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Lord Mayor calls for urgent help amid “extremely worrying” report

March 1st, 2021 - David Schout

Lord Mayor Sally Capp will meet with federal and state treasurers to urge targeted city support beyond March after a council report outlined a devastating economic impact of COVID-19 on Melbourne almost 12 months on.

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People like you will change the world

February 1st, 2021 - Rhonda Dredge

Helen Albinis was an ordinary mum with two children and a job in pharmaceuticals when she first went into lockdown in Preston.

Carlton Baths to open inclusive sporting hub

February 1st, 2021 - Docklands News

Australia’s largest LGBTQIA+ sporting club is developing an inclusion hub at the Carlton Baths to provide a safe space for participation in community sport.

Fitzroy Gardens Pavilion rented out despite community pressure

February 1st, 2021 - Katie Johnson

The Pavilion in Fitzroy Gardens has been rented out as an art exhibition space, despite months-long pressure from residents’ groups to use the building for community events.

Injecting room report delayed

February 1st, 2021 - David Schout

A key report that could determine the future of a proposed second injecting room near the Queen Victoria Market has been delayed.

AFLW hub underway at Ikon Park

February 1st, 2021 - Inner City News

The development of elite facilities and tailored AFLW change rooms at Ikon Park will seek to boost resources for women footballers to the same level as the men’s league.

67-million-year-old Triceratops to call Carlton home

February 1st, 2021 - Katie Johnson

Melbourne Museum is preparing to welcome one of the most complete and best-preserved dinosaur fossils to its collection of natural history in 2021.

Owners responsible for illegal demolition of Corkman Pub sentenced

February 1st, 2021 - Katie Johnson

The owners responsible for the illegal demolition of Carlton’s Corkman Irish Pub have been ordered to pay $250,000 in legal costs, fined $150,000 and sentenced to one month in prison for failing to comply with an order from the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).