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Gill Gannon and Bea Tomlin, who help co-ordinate the Keep Champion Road Open group.

Council staff refuse to sign secrecy deals over hated level-crossing plan

The council will now only communicate with the Level Crossing Removal Project in writing.

  • Sophie Aubrey

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James Young, owner of iconic Melbourne live music venue Cherry Bar which is two doors down from the Parkade car park which was sold by City of Melbourne for $55 million this week.

Cherry Bar said no to Gaga. Now it’s threatening to stop Hemmes

Sydney billionaire Justin Hemmes is now in a showdown with Melbourne’s famed Cherry Bar owner James Young over a planned ‘hospitality wonderland’ development.

  • Rachael Dexter
Guest says the council decision to sell the carpark is ‘like selling the farm to pay for the silverware’.

‘Selling the farm to pay for the silverware’: Car park sale to Merivale slammed

The Melbourne council has voted to sell a CBD asset to Sydney hospitality billionaire Justin Hemmes, but some councillors say it’s gone ‘for a song’.

  • Rachael Dexter
Artist’s render of Hemmes plans for 34/60 Little Collins street.

Mimi’s and a ‘sky garden’: Sydney billionaire Justin Hemmes’ grand plan for Melbourne CBD car park

Merivale Group has bought a City of Melbourne car park to build a precinct with restaurants, cafes, bars, a hotel and retail.

  • Cara Waters
Hume City Council’s Sam Misho is pushing for a cut in council rates for homeowners, to be paid for by raising rates for businesses.

Hume council is owed a record $47m in overdue rates. But there’s a radical plan to fix it

One in four home owners is behind in paying their rates in this municipality, with the council probing if they should target businesses making profits instead.

  • Adam Carey
Francesco Fontana, of Fontana Brothers, will be part of a strike of Queen Victoria Market fruit and vegetable stall holders on Tuesday.

Why Queen Victoria Market fruiterers will strike for the first time in 147 years

As a dispute over rising costs rolls on, the famed market’s fruit and vegetable traders say they will shut their stalls on Tuesday.

  • Cara Waters
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An aerial view of Frankston, where apartments up to 16-storeys tall have been approved.

Housing targets scaled back across Melbourne

The state government also says it is cutting back plans for medium-density development because of response from the community.

  • Rachael Dexter
Lord Mayor Nick Reece at the Regent Theatre. He pledged during his campaign to be elected lord mayor to sell the council’s share in the theatre.

‘I got it wrong’: Lord mayor abandons plan to sell Regent Theatre

Nick Reece says he failed to appreciate the level of support among Melburnians for the heritage-listed venue on Collins Street.

  • Cara Waters
A packed council meeting in Casey was abandoned on Tuesday night.

Chaos in Casey: Meeting shut down as councillors sprayed with abuse

Residents in uproar over issues including COVID-19 vaccines and the impounding of a family’s collection of hot rods and jet-skis forced the wild meeting to be abandoned.

  • Adam Carey
Vapes are an increasing source of litter.

‘New problem child of waste’: The hazard increasingly littering Melbourne’s streets

Discarded vapes make up a growing part of the mess as e-waste moves into the top 10 types of litter found in Victoria for the first time. 

  • Cara Waters

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