Environment

Citizen scientists log the city’s top three insects

March 25th, 2026 - Jenny Denton

Insects were under the magnifying glass around the City of Melbourne in the first week of March, with the launch of a local guide to the critters followed by a series of events aimed at getting to know them.

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Record December caps strong rebound in Melbourne’s CBD economy

March 25th, 2026 - Sean Car

Melbourne’s CBD economy ended 2025 on a high, with December recording the biggest spending month ever captured in the City of Melbourne’s economic data, according to the council’s latest Economy Snapshot.

Ghost bikes become flashpoint between council and cycling advocates

March 25th, 2026 - Jenny Denton

Decommissioned, white-painted “ghost bikes” left at sites where riders have died are emerging as a contested issue between the City of Melbourne and cycling groups, which claim they are memorials and a reminder of the need for better bike lanes.

Helen Silver appointed new president of State Library Victoria

March 25th, 2026 - Sean Car

State Library Victoria will enter its next chapter under new leadership, with respected public sector figure Helen Silver AO appointed as the 25th president of the Library Board of Victoria.

Hidden secret of Melbourne: Athenaeum Library

March 25th, 2026 - Jenny Denton

Above the trundling trams, ever-present cars and the comings and goings of bikes and pedestrians on Collins St sits a venue that has been there since Melbourne’s beginnings.

Queen Victoria Market records strongest visitation in years despite renewal works

March 25th, 2026 - Sean Car

Queen Victoria Market has recorded its strongest visitation in years, with a new annual report showing the historic precinct continues to draw growing crowds even as major renewal works reshape the site.

Comedy festival hits the spot

March 25th, 2026 - Jenny Denton

This year the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, which opens on Wednesday, March 25, marks its 40th anniversary with its biggest-ever event, taking in more than 800 shows.

Why ART still stings, sparkles and lands 30 years on

March 25th, 2026 - Sean Car

Some plays arrive, make a splash and fade. Others burrow deeper into theatre culture and refuse to leave. ART, Yasmina Reza’s internationally celebrated three-hander about friendship, taste and the detonating power of one very expensive painting, belongs firmly in the second category.

Our plan to stop the waste and corruption

March 25th, 2026 - Evan Mulholland

For more than a decade under this Labor Government, the purpose of infrastructure has not been to get Victorians off to work and back home quickly and safely, but to chase headlines and – as we continue to learn – keep their union masters happy and well paid with little care for the Budget bottom line.