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A novel approach to ageing well
Many hands made light work for North Melbourne’s newest street library at Clayton Reserve.
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Community consultation (part two)
Quite honestly, the band of stalwart residents in the Kensington Association are cynical about “developers” and their motivations! The prevailing perspective would be that they are out to make “big bucks”, nothing more.
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Marine rescuers making a difference
If you’re at the beach and see an injured seal, what do you do? If you’re at a pier or jetty and see a bird tangled up in plastic or fishing line, who can help it? If a turtle, dolphin or stingray looks like it’s in trouble, who do you call? The answer is Melbourne’s Zoo’s Marine Response Unit.
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The cheeky boy scout
With a love for the outdoors, Bruno is a dog that has given his owner Adeline Antolis both cheek and trouble.
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Another Rotary year begins
After 18 months at the helm, on July 1, 2021 Neville Page handed over to Sainab Sheikh as the new president of the Rotary Club of North Melbourne.
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These 33 men are in indefinite lockdown
Right now, 33 men are being held in indefinite detention in the middle of Melbourne at the Park Hotel in Carlton. They have committed no crime. They have fled war, persecution, violence and torture, and tried to seek a safer life.
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Thrift or uncommon sense?
Do you remember your grandmother mending clothes, saving buttons, using dad’s singlets as cleaning cloths and never wasting leftovers?
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Delivering on the services Stolen Generations people say they need most
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
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.
Read MorePublic housing – the best way to solve our housing crisis
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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Kids’ respiratory clinic in North Melbourne can ease demand on Royal Children’s Hospital
North Melbourne’s personable and homely accountant
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