Sarah Hunter and her native saplings.

‘Green wedge’ council targets guerrilla gardener over native plantings

Nillumbik,Melbourne’s “green wedge shire”,has ordered a local farmer uproot a row of native trees she planted in a wildlife corridor.

  • Adam Carey

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Stonnington Council mayor Melina Sehr.

Stonnington mayor takes out court order banning council watchdog from demeaning online posts

A long-running feud between Council Watch president Dean Hurlston and Stonnington mayor Melina Sehr has ended in a court battle over personal safety.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Long-time Darebin councillor Gaetano Greco has died at the age of 65 long-battle with skin cancer.

Gaetano Greco,veteran inner-north councillor,dies aged 65

Greco had been serving his 17th year on Darebin council in Melbourne’s inner-north and was known for his tireless community advocacy.

  • Rachael Dexter
Tammie Zarro and Graham Scott,of the Friends of Gardiners Creek Reserve Burwood,share the concerns of Whitehorse and Monash councils.

Gardiners Creek is a rare slice of urban bush. The government wants to build 20-storey towers on its bank

Locals and councils have raised concerns that plans for the Suburban Rail Loop will cause a loss of sunlight and impact wildlife in the suburban sanctuary.

  • Sophie Aubrey
An artist’s impression of Justin Hemmes’ plans for 34-60 Little Collins Street. The Melbourne Club is located amid the large trees in the bottom-right corner.

Melbourne Club moves to block Sydney billionaire’s ‘creative wonderland’ plan

Billionaire Justin Hemmes faces fierce opposition from Melbourne’s most exclusive gentlemen’s club to a plan to transform a CBD car park into a hospitality precinct.

  • Cameron Houston andLachlan Abbott
Climate campaigner John Englart lives in Merri-bek,one of the first Melbourne councils to adopt glass-only recycling.

Purple bin backlash brews in the ’burbs as councils rubbish extra costs

Dozens of Victorian councils are fighting state plans to impose glass-only kerbside recycling,and argue the popular container deposit scheme should be expanded instead.

  • Adam Carey
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Beach boxes exposed to the sea at Mount Martha North

Mornington Peninsula council scraps climate emergency plan

In a controversial split vote on Tuesday night,the coastal council decided to ditch its climate emergency declaration and plan,dismaying some residents.

  • Benjamin Preiss
Whittlesea Mayor Aidan McLindon speaks to the media on the steps of parliament house.

Mayor suspended just six months after election denies he made staff feel unsafe

Whittlesea Mayor Aidan McLindon,a former Freedom Party candidate,called a press conference outside state parliament to fiercely deny the allegations.

  • Tom Cowie andLachlan Abbott
The Hallam Road landfill in Hampton Park.

‘Risk to human health’:EPA knocks back giant waste transfer station

Communities in Melbourne’s southeast are celebrating the refusal to allow Veolia to build a waste transfer station,in a blow to council waste disposal plans.

  • Adam Carey
The Boulevard residents Sue,Mira,David,Simon and Desiree,who will fight the council’s proposal.

Why locals are fighting to keep the potholes on this dilapidated road

Driving on this road is a bone-rattling experience,but that hasn’t deterred hundreds of locals from fighting to save its potholes and cracked surface.

  • Adam Carey