West Melbourne residents say they are frustrated and disappointed after the City of Melbourne revealed that the long-planned Hawke Street Linear Park will need to be redesigned, pushing construction back by several years.
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Three Cohealth GP-led community health clinics in Melbourne’s inner north and west have been granted a temporary reprieve, after the federal government stepped in with emergency funding to keep services operating until July 2026.
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North Melbourne is set for a significant boost in greenery, with the City of Melbourne approving the final concept plan for the expansion of Chapman Street Reserve as part of its new Garden City campaign.
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A parliamentary inquiry has recommended that the Victorian Government halt work on its plan to demolish and redevelop 44 public housing towers, prompting renewed calls from community legal centres for greater transparency and evidence behind the policy.
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East Melbourne’s heritage is a step closer to receiving stronger safeguards, with the City of Melbourne voting to pursue interim and permanent planning controls based on a major new heritage review.
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Melburnians could one day take a summer dip in the Yarra River through Southbank, with the City of Melbourne outlining its most detailed roadmap yet to make the Birrarung swimmable by 2050.
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Southbank Police Station has dramatically reduced its opening hours amid ongoing staffing shortages across Victoria Police, with the station’s commander, Snr Sgt Alex O’Toole, confirming that vacancies are affecting every station in the inner city.
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Port Melbourne local Thomas Dolan has launched a new grassroots political movement, Voices for Macnamara, aimed at identifying and supporting community-backed independents ahead of the 2026 Victorian election.
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A legal and constitutional challenge has been filed in the Federal Court against Victoria Police’s decision to declare the entire Melbourne CBD and surrounding suburbs a “designated area” for six months, granting officers unprecedented stop-and-search powers across the city.
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The City of Melbourne–owned company Citywide Service Solutions has posted a mixed financial result for 2024–25, recording higher revenue from its core Victorian operations while undergoing major structural changes, including the sale of its Waste Management division.
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The City of Melbourne has reported significant economic and diplomatic outcomes from its largest-ever business delegation to North Asia, with councillors returning from a two-week mission across China and Japan claiming tens of millions of dollars in projected trade and investment benefits.
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The City of Melbourne’s $2 Pool Splash initiative will return this summer, slashing weekday casual pool entry fees to just $2 across selected city pools in January.
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