City of Melbourne
Reece sworn in as lord mayor amid doubt over multimillion-dollar campaign promises
Nick Reece’s priorities are safety and cleanliness, but questions remain about how he can fulfil other promises given the council’s struggling budget.
- by Cara Waters
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It’s curtains for lord mayor’s plan to sell the Regent Theatre
Nick Reece’s election pledge to sell the 95-year-old venue to fund the arts is likely to be blocked by the new council.
- by Cara Waters
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Victorian council elections
Nick Reece promised plenty to be lord mayor in his own right. Now he needs to deliver
The incumbent offered voters a familiar face, and the promise of a safe pair of hands. He has four years to prove he can back that up.
- by Cara Waters
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Victorian council elections
‘The best days of the city are ahead’: Nick Reece wins race to be Melbourne lord mayor
Reece recorded 61.5 per cent of the vote after the distribution of preferences, comfortably beating Greens candidate Roxane Ingleton with 38.5 per cent.
- by Rachael Dexter and Tom Cowie
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Victorian council elections
Koutoufides and Reece lord mayor battle could drag on for days
Preferences will play a key role in who takes the keys to town hall in the neck-and-neck battle between Nick Reece and Anthony Koutoufides.
- by Cara Waters
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City life
Koutoufides trails Reece in mayoral race – but maybe not for long
Vote counting indicates incumbent Nick Reece leads the mayoral race in the City of Melbourne, but a strong showing for the Liberals means Anthony Koutoufides is also in with a chance.
- by Cara Waters
Melbourne’s ‘Little Athens’ loses another slice of its history
The departure of International Cakes highlights change in the Lonsdale Street precinct.
- by Brittany Busch
The Greenline ‘albatross’, protests and e-scooters: Lord mayoral candidates debate
Ballots close in just a few days, but fewer than 40 per cent of City of Melbourne residents have voted as lord mayoral candidates battled it out in a last-minute pitch in a live debate on Tuesday.
- by Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter
As it happened: Melbourne lord mayoral debate
Melbourne lord mayoral candidates Nick Reece, Arron Wood, Roxane Ingleton and Anthony Koutoufides debate their policies ahead of the election.
- by Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter
Melbourne Fashion Week becomes unlikely battleground for lord mayoral candidates
A candidate is hatching a plan to add another top-flight fashion festival to Melbourne – by stealing it from Sydney.
- by Cara Waters
The hidden barrier: Why Roxane Ingleton’s mayoral dream hangs by a thread
The Greens candidate would likely be elected Melbourne’s lord mayor next week if the city operated on a standard electoral system of one vote for every voter.
- by Cara Waters
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