renewal Program (PHRP) handed down its report on June 5, 2018, it advised there were 36,742 applicant households on the Victorian Housing Register (VHR) made up of 57,077 adults and 24,622 children – a total of 81,699 at the end of March 2018.

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Arts House production explores cultural fear

July 15th, 2021 - Ellen Blake

Indigenous performance group Marrugeku is bringing a dance theatre production, which explores the connection to high Aboriginal incarceration rates and detention of asylum seekers, to North Melbourne’s Arts House.

Metro Tunnel marks nearly 30 million hours worked

July 15th, 2021 - Metro Tunnel

All eyes were on the Metro Tunnel’s Arden Station recently, which was the location for Premier Daniel Andrews’ return to work after a fall that left him with spinal injuries.

Reducing homelessness in the City of Melbourne

July 15th, 2021 - Rob Pradolin

Welcome to the second last article of our 12-part series which will attempt to explore the role that housing can and should play within Australian society and why it is important to our economy that we house all Australians, rich or poor.

North Melbourne Rotary Club is back In action

June 17th, 2021 - Spencer Fowler Steen

Until recently, the North Melbourne Rotary Club has been back having face-to-face meetings, but it has been difficult to get into fundraising and general community activities.

Councillor Profile

The community councillor

June 17th, 2021 - Sean Car

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.

Errol St’s Town Hall Hotel

June 17th, 2021 - Felicity Jack

The Town Hall Hotel was ordered to close its doors in 1904 because of a Liquor Licensing Board assessment of all the pubs in North Melbourne. Somehow, and there is no record of how this occurred, the pub survived and today it is one of the area’s most popular drinking spots.