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World Mental Health Day event welcomes those doing it tough
Melbourne Men’s Shed (MMS) will host a World Mental Health Day lunch event on October 7 ahead of the global day of mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma.
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From Greenline to the Regent Theatre: who’s in the box seat for Town Hall?
With the election campaign for the City of Melbourne now in overdrive, we assess who looks likely to take the reins at Town Hall for the next four years in what is becoming an increasing tight contest.
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Team Reece says it’s ready to “get good done” for Melbourne
Incumbent Lord Mayor Nick Reece has revealed the full list of names of those he’s taking to the City of Melbourne elections, who he said had “the experience and energy” required to serve the people of Melbourne.
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Future of Chinatown Lunar New Year Festival secured
The City of Melbourne’s officially endorsed business precinct association for Chinatown has secured the rights to host the Lunar New Year Festival following years of changing hands.
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Former councillor Cathy Oke joins Arron Wood’s team for Melbourne
Former Deputy Lord Mayor Arron Wood has revealed his team to challenge incumbent Lord Mayor Nick Reece at October’s City of Melbourne election, which sees the surprise return of a former long-term councillor.
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Asako Saito vies to become first Japanese councillor elected to Melbourne
North Melbourne resident and state government public servant Asako Saito is hoping to become the first Japanese councillor to serve the City of Melbourne if elected at October’s elections.
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Voices for Melbourne targets Metro Tunnel opening to help revive city
Voices for Melbourne’s Lord Mayoral candidate Greg Bisinella says a domestic tourism campaign leveraging next year’s Metro Tunnel opening was needed to “bring Victorians back to the city”.
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Jamal Hakim reveals “Future Postcode 3000” policy
Lord Mayoral hopeful Cr Jamal Hakim has launched his team’s plan to revitalise Melbourne’s CBD through a suite of policies that revive the city’s creative sector and “tactical” greening initiatives.
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Greens candidate Karl Hessian withdraws from City of Melbourne election race
First-time Greens candidate for the City of Melbourne Karl Hessian has been forced to withdraw from October’s election because he hadn’t received his Australian citizenship in time to nominate.
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Gary Morgan campaigns for a “bigger Melbourne” that includes Yarra, Port Phillip
Serial Lord Mayoral contender Gary Morgan has announced his team ahead of the City of Melbourne elections in October, with a familiar local face to the CBD running in his number one councillor spot.
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The Liberals enter the race for the City of Melbourne
For the first time in its history, the Liberal Party will formally endorse a team to run in October’s City of Melbourne elections.
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Nick Reece and Arron Wood go tit for tat over Free Tram Zone extension
Lord Mayoral front runners Nick Reece and Arron Wood have both put extending the city’s Free Tram Zone at the forefront of their policy agendas ahead of October’s City of Melbourne elections.
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Minister approves three towers for Queen Victoria Market’s Southern Site
Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny has approved permits for long-awaited plans to redevelop Queen Victoria Market’s (QVM) “Southern Site” into three separate towers.
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Renewed Arron Wood “energised” about the road ahead at Town Hall
“A fresh start, a proven record” is the message at the heart of Arron Wood’s reinvigorated bid for the City of Melbourne, citing a lack of vision for the city as his prime motivation for returning for another crack at Town Hall.
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City of Melbourne elections: where things are at
We’ve learned plenty more during this past month about the makeup of the field competing for Melbourne Town Hall at October’s City of Melbourne elections. Here’s a snapshot …
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A look to Postcode 3000: Jamal Hakim announces Esther Anatolitis as deputy
Lord Mayoral hopeful Jamal Hakim has revealed his running mate for Town Hall as renowned writer and CBD resident Esther Anatolitis, who has stressed the importance of “Postcode 3000” in shaping the area’s future.
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Design competition launched for QVM’s “Queens Corner Building”
The City of Melbourne will invite designers from across the country to reimagine both Queen Victoria Market’s Queens Corner Building and Southbank’s “red stairs” as part of a “design competition”.
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Greens reveal housing policy for the City of Melbourne
The Greens are pushing for an “abundance of affordable homes” in the City of Melbourne as the central policy initiative of its election campaign for Town Hall.
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Council erects pop-up park at Kilkenny Inn site
The City of Melbourne has opened a temporary park at the former Kilkenny Inn site in the CBD.
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Labor reveals its team for the City of Melbourne
The Labor Party has unveiled a five-person team and its theme for the upcoming City of Melbourne local government elections: “keeping local government local”.
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