Australians are hoarding their holidays like never before with new research showing accrued annual leave is at a record high….

The pandemic shut down Melbourne for most of 2021, but it didn’t stop Melbourne City Council from pulling out all the stops to bring the city back to life. 

Melbourne’s New Year’s Eve fireworks displays have been blasted as an “embarrassment” and “a kick in the guts” to lockdown-weary Victorians. 

Melbourne Council Parks staff are on high alert…after a mature street tree in the inner city was poisoned.  

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