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Anna Gilmore, pictured at home with her two children, is concerned about the stripped state funding for sleep programs.

This program has been a ‘lifeline’ for new parents. It’s now been quietly axed

A popular sleep program helps exhausted parents seeking support at local maternal and child health services, but its state funding was cut with just six weeks notice.

  • Sophie Aubrey

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Jimmy Hu and Kerry Huang, owners of Dragon Sushi at Prahran Market.

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
Jennifer Hunt, chief executive of the Pet Medical Crisis Fund, Thea Agius, shelter manager, Pam Weaver, president of Save-a-Dog scheme and resident Jenny Stern.

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
The monument after being cleaned following vandalism in 2020.

‘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
Beach boxes exposed to the sea at Mount Martha North

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
The Victorian parliamentary inquiry into fraud and corruption in local government began on Monday.

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
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A leaked report from the local government inspector has criticised ex-Hepburn Shire CEO Aaron van Egmond for his management of The Rex redevelopment in Daylesford.

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
Valli director Ariel “Ari” Lakman.

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
Mayor of Yarra Council Stephen Jolly was the candidate who received the most donations outside of the City of Melbourne.

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

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