Local council
‘Green wedge’ council targets guerrilla gardener over native plantings
Nillumbik, Melbourne’s “green wedge shire”, has ordered a local farmer uproot a row of native trees she planted in a wildlife corridor.
- Adam Carey
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Stonnington mayor takes out court order banning council watchdog from demeaning online posts
A long-running feud between Council Watch president Dean Hurlston and Stonnington mayor Melina Sehr has ended in a court battle over personal safety.
- Sophie Aubrey
Gaetano Greco, veteran inner-north councillor, dies aged 65
Greco had been serving his 17th year on Darebin council in Melbourne’s inner-north and was known for his tireless community advocacy.
- Rachael Dexter
Gardiners Creek is a rare slice of urban bush. The government wants to build 20-storey towers on its bank
Locals and councils have raised concerns that plans for the Suburban Rail Loop will cause a loss of sunlight and impact wildlife in the suburban sanctuary.
- Sophie Aubrey
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Melbourne Club moves to block Sydney billionaire’s ‘creative wonderland’ plan
Billionaire Justin Hemmes faces fierce opposition from Melbourne’s most exclusive gentlemen’s club to a plan to transform a CBD car park into a hospitality precinct.
- Cameron Houston and Lachlan Abbott
Purple bin backlash brews in the ’burbs as councils rubbish extra costs
Dozens of Victorian councils are fighting state plans to impose glass-only kerbside recycling, and argue the popular container deposit scheme should be expanded instead.
- Adam Carey
Mornington Peninsula council scraps climate emergency plan
In a controversial split vote on Tuesday night, the coastal council decided to ditch its climate emergency declaration and plan, dismaying some residents.
- Benjamin Preiss
Mayor suspended just six months after election denies he made staff feel unsafe
Whittlesea Mayor Aidan McLindon, a former Freedom Party candidate, called a press conference outside state parliament to fiercely deny the allegations.
- Tom Cowie and Lachlan Abbott
‘Risk to human health’: EPA knocks back giant waste transfer station
Communities in Melbourne’s southeast are celebrating the refusal to allow Veolia to build a waste transfer station, in a blow to council waste disposal plans.
- Adam Carey
Why locals are fighting to keep the potholes on this dilapidated road
Driving on this road is a bone-rattling experience, but that hasn’t deterred hundreds of locals from fighting to save its potholes and cracked surface.
- Adam Carey
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