Victorian councils
Prahran Market customers petitioned to save this dated shop. Now it’s had an eviction reprieve
The market’s quest to boost visitors with a recent push to modernise stalls has caused ructions.
- Lachlan Abbott
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Tears, cheers and smears: Emotional council vote over animal shelter
The new contract for the operator of a Glen Iris pound saw more than 3000 people sign a petition, a packed council meeting and a heated dispute over an animal euthanasia policy.
- Lachlan Abbott
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- City life
‘We haven’t got the money’: Yarra mayor rebuffs premier’s criticism of Cook statue removal
The City of Yarra decided to get rid of the granite monument from Edinburgh Gardens after vandals repeatedly targeted it and cost the council thousands of dollars.
- Lachlan Abbott
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
Council that dumped asbestos to ‘make CEO look good’ among worst examples of dysfunction
Tougher penalties for councils and their staff who breach governance rules should be introduced to protect the sector from corruption, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.
- Adam Carey
Leaked report blasts former Daylesford CEO for bungled redevelopment
The council watchdog’s refusal to release its report on Hepburn Shire has prompted calls for more transparency.
- Benjamin Preiss and Lachlan Abbott
Developer donated $35,000 to council candidates as ‘Friends of the Peninsula’
Two of the four candidates had made pre-election promises not to take any money from property developers.
- Rachael Dexter
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- Victorian council elections
The biggest donors to council candidates revealed
More than $4 million was spent by businesses, political parties, unions and lobby groups to influence Victoria’s council elections. Use our search tool to see who funded your new councillors.
- Rachael Dexter and Nathan Perri
Triple zero falls short of emergency benchmarks and records $80m loss
Labor used parliament’s final sitting day for the year to reveal the struggling state of the emergency dispatch service.
- Rachael Dexter, Brittany Busch and Broede Carmody
Votes have been counted in local elections. Here are your councillors
Use our interactive to find out who was elected in each ward of your council across Greater Melbourne.
- Rachael Dexter and Tom Cowie
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