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Passionate Carlton resident awarded Public Service Meda
For long-term Carlton resident, Kate Rattigan, the opportunity to work in the education sector is not only a privilege, but also a chance to contribute to society and make people’s lives better.
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Addressing our housing crisis
In my inaugural speech to the Victorian Parliament in December last year, I spoke about what I believe is my duty as a millennial MP to do what I can to assist my peers to achieve the great Australian dream of home ownership.
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In memory of Angus Collins, we need to protect cyclists and prevent further tragedy
The tragic death of Angus Collins, who was killed in February by a truck while he was riding his bike in West Melbourne, has shaken our community. To family and friends of Angus, I’d like to extend my deepest condolences.
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The Victorian Government supports private market rate rents
The Big Housing Build absorbed the original Public Housing Renewal Program (PHRP), which included up to 11 public housing estates.
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Victorian-first platform screen doors installed in Metro Tunnel
Platform screen doors are being installed in the Metro Tunnel’s five new underground stations as the project’s all-important milestone of train testing in the tunnels is fast approaching.
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When recycling means joy at Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network
Multi-Club project Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network (RIMERN) opened its East Brunswick warehouse doors in June 2021 to collect good quality, contemporary-style donated furniture, appliances and homewares to be rehomed with Melburnians being helped into secure housing.
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Here we go!
As you read this column, the first three days of the VCAT hearing brought by Sinclair Dermatology will have concluded. The lead-up to this, finding professional witnesses and briefing them, collating other objectors and assisting all, has been very time consuming, but very satisfying.
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Carlton’s Olympic cyclist
On the corner of Lygon and Grattan streets in Carlton is a building with a distinctive neon sign featuring a man on a racing cycle.
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Don’t turn Grattan St into a road of chaos
If the City of Melbourne reinstates its 2021 proposal to turn Grattan St from Bouverie St to Rathdowne St into a one lane each way thoroughfare (revoked in 2022 ostensibly for “community feedback”), the entire Carlton area will be affected.
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Waste not, want not: local solutions to tackle Australia’s waste problem
As a teen, I was captivated by the cartoon Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The show followed a group of youth from around the world who were chosen by the Spirit of the Earth to help protect the planet from environmental disasters.
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Junior Rangers program returns to Royal Park these school holidays
Businesses on their knees after enduring another “devastating” lockdown
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