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Ian RoyallReporter and Opinion Editor

Ian Royall is a general news reporter and opinion editor for the Herald Sun, with more than three decades’ experience in journalism, home and abroad. Covers MotoGP too.

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Mini park at the corner of King and Lonsdale streets 4x3 size

First we got Melbourne’s saddest playground. Now this

A new Melbourne CBD mini park has been branded a missed opportunity and revived memories of the botched overhaul of a Collingwood playground.

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MELBOURNE, OCTOBER 2, 2025: Clifton Hill residents are angry at new noisy bells at the level crossing at Ramsden St. Picture: Mark Stewart

‘Man on a mission’: Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece rates his first year in office

Melbourne’s defiant Lord Mayor has vowed to transform the CBD despite criticism, saying he’s still the right man to revive the city after years of disruption.

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A fight is looming between a state-owned water company and the industry watchdog over demands households pay delayed charges worth thousands of dollars.

‘Like Robodebt’: Water bill bungle could lead to mass legal action

Thousands of Victorians have been caught up in a fight over water bills that were delayed by up to a year due to a bungled IT upgrade.

Victoria

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 11, 2025: Remembrance Day at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne. Picture: NewsWire/ David Crosling

See how Melbourne marked Remembrance Day

Thousands of Victorians paused to remember the service and sacrifice of our war servicemen and women at the Shrine of Remembrance this morning. See the pictures.

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Servicemen and women march to the Shrine of Remembrance during the ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) Day march at the Shrine of Remembrance, to remember soldiers who have died in the line of duty, in Melbourne on April 25, 2025. Dawn services were held across the two countries on the anniversary of the ill-fated 1915 campaign of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps that left 11,500 of them dead in what is now Turkey during World War I. (Photo by Martin KEEP / AFP)

Cops out in force to stop Remembrance Day hecklers

Police have warned they are ready to tackle any disruptions Remembrance Day service following the controversial Anzac Day heckling incident.

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Len Martin, nephew of WWI pilot Lt Charles Martin, from Melbourne, whose remains have been identified in France, 107 years after he was shot down. Len Martin at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne. Picture: Tony Gough

Aussie WWI pilot’s grave found after 107 years

A missing Australian World War I fighter pilot’s final resting place has been found after more than a century, ending his family’s search for answers.

Victoria

Carrie Bickmore launches her latest beanies for brain cancer charity fundraiser.Picture: Instagram

Carrie Bickmore’s ‘bittersweet’ Vic Australian of the Year honour

Gold Logie winner Carrie Bickmore has been named the 2026 Australian of the Year for Victoria, after raising more than $27m for brain cancer research following the death of her husband from the disease in 2010.

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