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New councillor is a “unionist at heart”
Having snuck into the final councillor position at last year’s local government elections, CFMEU member and new councillor Elizabeth Doidge said she was looking forward to helping shape and reactivate the city that she loves.
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How do we solve a problem like rough sleeping?
Welcome to the seventh 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.
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From the courts to the Olympics
Considered the world’s number one urban sport, 3x3 basketball is on a meteoric rise from the streets to the biggest stage in world sport: the rescheduled 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
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“Problematic”: Community concerned new school could sew division
While most North Melbournians welcome a new school, the community has raised concerns that the Victorian Government’s proposed $36 million North Melbourne Hill Primary School has progressed without consultation.
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Does urban renewal need a rethink?
In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s one of Australia’s first large-scale urban renewal projects was built in Kensington. With two major urban renewals now under way in North Melbourne, are there lessons to be learnt from the nearby Kensington Banks?
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Kensington Primary still needs its fix
After years of campaigning for funding to fix major problems at Kensington Primary School, the Minister for Education visited the school to take a look in late February.
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78 Seniors: friendship, support and loving thy neighbour
“Loneliness is the biggest disease on the pensioner.”
Read MoreMelbourne Music Week dives into Kensington
Soul-searching insights into Kensington’s identity, culture, and sense of community were on display in Melbourne Music Week’s (MMW’s) new podcast Narratives of Neighbourhood.
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Curran St apartments approved
A proposed block of apartments in North Melbourne has been given the green light by the City of Melbourne despite more than 40 objections from neighbouring residents.
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No Wurundjeri Way sound barrier
“Terrible resonance.” That’s how West Melbourne residents describe the noise from countless heavy freight trains rumbling by their front doors every day.
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West Gate Tunnel Project: What it means for North and West Melbourne
Council blueprint predicts boom growth in Arden, Macaulay
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