City life
Public housing tower demolition plan is ‘ethnic cleansing’, says mayor
Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly has slammed the state’s plan to demolish Melbourne’s public housing towers as a land grab and threatened street resistance in explosive inquiry testimony.
- Rachael Dexter
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Hey Oasis, this is how you do a proper comeback tour
It’s nine years since Eddy Current Suppression Ring, hailed by many as Australia’s best live band, have played. Now they’re back – but don’t get used to it.
- Karl Quinn
‘You just have to go, go, go’: Injury fears as food delivery riders turn to e-bikes
Hospital staff report a surge in e-bike injuries among gig economy workers as calls grow for stricter registration of the cycles.
- Cara Waters
Let there be light: Lessons from Melbourne’s first apartment high-rise
Apartments in the 1961 tower are larger and more light-filled than modern ones. An architect who has done refurbishments of the building says rules around high-density development must be loosened.
- Sophie Aubrey
Good craic, banter and beer – oh, and rugby – draw Lions fans to Melbourne game
Welsh-born Leigh Watkins, who lives in a Victorian town without a rugby team, is heading to the MCG to watch the British and Irish Lions play the Wallabies.
- Carolyn Webb
This trio has mapped hundreds of murals in Melbourne. Here are 15 of the best
Neda noticed Victoria’s capital was underrepresented on the world’s largest urban-art website. So she formed a team to put Melbourne on the map.
- Lachlan Abbott
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- Road safety
Coroner calls for e-bikes to be registered as motorcycles
Coroner Audrey Jamieson said Nitin Haldipur Prabhu’s death was a tragic reminder of the importance for greater regulations of e-bikes.
- Hannah Hammoud
Rainbow flags cover up messages of hate after attacks in Melbourne’s gay heartland
A wave of homophobic attacks, from far-right graffiti to violent bashings, has rocked Melbourne. But the city’s queer community refuses to back down.
- Rachael Dexter
‘I’m a big believer in democracy’: Electoral reform on cards for City of Melbourne
Unusual rules giving businesses two votes in council elections would be scrapped, and candidates forced to declare donations before polling day as part of a review sought by Lord Mayor Nick Reece.
- Rachael Dexter
Could Melbourne survive as a megacity? Play this game to find out
Open House Melbourne’s Reworlding Naarm combines urban play and storytelling to get people thinking how Melbourne could survive crises of the future.
- Nell Geraets
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