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Sculptor Kenny Pittock at the City Gallery with his Dirty Dozen exhibition.

‘The Dirty Dozen’ street foods that define Melbourne’s history

Ceramic sculptures of pies, coffee and dim sims are among the street foods celebrated in a new exhibition at Town Hall. See what else made the list.

  • Cara Waters

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Lord Mayor Nick Reece pledged in his election campaign to provide 50,000 free swimming lessons and $2 pool entry.

Lord Mayor backflips on promise of 50,000 free swimming lessons and $2 swims

Lord Mayor Nick Reece is backing away from a pledge to provide 50,000 free swimming lessons and $2 swimming pool entry across the City of Melbourne’s pools.

  • Cara Waters
Gocchanko, an ex-sumo wrestler who now wrestles on the street for busking money.

You win sumo, you lose some: Busker Gocchanko wrestles with onlookers, red tape

A street-fighting star who’s been a hit in Melbourne’s CBD found himself grappling with the city’s hefty bureaucracy.

  • Alexander Darling
The statue of Burke and Wills is removed from city square in 2017.

After eight years in storage, Burke and Wills are journeying to La Trobe Street

A statue of the explorers will not return to its prime location in Melbourne’s city square.

  • Cara Waters
Former lord mayor Sally Capp, wearing a design by Mastani, is preparing to walk the runway in the Melbourne Fashion Festival.

From robes to runway: Sally Capp steps back into the spotlight

The former lord mayor will hit the catwalk at the Melbourne Fashion Festival with a message to tell.

  • Cara Waters
Queen Victoria Market fruit and vegetable traders went on strike for the first time in the market’s history.

‘It’s going to be a museum’: Fears for the Queen Vic Market’s future

A strike this week by fruit and vegetable traders exposed tensions between traders, management and developers.

  • Cara Waters
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Guest says the council decision to sell the carpark is ‘like selling the farm to pay for the silverware’.

‘Selling the farm to pay for the silverware’: Car park sale to Merivale slammed

The Melbourne council has voted to sell a CBD asset to Sydney hospitality billionaire Justin Hemmes, but some councillors say it’s gone ‘for a song’.

  • Rachael Dexter
Artist’s render of Hemmes plans for 34/60 Little Collins street.

Mimi’s and a ‘sky garden’: Sydney billionaire Justin Hemmes’ grand plan for Melbourne CBD car park

Merivale Group has bought a City of Melbourne car park to build a precinct with restaurants, cafes, bars, a hotel and retail.

  • Cara Waters
Lord Mayor Nick Reece and deputy lord mayor Roshena Campbell.

Councillors are lining up to attack this website – the lord mayor granted it an interview

There are complaints aplenty from the city’s municipal chambers about the site’s pointed attacks.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Francesco Fontana, of Fontana Brothers, will be part of a strike of Queen Victoria Market fruit and vegetable stall holders on Tuesday.

Why Queen Victoria Market fruiterers will strike for the first time in 147 years

As a dispute over rising costs rolls on, the famed market’s fruit and vegetable traders say they will shut their stalls on Tuesday.

  • Cara Waters

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