Politics

An unwanted tag: Singapore meeting exposes City of Melbourne’s dilemma

June 22nd, 2022 - David Schout

The City of Melbourne is coming down harder than ever on graffiti, yet street art remains one of the city’s biggest selling points. Can the council have it both ways?

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Plans to transform Elizabeth St in limbo

May 25th, 2022 - David Schout

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.

Greens romp home for a fifth consecutive term in Melbourne

May 25th, 2022 - Sean Car

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.

Greenline, Queen Victoria Market headline the council’s draft budget as rate rise returns

May 25th, 2022 - David Schout

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.

What the election result means for the City of Melbourne

May 25th, 2022 - CBD News

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”.

No new funds for CBD revival, injecting room in latest state budget

May 25th, 2022 - David Schout

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.

Doing queue time

May 25th, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

CBD residents were forced to queue for 90 minutes at polling booths on Saturday at an election that won’t be forgotten in a hurry.

Labor look to address decade slide as Greens favoured to win Melbourne again

April 27th, 2022 - David Schout

Ahead of the federal election on May 21, CBD News looks at the seat of Melbourne and whether Labor candidate Keir Paterson can halt the party’s huge slide in first-preference votes since 2010.

Worried about CBD renters

April 27th, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

Candidates for the Federal Election are out on the campaign trail looking for local issues and this CBD landscape says a lot to the Victorian Socialists.