Local council
Flood risk for more than 22,000 inner Melbourne properties, new modelling shows
Blindsided residents in Fitzroy, Collingwood and Richmond will be told their homes are at risk of flooding from overflowing drains.
- by Sophie Aubrey
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Concerns over badminton racket at proposed centre stuns sport’s players, officials
Residents’ claims that a new Melbourne badminton centre will bring noise and antisocial behaviour have stunned participants, who argue their sport could be described as “goodminton”.
- by Sophie Aubrey
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
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
Out of the loop: The questions councils desperately want answered on ‘nebulous’ SRL
A trio of councils say the rail loop project will reshape their suburbs but the government won’t release even basic details about the changes.
- by Patrick Hatch
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
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IBAC
Cash for access: Councillors ask corruption watchdog to investigate scheme
Most Port Phillip councillors want IBAC to investigate a donation scheme set up to fund a community group that financially backs two of their colleagues.
- by Annika Smethurst and Kieran Rooney
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
The country town that’s set to double in population
It’s a sleepy town just beyond Melbourne’s northern outskirts where geese stop traffic and there is a country feel – but a big change could be coming.
- by Benjamin Preiss
Former Labor councillor avoids jail for vote tampering
Milad El-Halabi was sentenced on Thursday almost four years after a local election in Melbourne’s north-west was caught up in a vote-rigging saga.
- by Rachel Eddie
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