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Victorian council elections
As Victorians prepare to vote in council elections in October, find out who the candidates are and what they stand for in your local area.
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The innocuous vote that exposed the murky world of council donations
How a debate about an “ugly duckling” South Yarra apartment building offered a peek into the largely hidden world of campaign donations at City of Melbourne.
- by Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter
How one photo on the front page of The Age in ’94 marked Melbourne’s Stonewall moment
This week marks 30 years since the widely condemned police raid on the queer party night known as Tasty. The queer community plans to celebrate the former club in style.
- by Rachael Dexter
‘If Brighton and Daylesford had a baby’: The seaside cul de sac that could have been Melbourne’s CBD
It has no traffic lights and a “graceful, provincial” feel, but happy locals in this suburb still have a clear view of Melbourne’s skyscrapers.
- by Rachael Dexter
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The asbestos clean-up in Melbourne parks has begun. It will cost ratepayers more than $500k
Residents of Hobsons Bay City Council are on the hook for over half a million dollars to replace asbestos-contaminated mulch, first found by a local father in April.
- by Rachael Dexter
Red flags that massive Arden development is heading for a ‘Docklands 2.0’
Planners, developers and the City of Melbourne are warning the Arden precinct could turn into a suburb of dead streetscapes if the mistakes made at Fishermans Bend and Docklands aren’t heeded.
- by Rachael Dexter and Sophie Aubrey
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One in 20 Melbourne homes empty during housing crisis
Almost 100,000 homes in Melbourne are either unoccupied or barely occupied. They could fix the public housing waiting list twice over.
- by Josh Gordon and Rachael Dexter
The Block confirmed for Daylesford after planning minister intervention
The next series of hit TV show The Block will be filmed in the country hamlet of Daylesford after intervention by the state’s planning minister to approve it.
- by Rachael Dexter and Benjamin Preiss
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
Councils pitch flexible rates to tackle ‘alarming’ funding woes
Struggling councils say services will be cut and infrastructure will deteriorate if they don’t have more say over rate rises.
- by Rachael Dexter
As it happened: Grocery stores face billion-dollar fines; Nuclear energy debate dominates return of parliament
Read about the day’s national news headlines in our blog.
- by Rachael Dexter and Josefine Ganko
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/by/rachael-dexter-h01q8v