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Premier Jacinta Allan hopes to extend the state’s lobbying rules to local governments as soon as this year.

Integrity rules could include local government for the first time

Lobbying at the local government level is not regulated in Victoria, despite councillors often making decisions on multimillion-dollar projects. 

  • Broede Carmody and Rachael Dexter

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Valli director Ariel “Ari” Lakman.

Developer donated $35,000 to council candidates as ‘Friends of the Peninsula’

Two of the four candidates had made pre-election promises not to take any money from property developers.

  • Rachael Dexter
E-scooters parked on Brunswick Street in Fitzroy.

‘Naughty child’: Mayor slaps parking ban on hire e-scooters

The Yarra council’s new mayor lectured hire operators, likening them to naughty children who needed detention at school.

  • Rachael Dexter
Nick Reece being sworn in as the 105th lord mayor of Melbourne in November.

Donation revelations prompt fears Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece could be ‘mired in conflicts of interest’

Reece accepted tens of thousands of dollars from donors with property interests in the City of Melbourne despite pledging he would not allow developers to bankroll his mayoral campaign. See the full list of donors.

  • Cara Waters, Adam Carey and Sarah Danckert
The Beaconsfield Hotel in St Kilda has been closed since December 2004.

St Kilda pub with deadly past to reopen after being shut for decades

The historic beachside pub was boarded up for 20 years after the one-punch death of a cricket legend. Now the century-old hotel will return to life.

  • Rachael Dexter
The statement was made during the Future Melbourne Committee meeting on August 6, 2024.
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Lord Mayor Nick Reece declares he will not take donations from developers

The statement was made during the Future Melbourne Committee meeting on August 6, 2024.

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Fitzroy pool

How people power, John Clarke and Julian Assange saved Fitzroy Pool

Thirty years ago, a Herculean community effort led by an unlikely band of campaigners stopped the site from being turned into a block of flats.

  • Rachael Dexter
The Grinch.

Christmas Grinch found in Yarra council IT department

A bonus ‘gift card’ emailed to staff turned out to be a training exercise in online scams.

  • Stephen Brook
Yarra mayor Stephen Jolly.

Only in Yarra: The socialist mayor accused of taking a Trumpian turn

A Greens attack on Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly has left him more than a bit surprised.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Billionaire Justin Hemmes is the potential buyer of the City of Melbourne’s car park.

Will Melbourne get an Ivy-style nightclub? City car park sale sparks fury and speculation

Did Justin Hemmes make the City of Melbourne an “exclusive offer” it couldn’t refuse? CBD businesses are worried.

  • Cara Waters

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