Politics
Residents at wits’ end over parking chaos
Residents in Stanley St, West Melbourne, are growing increasingly frustrated over a lack of parking in their street, arguing the City of Melbourne is not doing enough to fix the issue.
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Friendly parrot may be banned outdoors after ruffling the council’s feathers
VB, a chatty rainbow lorikeet, loves to greet his West Melbourne neighbours from his cage, and has done so for the past five years.
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Calls to improve Canning streetscape
North Melbourne residents are calling for the streetscape along a section of Canning St to be improved after one described it as looking “degraded”.
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Greens push for Maribyrnong flood inquiry
State Member for Melbourne Ellen Sandell and her Greens counterparts have introduced a motion calling for the Victorian Government to establish a parliamentary inquiry into last year’s Maribyrnong River floods.
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Greens comfortably retain the seat of Melbourne as voter dial barely budges
The Greens’ Ellen Sandell has been re-elected as the Member for Melbourne, securing a third term at the November 26 Victorian Election.
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Kensington midwifery clinic lives to fight another day as lease extended
A Kensington family clinic will keep its doors open for at least another two years after the City of Melbourne resolved to extend its lease after the clinic came under threat of eviction.
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New pocket park for North Melbourne gets tick of approval
A new pocket park is coming to North Melbourne by transforming two existing reserves into a bigger park.
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Council to install pedestrian crossing for new North Melbourne Primary School campus
A new zebra pedestrian crossing is set to be installed to serve the new North Melbourne Primary School campus before classes start in the new year.
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Resident’s shock and dismay over “unfair” parking fine in her own street
A North Melbourne resident is contesting what she says is an unfair fine after parking in a street she believed was “excepted” for residential permit holders.
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Parking restrictions to change along Hawke St
The City of Melbourne is extending parking restriction operating times in a busy pocket of West Melbourne after residents found it increasingly difficult to get a parking space.
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A world record that’s no cause for celebration
Key council reports to be made public far earlier
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