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Explaining active citizenship: responsibility, participation and change
The Victorian state election will be held in November 2022 after the recent Australian federal election and the Melbourne City Council election is scheduled for October 2024.
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Plans to transform Elizabeth St in limbo
Three years after the City of Melbourne endorsed plans to pedestrianise large parts of Elizabeth St, the project is now up in the air with zero funding allocated in the latest budget.
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CBD trader calls time as the city becomes overrun with crime and anti-social behaviour
A CBD trader fed-up with the city looking “grubby” and being overrun with anti-social behaviour says he will shut up shop once his lease ends next year.
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Community mourns tragic death of cyclist
A female cyclist has died in the CBD after being hit by a truck in May, devastating the community.
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Fire engulfs abandoned club
Police are investigating a fire that tore through a historic building in the CBD during the early hours of May 24.
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Council’s commitment to “supercharge” Melbourne’s creative industries
As visitation to the city increases, the City of Melbourne is turning its attention to the creative industry and looking at ways to support local artists in the recently released 2022-23 draft Budget.
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Greens romp home for a fifth consecutive term in Melbourne
Greens leader and Melbourne MP Adam Bandt enjoyed his best Federal Election yet on May 21, winning a fifth consecutive term with an increased percentage of the primary vote, while his party expanded its presence in the House of Representatives.
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Greenline, Queen Victoria Market headline the council’s draft budget as rate rise returns
A record infrastructure spend will see the City of Melbourne pump $50 million and $40 million respectively into the Queen Victoria Market renewal and landmark Greenline project over the next 12 months, in a 2022-23 draft budget that signalled a return to rate rises for locals.
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What the election result means for the City of Melbourne
It was Prime Minister Paul Keating who once said, “when you change the government, you change the country”. He was right, of course. But after this year’s federal election, you can also add “and you change the city too”.
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No new funds for CBD revival, injecting room in latest state budget
The Victorian Government’s latest budget contains no new funding for post-pandemic business recovery in the CBD, or any commitment to a proposed safe injecting facility.
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