Latest articles by Jenny Denton
French performers satirise society in shipwreck tale in Carlton
After several months in development, new Melbourne French Theatre company show Il etait un petit navire (SOS Save Our Savings), is now in full swing at the group’s Carlton venue.
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Pro-Palestine protesters challenge council on free speech amid Carlton meeting room cancellation
Pro-Palestine activists have staged a concerted confrontation over the City of Melbourne's handling of their activities, asking questions at two recent meetings suggesting anti-Zionism had been wrongly conflated with antisemitism and free speech suppressed by the cancellation of a meeting room booking in Carlton.
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Carlton’s Dan O’Connell hits the market
As Inner City News foreshadowed last month, Carlton’s iconic Dan O’Connell Hotel is back on the market – for sale or for rent – with real estate agents listing the landmark building on Friday, July 31.
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Vale Barry Dickins: Carlton farewells a prolific man of words and art
Barry Leonard Dickins, who died in Parkville on July 13 aged 76, was “a renaissance man of the people” and “a real Carlton character”, according to Readings co-owner Mark Rubbo.
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Alleged machete attack driver headed to County Court
An accused in the brutal 2025 New Year’s Eve attack on two young men in Lygon St has been committed to the County Court.
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After 30 years, Dave Sweeney steps away from ACF
In 1996, Dave Sweeney took a six-month job at the Australian Conservation Foundation to campaign against uranium mining. Thirty years later, he is finally stepping away from the Carlton-based organisation – with a Nobel Peace Prize and a Member of the Order of Australia under his belt.
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School plans for Carlton’s former Dan O’Connell Irish pub in doubt
The future of the former Dan O’Connell Irish pub as a primary school looks uncertain, with the planning permit for the hotel’s conversion set to expire in January while its owner is bogged down in investigations into allegations of abuse.
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Union launches petition against zoo cuts
The Community and Public Sector Union has launched a petition against a reported Zoos Victoria plan to cut 70 full-time jobs as part of a restructure of the statutory organisation.
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Rebuilt Corkman meets cautious approval
The rebuilt Corkman Irish hotel, revealed when its scaffolding was removed in mid-June, has been met with cautious approval by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (RHSV) despite the new building’s concrete slab walls.
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Graduate House fight marks historic milestone
As the Graduate Union prepares to mark more than a century since its founding and 64 years since Graduate House opened in Carlton, members are also mobilising to save the Leicester St college from closure amid concerns its loss would dismantle a rare academic community.
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Bird flu threat raises urban wildlife fears
The likely local impacts of the H5N1 bird flu that has now reached Australian shores are “very hard to know” but could see our urban birds, including swans, parrots and owls, affected.
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Council engagement to include ongoing listening posts
The City of Melbourne will introduce ongoing councillor listening posts and clearer consultation rules under a new community engagement policy aimed at making public feedback more meaningful.
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Angelo Gargasoulas sentenced on drug crimes
The brother of Bourke St killer James Gargasoulas has been sentenced for drug trafficking and drug possession crimes that took place at his Carlton address in 2024.
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Cinema Nova: the heart of Carlton’s film culture
Watching films on a big screen “collides with people’s souls in a way we don’t fully understand,” Cinema Nova CEO Kristian Connelly says.
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Expansion of council’s Community Safety Officer program contested
The City of Melbourne’s allocation of millions of dollars to put council-employed community safety officers on the streets has been met with significant opposition.
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Local sexual health services struggle with demand
Changes to the operation of two of Melbourne’s major inner-city sexual health services at a time when sexually transmitted infection (STI) numbers are soaring have reportedly left some user groups and experts concerned.
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School warms its new “piano building” campus
Independent school Preshil has thrown “a housewarming party” at its recently acquired building at Lincoln Square South in Carlton.
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St Patrick’s Cathedral renewal project launched
The Archbishop of Melbourne has launched a $190 million project to repair and renew St Patrick’s Cathedral and “reimagine” its precinct, with an appeal to parishioners and other potential donors to “be part of the vision”.
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Tony Birch to give Writers Festival address on the joys and ethics of writing
Acclaimed Indigenous writer, teacher and activist Tony Birch, a Parkville resident, is appearing in three events at the Melbourne Writers Festival, one of which is delivering its closing night address – on “the ethical imagination”.
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Getting happy on exercise
Motivated by her background and a desire to improve people’s wellbeing, 72-year-old Li Sha started doing exercise and dance sessions outside the Melbourne Museum 13 years ago. For many who have joined in, the experience has been life changing.
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