October 2024
How the next mayor of Melbourne will fix the city
A special economic zone, payroll tax relief, free coffee and back-to-the-office mandates are among the pro-business policies being touted by mayoral candidates.
June 2024
Cleanaway closes lid on Melbourne City’s garbo Citywide
Street Talk understands Cleanaway has seen off rival suitors for the business, with a deal expected to be announced as early as this week.
March 2024
Former Gillard adviser to become Melbourne lord mayor after Capp exits
Ex-Labor insider Nicholas Reece will take over from Sally Capp in June but will face stiff competition for the job later this year.
December 2023
Rinehart puts cost-of-living relief on Christmas wish list
Australia’s wealthiest person has urged the federal government to slash the fuel excise and says councils should freeze rates for six months to help beat cost-of-living woes.
May 2023
Tim Smith ponders his comeback
As for vacating state politics, word is he’s doing so to clear space for a run to become Lord Mayor of Melbourne.
June 2021
Council carves out Queen Victoria Market site
The proposed sale is the final piece in the real estate puzzle around the market as the city hall orchestrates a series of property plays to regenerate the popular but fading market and its neighbourhood.
November 2020
Sally Capp re-elected Melbourne mayor
Sally Capp has held off her closest rival and former deputy Arron Wood, to be returned as Melbourne mayor as she promises to re-energise the city in the wake of the pandemic.
September 2020
Melbourne restaurants plead for early reopening
Although Sunday's announcement brought the date for reopening forward, restaurant owners say the curbs could be lifted sooner based on declining case numbers.
August 2020
Melbourne mayor faces challenge by pro-business Labor candidate
Sally Capp has been criticised by prominent business figures frustrated by the city's lockdown and could face a challenge from Labor that she's not pro-business enough.
July 2020
Thursday is the most dangerous day to risk a parking ticket
New data shows parking inspectors like to take Mondays and Fridays off and Melbourne is the most risky city to overstay a park.
June 2020
Tim Gurner, Melbourne lord mayor square off over build-to-rent
Financial Review Rich Lister Tim Gurner says bringing corporate players into the rental market will wipe out the mum-and-dad investors.
May 2020
State to intervene 'more often' if councils drag heels
Victorian Planning Minister Richard Wynne says there needs to be a pipeline of construction work to help the economic recovery
September 2019
Local councils are a powerhouse of good government
Ignore the critics. Some of the most important work of government happens at the local level.
Councils should fix potholes, not try to save the world
It's time that local public services lost the grandiose name and trappings of 'government'.
July 2019
Brisbane joins Sydney and Melbourne in payphone battle against Telstra
Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne are now fighting Telstra and JCDecaux's new payphones with advertising billboards.
May 2019
Telstra takes payphone fight to Federal Court
Telstra will look to settle the multiple battles it is having over payphones in one swoop.
April 2019
Telstra mulls Federal Court battle to resolve payphone dispute
Councils across Australia have raised concerns about Telstra's payphone upgrade.
Telstra's digital billboard rollout faces backlash
The City of Sydney is closely watching a move by its counterpart in Melbourne to block digital advertising billboards in Telstra's payphone network upgrade.