City life
Ulli helped raise Mzuri. Years later, the gorilla recognised her on a zoo visit
Legendary primate keeper Ulli Weiher is marking five decades working at Melbourne Zoo. She says every day is different.
- by Carolyn Webb
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From tobacco factory to artistry, this suburb is the southside’s northside
Creatives, breweries, patisseries and young families are springing up in the suburb’s once-gritty industrial precinct, which used to be home to soft drink manufacturers and big tobacco companies.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Fight over festival grant awarded to ‘charity’ with links to councillor
Kingston council has denied wrongdoing over a decision to award $75,000 to a religious group that has a sitting councillor on its executive committee.
- by Rachael Dexter
Residents’ plea to scrap Chapel St pub’s outdoor area ignored by council
The Wolf Windsor has been put on notice to improve conditions for Eastbourne Street residents who continue to find urine and broken bottles outside their homes.
- by Sophie Aubrey
More frost on the way after Melbourne shivers through coldest start of 2024
Elsewhere in Victoria, temperatures in Horsham, Bendigo, Ballarat and Geelong dropped to between minus 1 degree and minus 3 degrees.
- by Alex Crowe
Servo a no-no: Coburg locals, council say eight petrol stations is enough
A council has sided with residents and refused plans for another service station in a part of Melbourne where people are encouraged to walk, cycle or use public transport.
- by Tom Cowie
Martin loves being a clown. Doing IT during COVID just confirmed it
Circus Latino, run by an Argentinian-Australian family, is giving 20 performances in the winter school holidays.
- by Carolyn Webb
New lord mayor to target ‘completely unacceptable’ safety issues, cleanliness
Nick Reece has been sworn in as lord mayor, but it’s just a few months until the next City of Melbourne elections and he’s yet to announce a run for the top post.
- by Cara Waters and Sophie Aubrey
Build it and they’ll keep coming: The playground that kids asked for
A Melbourne council keen to redevelop a beloved adventure playground ran consultation workshops with kids. Here’s what the youngsters asked for.
- by Sophie Aubrey
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Biodiversity
Measures meant to protect our last grasslands are seeing them trashed
Thirty-six conservation areas in Melbourne’s growth corridor contain some of the last intact grasslands in Australia, but just three are in good health.
- by Adam Carey
Miscalculation leaves Melton $224m short for roads, kindergartens, bridges, bike trails
Home prices in Melbourne’s outer west will rise by as much as $25,000 as developers look to pass on an increased levy for infrastructure in emerging suburbs.
- by Adam Carey
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