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The secret deal for Melbourne Uni to fund artwork in exchange for council support for new campus
When the cost of the artwork surged from $2 million to $22 million, the City of Melbourne asked the university for money. The secret deal was detailed in a confidential council document obtained by The Age.
- by Cara Waters
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Opening nights and studio visits: How Melbourne’s richest art donors are cultivated
The City of Melbourne is hitting up the city’s wealthiest philanthropists in a bid to secure funding for a public artwork it has commissioned for Southbank by New Zealand artist Michael Parekowhai.
- by Cara Waters
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An artist got $2m to make a kangaroo sculpture by 2021. Now the bill is $22m and it’s due in 2027
An eight-metre sculpture of a “soft-toy-appearing kangaroo” should be sitting in Southbank, but costs have ballooned to more than 10 times initial estimates.
- by Cara Waters
The innocuous vote that exposed the murky world of council donations
How a debate about an “ugly duckling” South Yarra apartment building offered a peek into the largely hidden world of campaign donations at City of Melbourne.
- by Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter
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Three votes, Kouta: Carlton champ mulls run for Melbourne Lord Mayor
Blues legend Anthony Koutoufides is weighing up a run for Lord Mayor of Melbourne in the upcoming October council elections.
- by Cara Waters and Broede Carmody
Copenhagen, not Docklands: Nick Reece wants to be lord mayor for real – here’s how
The former deputy mayor has confirmed he will run for the city’s top job at the coming elections, saying he’ll insist new growth suburbs are about putting “people first, not developer profit”.
- by Aisha Dow
City of Melbourne sells rubbish services for $110 million to Cleanaway
Lord Mayor Sally Capp, in her final week in the role, said the ASX-listed Cleanaway would also redevelop the city’s waste-transfer facility in North Melbourne.
- by Cara Waters
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Councils alarmed by government orders that could double housing. See the plans for your area
Councils across Melbourne warn of fundamental changes to their suburbs after the state government ordered them to find space for millions of new homes.
- by Cara Waters and Josh Gordon
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Melbourne spent $2.2m greening four laneways. Some pot plants remain
The City of Melbourne program was completed in 2017, but there is little to show for the money now.
- by Cara Waters
Greenline project’s future in doubt as council funding dries up
The City of Melbourne on Tuesday unveiled its $781 million draft budget, which crept into surplus for the first time in five years.
- by Cara Waters and Sophie Aubrey
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Premiers and billionaires line up to farewell an ad industry giant
Three former premiers and business magnates were among the mourners who gathered to farewell media businessman and philanthropist Harold Mitchell.
- by Stephen Brook
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