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Three votes, Kouta: Carlton champ mulls run for Melbourne Lord Mayor
Blues legend Anthony Koutoufides is weighing up a run for Lord Mayor of Melbourne in the upcoming October council elections.
- by Cara Waters and Broede Carmody
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Left to rot: The ‘ghost homes’ scourge in our big cities – amid a housing crisis
Tens of thousands of homes sit empty across our major cities, while luxury units replace old apartment blocks - all while debate rages about our home shortage.
- by Greg Callaghan
Copenhagen, not Docklands: Nick Reece wants to be lord mayor for real – here’s how
The former deputy mayor has confirmed he will run for the city’s top job at the coming elections, saying he’ll insist new growth suburbs are about putting “people first, not developer profit”.
- by Aisha Dow
New lord mayor to target ‘completely unacceptable’ safety issues, cleanliness
Nick Reece has been sworn in as lord mayor, but it’s just a few months until the next City of Melbourne elections and he’s yet to announce a run for the top post.
- by Cara Waters and Sophie Aubrey
It closed twice and was reborn. How Melbourne’s first laneway bar was resurrected
When Meyers Place closed in 2017, it was the end of an era. It has since been reborn in replica form, with every detail perfectly preserved – but one thing is different.
- by Cara Waters
City of Melbourne sells rubbish services for $110 million to Cleanaway
Lord Mayor Sally Capp, in her final week in the role, said the ASX-listed Cleanaway would also redevelop the city’s waste-transfer facility in North Melbourne.
- by Cara Waters
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This French city was once a crime hub. It could teach Melbourne how to green its laneways
Melbourne spent millions in a failed attempt to green its grey laneways. A successful scheme shows the better way to beautify the city comes from empowering residents.
- by Justine Costigan
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Councils alarmed by government orders that could double housing. See the plans for your area
Councils across Melbourne warn of fundamental changes to their suburbs after the state government ordered them to find space for millions of new homes.
- by Cara Waters and Josh Gordon
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Melbourne spent $2.2m greening four laneways. Some pot plants remain
The City of Melbourne program was completed in 2017, but there is little to show for the money now.
- by Cara Waters
Victoria needs millions of new homes. Here’s where they will be built
Councils will be told to find room for thousands of new homes as the government releases fresh targets to boost housing stock by more than 2 million.
- by Annika Smethurst
Thousands of people are moving into this area. Where’s the green space?
Apartment towers have been approved in Macaulay, but for five years the state government has sat on plans to create parkland.
- by Sophie Aubrey
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