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City’s draft engagement policy draws praise, but calls for more detail before adoption
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.
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Granita and governance cited in grant dispute for Pellegrini’s documentary
Despite finding themselves in furious agreement about the significance of Pellegrini’s to the city and the value of a documentary about it, some councillors disagreed about approving a grant to its filmmakers at a recent council meeting.
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Council divided as City of Melbourne reverses support for CBD injecting room
A heated and deeply polarising debate erupted at Melbourne Town Hall on November 25 last year as councillors voted to overturn the City of Melbourne’s long-standing support for a medically supervised injecting service (MSIS) in the CBD.
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“Man on a mission”: Nick Reece reflects on his first year as Lord Mayor
If Sally Capp’s lord mayoralty was defined by megaphone energy and crisis management, her successor Nick Reece is settling into a different groove: quietly trying to reshape the city around a big agenda that’s only just getting started.
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Melbourne Town Hall and council offices set to go smoke-free
The entrances and footpaths outside Melbourne Town Hall and the City of Melbourne’s main administration buildings will become smoke-free after councillors voted unanimously to extend the city’s smoking and vaping bans at the November 11 Future Melbourne Committee meeting.
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Cr Le Liu moves to overturn council’s past support for CBD injecting room
The debate over a medically supervised injecting service (MSIS) in Melbourne’s CBD will return to Town Hall on November 25, with Cr Phil Le Liu bringing forward a motion to formally overturn the City of Melbourne’s previous support for such a facility.
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City of Melbourne adopts new Council Plan
The City of Melbourne has endorsed a major long-term strategy to guide the city’s future, with councillors describing it as one of the most significant decisions of the current council term.
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Council calls for stronger action on extremism following violent city protests
The City of Melbourne has unanimously backed a motion calling on the Victorian Government to fast-track the implementation of recommendations from the state’s 2022 Inquiry into Extremism, amid growing concern over violent demonstrations in the CBD.
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Residents 3000 “not imploding” despite claim of a “political takeover”
City of Melbourne councillor Rafael Camillo is at the centre of a bitter dispute engulfing residents’ group Residents 3000, with a committee member accusing him of politicising the organisation and using it to advance his personal agenda.
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A committee member of Residents 3000 has called for the president of the organisation and current City of Melbourne councillor, Rafael Camillo, to stand down.
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Three strikes and you’re out: Call for tougher rules on builders
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