Columns

Transformed City Square set to reopen next year

November 27th, 2024 - Metro Tunnel

Victorians have been given a glimpse at what Melbourne’s revamped City Square will look like when it opens next year.

Latest

No affordable housing in regional Victoria

November 27th, 2024 - Cory Memery

Last month we saw another round of reports on how desperate things are for households searching for affordable, secure homes in regional Victoria.

No sausage and no sizzle: 2024 Melbourne City Council election

November 27th, 2024 - Martin Brennan

It was not that long ago we lined up at a local polling booth to cast a vote for our preferred local council candidate. Waiting in the line was for many distracted by a sausage in a slice of bread provided at minimal cost by a local club or organisation.

Melbourne’s original aquarium destroyed by fire

November 27th, 2024 - Sylvia Black

Melbourne’s original aquarium was located in the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton.

There’s an old saying that every government dollar should be treated as if it was hard earned, because it was – by a taxpayer.

November 27th, 2024 - Evan Mulholland

Given that Victoria is the highest-taxed state in the nation, this is a pretty fair rule to apply and one I would hope that the government would abide by. Sadly, this is not the case.

Inaugural Opera Australia Impact Award for Linda Thompson

October 30th, 2024 - Léa Carré

East Melbourne resident and Australian Contemporary Opera Company (ACOCO) founder and CEO Linda Thompson has been honoured with the inaugural Opera Australia Impact Award at the prestigious Australian Women in Music Awards.

No to the demolition of public housing

October 30th, 2024 - Cory Memery

The fantastic team at not-for-profit architectural and urban design research organisation Office has completed a third study demonstrating that public housing should not be demolished but renovated and expanded to ensure a supply of affordable housing in Victoria at lower cost to governments.