Ratepayers may foot bill for council IT company
MELBOURNE City Council wants to to use ratepayers’ cash to set up its own IT company — Melbourne Digital Enterprises — to make money from the commercial and public sector operators.
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Melbourne factory spends $3m on solar panels
AUSTRALIA’S largest privately owned solar system, involving more than 5000 panels, has been installed on a Natures Organics manufacturing building in Melbourne.
How to fight back against our blocked footpaths
FINDING it hard to walk around Melbourne’s CBD? More people are already crowding our footpaths and now rubbish, construction vehicles and delivery scooters are also clogging up the pavement. But frustrated pedestrians are fighting back.
Why Melbourne commuters dodge their fare
THERE are three types of public transport fare evaders and it’s costing Melbourne commuters millions, a new study reveals. The ones who deliberately don’t pay are the smallest group but cost us all the most.
Glossy mags, housework isn’t a firestarter
GLOSSY mags love a sexy headline, and “Housework makes her horny” certainly is one — but the messaging around what women want in their relationships is misleading, writes Wendy Tuohy.
Police officers need help to deal with PTSD
THAT Victoria Police has for decades failed to offer sufficient help to officers suffering mental health problems because of their job is nothing short of scandalous, writes Keith Moor.
Childishly ignorant warping the animal welfare debate
AS the urban majority in mega-cities like ours become marooned from real life — life as it has been for thousands of years — formerly intelligent and informed people are revealed as childishly ignorant, even delusional, about our relationship with animals, writes Andrew Rule.
We all pay for faulty power play
GREEN schemes are all the rage among governments and companies trying to look like they have a social conscience, but they should never be ham-fisted policies which ultimately hurt consumers’ hip pockets, writes Katie Bice.
A guide to decoding teen lingo
IF you think airpods are a type of pollen, Snapchat streaks are a form of nudity and Fortnite is a measurement of time, then chances are you don’t have a teenager living in your house, writes Susie O’Brien.
Thai cave heroics have echoes of VC dignity
LIKE Victoria Cross recipients, Australian cave diving expert Dr Richard Harris is not about being recognised. He is understated. Reluctant. And probably doomed to be haunted by a public glory he never wanted, writes Patrick Carlyon.
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