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Market traders feel trapped without tenure
Some Queen Victoria Market traders feel trapped in their businesses, which they can’t sell because of uncertainty about the future.
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Bungling bookstore burglar
Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance following a burglary at a Melbourne book store on March 15.
Read MoreChanging of the guard
Journalist Sean Car has bought into "CBD News" and will become its sole director in July 2019.
Read MoreHow would your building rate?
The City of Melbourne is partnering with the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) to rate 20 apartment buildings in water and energy use efficiency.
Read MoreWelcome new students
Newly-arrived international students in Melbourne received warm welcome at the Lord Mayor’s Student Welcome held at the Immigration Museum on March 17.
Read MoreWhat can a lord mayor do?
Being elected Melbourne’s Lord Mayor doesn’t necessarily mean the winner will have any capacity to change anything or get anything done.
Read MoreDoyle damned
The City of Melbourne’s independent investigation into sexual harassment claims against former lord mayor Robert Doyle has returned four adverse findings.
Read MoreAll this … and ripped off too!
Former councillor Tessa Sullivan not only felt sexually degraded by Robert Doyle. She also felt financially duped by him.
Read MoreLord mayoral election is a lottery
Melbourne votes for a new lord mayor this month, but the winner won’t necessarily be the most popular.
Read MoreCEO buries Freckelton investigation
The full extent of allegations against former lord mayor Robert Doyle will probably never be known as council CEO Ben Rimmer tries to kill off the $1million investigation he started last December.
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Council endorses new planning guidelines
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