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Mooney Valley council candidate Pierce Tyson, Lord Mayor candidate Nick Reece and Port Phillip council candidate Heather Consulo at the solar array on top of Wilson Hall at the University of Melbourne.

Cheaper power promised under renewable energy bulk-buy schemes

Residents and small business owners would get cheaper power bills under a proposed renewable energy bulk-buying scheme covering at least four inner Melbourne councils.

  • Tom Cowie

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The roof garden at Parliament House.

‘A Royal Park in the sky’: Reece pledges seed funding for rooftop garden plan

The incumbent lord mayor says the city’s rooftops are an underused resource that could be transformed into thriving public gardens.

  • Henrietta Cook
Lord Mayoral candidates: (left to right) Jamal Hakim. Arron Wood, Nick Reece, Anthony Koutoufides and Roxane Ingleton.

A kingmaker, a cheesemaker and plenty of newsmakers: Who’s running for council elections

Familiar faces have resurfaced as candidates for local government after nominations closed for the October council polls.

  • Cara Waters
Jamal Hakim.

Mayoral hopeful pitches to make Melbourne flush with public toilets

Jamal Hakim also wants to rebrand maternal healthcare centres in a change for fathers with babies’ nappies.

  • Cara Waters
Lord Mayor Nicholas Reece and candidate for deputy lord mayor Roshena Campbell outside the Regent Theatre on Saturday.

Why Melbourne’s lord mayor wants to sell the Regent Theatre

The century-old Collins Street institution is estimated to be worth between $40 million and $50 million, and the council owns a 51 per cent stake.

  • Cara Waters
Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig said allegations at Liverpool Council were “the worst I’ve seen”.

Minister slams Liverpool Council allegations as ‘worst I’ve ever seen’

The government will allow the council’s election to go ahead, but new councillors will have to deal with a long inquiry.

  • Anthony Segaert and Max Maddison
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City of Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun says the ruling was a “one-one draw” with the state government.

This private company is running two council elections. It may have breached the law

A private Queensland-based firm was paid $1.6 million to administer Liverpool Council’s election on September 14. It has conceded it may have breached the state’s electoral regulations.

  • Max Maddison
NSW Liberal Party president Don Harwin and sacked state director Richard Shields.

NSW Liberals forced into 10-month federal takeover after council fiasco

Party president Don Harwin will lose his position, as a federal committee which includes former NSW minister Rob Stokes takes charge of the NSW Liberals.

  • Alexandra Smith
Better Council is campaigning against Greens candidates in Sydney’s east and inner-west, and right, Philipa Veitch.

‘Rates, rubbish and roads, not radicals’: Sydney council candidates hit over international views

A new lobby group is targeting Greens candidates in key eastern and inner-city councils over their support of Palestinian causes.

  • Anthony Segaert
orched signs and a redirecting website: local council skulduggery rears its head.

Torched signs and a wacky website: Local council skulduggery rears its head

As Sydney enters its final fortnight of local council election campaigning, some tactics have turned ugly.

  • Anthony Segaert and Megan Gorrey

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