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North Melbourne Community Hub plans endorsed
The City of Melbourne has given the green light to final concept plans for the long-awaited North Melbourne Community Hub, with councillors unanimously endorsing the $41.7 million project at the September 2 Future Melbourne Committee meeting.
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Council moves ahead with Royal Park Master Plan
The City of Melbourne will progress to final stages of design for the Royal Park Master Plan, following community outcry over a draft released earlier this year.
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The Reece Police: Council budget delivers green wins and financial reset
The City of Melbourne’s 2025–26 draft budget has handed down a welcome result for residents of North and West Melbourne and Kensington, with significant investments in parks and community infrastructure – and a clear shift towards tighter fiscal management under the new-look council.
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Residents call for council to hit “pause” on greening Roden St
In a last-ditch effort to have the City of Melbourne reconsider its Roden St greening initiative, which will see several native trees replaced, a group of local residents is calling on the council to conduct further ecological studies.
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Royal Park stakeholders caught off-guard by council’s carpark sale
Following the City of Melbourne’s recent sale of its Little Collins St car park to billionaire Justin Hemmes, Lord Mayor Nick Reece hinted that the money raised would be used to fund capital works initiatives at Royal Park.
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Council’s plan for $2 swims this summer
The wheels have begun to turn on Lord Mayor Nick Reece’s election promise to provide cheaper swims at public pools this summer.
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“An extraordinary councillor”: Rohan Leppert calls time at the City of Melbourne
Few figures are respected and admired right across the political spectrum, but outgoing Greens councillor Rohan Leppert leaves behind one such legacy at the City of Melbourne after 12 years of dedicated community service.
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City of Melbourne signs joint statement demanding action on Moonee Ponds Creek
The City of Melbourne has united with community advocates to call on the Victorian Government to unlock desperately needed land along Moonee Ponds Creek and support its ongoing revitalisation.
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“There’s a thing called a phone”: Kensington coffee window debacle now resolved
Kensington dog-walkers and pram-pushers can once again order their flat whites and long blacks through Local Folk’s serving window on Bayswater Rd.
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“Punitive and opaque”: Arron Wood denounces council closure of Kensington cafe window
Lord Mayoral candidate Arron Wood is taking action to save a beloved Kensington coffee window from closure, but the City of Melbourne says it is “working with the owner to find a way” to keep it open for service.
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Royal Park stakeholders caught off-guard by council’s carpark sale
“Punitive and opaque”: Arron Wood denounces council closure of Kensington cafe window
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