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Kensington is growing fast, but where’s the green space?

Kensington is growing fast, but where’s the green space?

June 4th, 2026 - Ellen Sandell

Walk along Macaulay Rd in Kensington today and the scale of change is hard to miss. Thousands of new apartments have gone up in recent years, with more on the way.

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Five years on, still fighting for Kensington Primary

December 17th, 2025 - Ellen Sandell

Our local schools are the heart of our community. They’re where our kids learn, grow, make friends, and discover who they want to be.

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Victoria’s historic Treaty with First Peoples is here!

September 16th, 2025 - Ellen Sandell

After decades of leadership from First Nations people, the very first Treaty Bill in our nation’s history was introduced into the Victorian Parliament during early September.

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Abuse in childcare shows the system needs fixing

July 10th, 2025 - Ellen Sandell

The news that a Melbourne man who worked at more than a dozen childcare centres – including one in Kensington* – been charged with 70 child sex abuse offences has deeply shaken us all.

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Melbourne needs more sports ovals, but we need to get it right

May 14th, 2025 - Ellen Sandell

Right around the corner from my house is JJ Holland Park, one of the best parks in the City of Melbourne.

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There’s an old saying that every government dollar should be treated as if it was hard earned, because it was – by a taxpayer

December 11th, 2024 - Evan Mulholland

Given that Victoria is the highest-taxed state in the nation, this is a pretty fair rule to apply and one I would hope that the government would abide by. Sadly, this is not the case.

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Meet your new Upper House Greens MP – Anasina Gray-Barberio

November 13th, 2024 - Ellen Sandell

I’m excited to introduce Anasina Gray-Barberio, our newest Victorian Greens MP. 

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Only the Liberals will get Melbourne back in business

October 16th, 2024 - Evan Mulholland

For more than 150 years, we’ve all taken great pride in the nickname for our city being “Marvellous Melbourne”, a nickname that – legend has it – was coined by a visiting London journalist named George Augustus Sala.

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Almost 100K homes empty in the middle of a housing crisis

September 11th, 2024 - Ellen Sandell

97,861. That is the number of homes that were left empty in Melbourne last year according to Prosper Australia’s recent report.

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Labor turns a blind eye to union corruption

August 14th, 2024 - Evan Mulholland

I am sure that most Victorians have been shocked by revelations in the past few weeks about widespread corruption, misconduct, and thuggish behaviour on construction sites around Victoria.

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Rescue success for zoo teams

March 18th, 2022 - Melbourne Zoo
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Comedy Festival returns

March 18th, 2022 - Zak Wheeler
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