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The Hallam Road landfill in Hampton Park.

‘Risk to human health’: EPA knocks back giant waste transfer station

Communities in Melbourne’s southeast are celebrating the refusal to allow Veolia to build a waste transfer station, in a blow to council waste disposal plans.

  • Adam Carey

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The Boulevard residents Sue, Mira, David, Simon and Desiree, who will fight the council’s proposal.

Why locals are fighting to keep the potholes on this dilapidated road

Driving on this road is a bone-rattling experience, but that hasn’t deterred hundreds of locals from fighting to save its potholes and cracked surface.

  • Adam Carey
Nicole Batch found the parking signs in Lonsdale St difficult to decipher.

More people are driving into the CBD – and parking fines are up

Changes to parking in the City of Melbourne aimed at simplifying the experience enabled the council to rake in an additional $5 million in parking fines last year.

  • Cara Waters
Victorian planning reforms will allow larger apartments and townhouses across Melbourne.

The three-storey apartment blocks coming soon to your neighbourhood

Townhouses and apartments can now be built, with fast-tracked approval, closer to footpaths and neighbours under sweeping changes.

  • Sophie Aubrey
A stray cat ready for de-sexing at the Lost Dogs’ Home in North Melbourne.

City considers 24/7 cat curfew for Melbourne

The City of Melbourne is aiming to reduce the number of wildlife killed and pets lost or hurt on roads.

  • Cara Waters
Lord Mayor Nick Reece’s big-spending agenda is in doubt.

Nick Reece’s big-spend agenda in doubt as Melbourne’s debt reaches historic levels

There is uncertainty over more of the lord mayor’s election promises, including a rates freeze, as a hostile council complains about the city’s mounting debt.

  • Rachael Dexter
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Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece with Robbie Williams to give him the key to the city at Federation Square.

Pop superstar Robbie Williams sparks council review over keys to the city honour

The British singer received the key to Melbourne before a crowd at Federation Square. But a donation to Lord Mayor Nick Reece’s election campaign and the late notice to councillors have raised questions.

  • Cara Waters
Neuron has decided to exit City of Yarra.

E-scooter operators pull out of Yarra after council imposes drastic fee hike

The future of e-scooters in Melbourne is increasingly under threat with Neuron and Lime announcing they will no longer operate in the City of Yarra after they copped a 400 per cent council fee hike.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Eddie Solomon (left) and Patrick Davis (right) have different views on a proposed high-rise near Murrumbeena station.

Heritage village the new front line in high-density housing battle

Glen Eira City Council is resisting an eight-story housing project in Murrumbeena that it fears will overshadow heritage-listed shops, but it does have supporters looking to get a foothold in the area.

  • Lachlan Abbott
David Morrison, president of the Blackburn and District Tree Preservation Society, stands in front of Blackburn trees.

Melbourne tree canopy goal ‘impossible’ without ripping out roads

The government’s target tree canopy for urban areas is at odds with its new tree targets for apartment and townhouse developments.

  • Sophie Aubrey

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