A trial of private EV charging stations outside residents’ homes will be abandoned over concerns about costs,flood risk and the use of public space.
In one laneway,people sip wine at a table under a heater. In another,someone is crouched behind a bin on the hard ground ready to inject. Their drug of choice is illegal,and without a safe injecting room,they have nowhere else to go.
Teal candidates were the surprise success at the last federal election. Now the people who backed them to win are targeting local government.
School is about to start for the day and all is peaceful in the Glen Iris street adjoining the private school,where new parking restrictions have been imposed.
Premier Jacinta Allan has drawn a line under the debate about a second injecting room in Melbourne by going against an expert report to say it will never be built.
The price of a cup of coffee in Melbourne varies wildly depending on which suburb you order it in. Search our interactive graphic to find out how coffee prices compare in your suburb.
The City of Melbourne plans instead to focus on routes into the city centre.
Our deep dive into Melburnians’ preferred coffee orders tells a story of changing tastes. Use the interactive to find out where your suburb sits on Melbourne’s cappuccino curve.
Parents at a private school in Melbourne’s east are up in arms over changes to parking rules that mean they cannot park outside the school to drop off and pick up their children.
Opera Australia and the Australian Ballet are among those concerned that Melbourne could miss out on some shows from the knock-on effect of three years of renovations at the State Theatre.
Police arrested a dozen protesters at a blockade in Port Melbourne and two others for allegedly tampering with traffic lights in Carlton.