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Victorian planning reforms will allow larger apartments and townhouses across Melbourne.

The three-storey apartment blocks coming soon to your neighbourhood

Townhouses and apartments can now be built, with fast-tracked approval, closer to footpaths and neighbours under sweeping changes.

  • Sophie Aubrey

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A stray cat ready for de-sexing at the Lost Dogs’ Home in North Melbourne.

City considers 24/7 cat curfew for Melbourne

The City of Melbourne is aiming to reduce the number of wildlife killed and pets lost or hurt on roads.

  • Cara Waters
Lord Mayor Nick Reece’s big-spending agenda is in doubt.

Nick Reece’s big-spend agenda in doubt as Melbourne’s debt reaches historic levels

There is uncertainty over more of the lord mayor’s election promises, including a rates freeze, as a hostile council complains about the city’s mounting debt.

  • Rachael Dexter
Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece with Robbie Williams to give him the key to the city at Federation Square.

Pop superstar Robbie Williams sparks council review over keys to the city honour

The British singer received the key to Melbourne before a crowd at Federation Square. But a donation to Lord Mayor Nick Reece’s election campaign and the late notice to councillors have raised questions.

  • Cara Waters
Neuron has decided to exit City of Yarra.

E-scooter operators pull out of Yarra after council imposes drastic fee hike

The future of e-scooters in Melbourne is increasingly under threat with Neuron and Lime announcing they will no longer operate in the City of Yarra after they copped a 400 per cent council fee hike.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Eddie Solomon (left) and Patrick Davis (right) have different views on a proposed high-rise near Murrumbeena station.

Heritage village the new front line in high-density housing battle

Glen Eira City Council is resisting an eight-story housing project in Murrumbeena that it fears will overshadow heritage-listed shops, but it does have supporters looking to get a foothold in the area.

  • Lachlan Abbott
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David Morrison, president of the Blackburn and District Tree Preservation Society, stands in front of Blackburn trees.

Melbourne tree canopy goal ‘impossible’ without ripping out roads

The government’s target tree canopy for urban areas is at odds with its new tree targets for apartment and townhouse developments.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Mayor of Whittlesea Aidan McLindon has been barred from attending the chamber over his alleged behaviour.

Mayor barred from chamber and making phone calls, as council takes ‘extraordinary’ action

Aidan McLindon, the former Freedom Party candidate who became an outer-suburban mayor, is at war with his own council after he was barred from attending meetings over repeated allegations of poor behaviour.

  • Tom Cowie and Rachael Dexter
The statue of Burke and Wills is removed from city square in 2017.

After eight years in storage, Burke and Wills are journeying to La Trobe Street

A statue of the explorers will not return to its prime location in Melbourne’s city square.

  • Cara Waters
Rockback resident Donna Southern started the Leakes Needs Lights campaign.

It’s a suburb ‘on steroids’, but residents are forced to avoid its main road

Once a single-lane road between farms, this is now a major thoroughfare carrying 14,500 cars a day. But locals say crashes, bottlenecks and dangerous manoeuvres prove urgent upgrades are needed.

  • Sophie Aubrey

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