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Council backs AI push, framing moment as Melbourne’s “fork in the road”

May 27th, 2026 - Sean Car

The City of Melbourne has backed a new push to prepare the city for the workforce disruption and economic opportunities created by generative AI, after councillors supported a motion from Cr Andrew Rowse at the Future Melbourne Committee on May 5.

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ATET legal mess lays bare major questions for the City of Melbourne

April 29th, 2026 - Sean Car

The $7 million Supreme Court fight over Docklands floating events space ATET has now reached the point where the City of Melbourne can no longer plausibly present it as just another difficult regulatory dispute.

CBD budget doubles down on safety, support and a more walkable city

April 29th, 2026 - Sean Car

The City of Melbourne’s latest budget makes clear that, for the CBD, safety and street-level confidence remain the council’s central political and civic priority.

Keeping Melbourne’s CBD strong by backing the people who power it

April 29th, 2026 - Sarah Witty

Melbourne’s CBD is often described as the engine room of our city: busy, diverse and always evolving. But what has stood out to me most over the past few months is not just the pace of change, but the people and communities working every day to keep that engine running.

Council moves to make graffiti vandals pay

April 14th, 2026 - Sean Car

The City of Melbourne is stepping up its crackdown on graffiti, with councillors set to back compensation orders against taggers being prosecuted by Victoria Police in what the council says is the next step in its “You Spray, You Pay” policy.

Prudent on paper: what Melbourne’s draft budget really says

March 31st, 2026 - Sean Car

The City of Melbourne’s 2026-27 draft budget, released for public consultation on March 31, is a more disciplined and defensible document than some may have expected in the current climate.

Council plans $2 million push to light up city laneways

March 30th, 2026 - Sean Car

The City of Melbourne is planning a major new investment to brighten some of the CBD’s best-known streets and laneways, with a record $2 million allocation for decorative lighting proposed in its draft 2026-27 budget.

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.

City’s draft engagement policy draws praise, but calls for more detail before adoption

March 23rd, 2026 - Sean Car

The City of Melbourne’s new community engagement policy has cleared an initial hurdle at Town Hall, but not before submitters and councillors raised concerns that the draft still needs more detail if it is to deliver the “genuine” consultation it promises.