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Tradie gutted after being robbed of tools

February 18th, 2021 - Brendan Rees

A Kensington apprentice plumber has been left devastated after callous thieves stole more than $5000 worth of tools from his van.

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Local history grants open

February 18th, 2021 - Sean Car

One of Victoria’s biggest opportunities for local history buffs has opened for another year running out of the Public Record Office of Victoria (PROV) based in North Melbourne.

Seeing out summer at the market

February 18th, 2021 - Jack Hayes

While the days and nights are still warm and the yearn for adventure remains, the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) has something up its sleeve for locals.

Kensington Rec Centre plans approved

February 18th, 2021 - Jess Carrascalao Heard

The Kensington Community Recreation Centre (KCRC) is one step closer to redevelopment, with the plans for the centre endorsed by the City of Melbourne’s Future Melbourne Committee (FMC) last December.

“We want them here”: pain over public housing loss lingers

February 18th, 2021 - Meg Hill

Late last year the Victorian Government announced it would invest more than $36 million to build a new vertical primary school on land being redeveloped as part of its Public Housing Renewal Program in North Melbourne.

West Melbourne planning delay “very frustrating”

February 18th, 2021 - David Schout

A new planning framework for West Melbourne remained awaiting state government approval in what one City of Melbourne councillor described as “unnecessary” and “very frustrating”.

Public housing residents take up health work

February 18th, 2021 - Meg Hill

Public housing residents who were placed under a much-criticised hard lockdown in July last year are working as health concierges to help keep their communities safe.

Macaulay’s planning rules need urgent work

February 18th, 2021 - Meg Hill

Macaulay, one of Melbourne’s urban renewal precincts, was planned to be developed into a mid-rise, walkable neighbourhood. Are loose planning controls putting that at risk?

Transition Town Kensington: Sustainability from the ground up

February 18th, 2021 - Jess Carrascalao Heard

In the shadow of the public housing tower at 56 Derby St, Kensington, a hot, summer northerly was ruffling the leaves of the Kensington Community Food Forest, nestled next to a kids’ playground at the back of the building.

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