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Melbourne Zoo director Michelle Bruggeman resigns

June 15th, 2022 - Carol Saffer

Michelle Bruggeman stepped downed from her role as director at the Melbourne Zoo at the end of May to take on a significant new position in the aged care and retirement sector.

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Greens romp home for a fifth consecutive term in Melbourne; Shorten reclaims Maribyrnong

June 15th, 2022 - Sean Car

Greens leader and Melbourne MP Adam Bandt enjoyed his best Federal Election yet on May 21, winning a fifth consecutive term with an increased percentage of the primary vote, while his party expanded its presence in the House of Representatives. For Kensington residents, who are a new addition to the seat of Maribyrnong, long-serving local MP and former Labor leader Bill Shorten will lead them for the next three years after a comfortable victory.

New harvest for Citywide

June 15th, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

Sometimes at about noon there will be a long line of street sweepers arriving from the CBD to offload their “harvest” at a large, rather complex wash plant at the Dynon Rd depot.

Royal Park “death-trap” crossing gets long-awaited funding for upgrade

June 15th, 2022 - North West City News

Parkville Gardens residents are celebrating after the City of Melbourne announced it would spend $1.5 million to upgrade a dangerous intersection at the Royal Park Railway Station.

Local park inspires North Melbourne resident to publish his second poetry book

May 19th, 2022 - Brendan Rees

Dabbling into poetry during lockdowns “for reading as much as writing” has led to a North Melbourne resident looking to publish his second collection of poems.

Childers St reopened to traffic

May 18th, 2022 - Metro Tunnel

A Kensington street is open to traffic for the first time in more than three years in another sign of progress on the Metro Tunnel Project.

Neighbourhood Houses – bringing people together across the country

May 18th, 2022 - Rebecca Smith

Neighbourhood House Week, which took place from May 9 to 15, is a national initiative which celebrates the role of more than 1000 neighbourhood houses in local communities across Australia. Kensington Neighbourhood House is one of 400 in Victoria.

Housing in Melbourne is cooked and the Victorian Government just made it worse

May 18th, 2022 - Ellen Sandell

David lives in North Melbourne with four housemates. He loves his rented townhouse and his housemates but says he is disappointed that the “Aussie dream” of home-ownership continues to get further and further out of reach.

Maintaining our heritage with Victorian paint colours

May 18th, 2022 - Felicity Jack

Houses in areas where there is a heritage overlay are required to maintain their homes in their original style, thus preserving the architectural integrity of the area. Heritage colours are essentially those deemed appropriate to the historic period when the building was erected.