Fitzroy
‘Naughty child’: Mayor slaps parking ban on hire e-scooters
The Yarra council’s new mayor lectured hire operators, likening them to naughty children who needed detention at school.
- Rachael Dexter
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How people power, John Clarke and Julian Assange saved Fitzroy Pool
Thirty years ago, a Herculean community effort led by an unlikely band of campaigners stopped the site from being turned into a block of flats.
- Rachael Dexter
From the Archives: Backstroke down Fitzroy Pool’s memory lane
In 1994, the inner-city pool made famous by Helen Garner’s Monkey Grip and the iconic ‘Aqua Profonda’ sign was at risk of closing. Alan Attwood reflected on its magic.
- Alan Attwood
Four new and snazzy Melbourne pubs to meet your mates at this summer
Happy hours and weekly specials make these restored boozers a no-brainer for silly season fun.
- Daniela Frangos
Park scrapped, dog poo audit launched as new-look Yarra council adopts mega manifesto
The City of Yarra’s new firebrand mayor, Stephen Jolly, has signalled a major change in direction for the council after shepherding through a 36-point plan for the area.
- Rachael Dexter
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Builders Arms Hotel
This corner pub opened in 1853 and has spun through a dizzying variety of incarnations.
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