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Klea benefits from the Rotary Youth Leadership Award
Klea Atallah is the youngest member of the Atallah family who migrated from Lebanon in 1992 after the Civil War had ended.
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Creating connections to nature in the heart of Melbourne
What do gardens mean to you? Are they a place to relax, or to escape, or to explore, or to get dirty in?
Read MoreLatest from Parkville
Walking the streets of Parkville and Carlton during lockdown (while exercising!) I am amazed at the state of bicycle lanes constructed quickly and becoming accidents waiting to happen.
Read MoreThe great love story of Tofu and Bruno
When Tofu the Japanese Spitz and Bruno the Jack Russell cross locked eyes at Royal Park some years ago, they knew they were going to be friends.
Read MoreVCAT knocks back tower at much-loved East Melbourne heritage site
A developer’s plan to build a nine-storey tower behind a heritage building in East Melbourne has been thwarted after opponents had a remarkable win at a state tribunal hearing.
Read MoreVacant shopfronts to be revived on Lygon St
A host of empty Lygon St shopfronts are set to be transformed into space for artists, artisans and entrepreneurs.
Read MoreRising from the ashes: La Mama rebuild nearly complete
For the past three years, the team at La Mama headquarters has been working day-in day-out to rebuild the iconic theatre that was ravaged by fire in 2018.
Read MoreHousing department accused of negligence as tower residents left exposed
Residents of Carlton’s housing estate say they were left vulnerable to COVID-19 once again by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) with multiple elevators in the towers left out of service for months.
Read MoreEnding homelessness in our city
Homelessness Week has been on our calendars for many years now. It runs from August 1 to 7 this year and you will probably be in that week when you are reading my column.
Read More“You’re never, ever going to get bored”; Greens councillor
Elected in 2012 at the age of just 27, Greens councillor Rohan Leppert is a Town Hall veteran of sorts. But he admits that in his third term, the role is harder than ever.
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Green groups slam closure of “key” agencies
New public toilet for Faraday St

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