Melbourne to press pause on new CBD bike lanes

Melbourne to press pause on new CBD bike lanes

The City of Melbourne plans instead to focus on routes into the city centre.

  • byCara Waters

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To find the worst place in Melbourne,take a left turn off Little Bourke

To find the worst place in Melbourne,take a left turn off Little Bourke

It’s in this unremarkable scene that you’ll find the entrance to the location that has earned the unfortunate title of Melbourne’s lowest star rating on Google reviews.

  • byTom Cowie
‘Concrete Picasso’ masterpiece saved from the wrecker’s ball

‘Concrete Picasso’ masterpiece saved from the wrecker’s ball

The MPavilion’s squat concrete bunker in Queen Victoria Gardens is here to stay a little longer after a fight to save it from being partly demolished and relocated.

  • byStephen Brook
War chest key to race to become Melbourne’s next lord mayor

War chest key to race to become Melbourne’s next lord mayor

One of two men who played deputy to Melbourne lord mayors could get their turn at the top after the resignation of Sally Capp.

  • byCara Waters andLachlan Abbott
Melbourne’s cheerleader leaves her post with a cup half full of major projects
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Melbourne’s cheerleader leaves her post with a cup half full of major projects

Sally Capp’s legacy as lord mayor may well depend on who comes after her,with three of her big projects still works in progress.

  • byCara Waters
The Melbourne suburbs where property owners are selling at a loss

The Melbourne suburbs where property owners are selling at a loss

Even in heavily loss-making suburbs where two in five sales are a bust,there’s one type of home that’s almost a sure thing.

  • byJim Malo
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Give him a hand:Deputy mayor puts the royal touch-up to snapshot

Give him a hand:Deputy mayor puts the royal touch-up to snapshot

The City of Melbourne’s deputy lord mayor had the best of intentions with his Princess of Wales-style touch-up of fun run photo.

  • byNoel Towell andKishor Napier-Raman
Workers still haven’t fully returned to the CBD – but the city doesn’t need them

Workers still haven’t fully returned to the CBD – but the city doesn’t need them

Forget the nine-to-five office crowd – Melbourne city is finally back,but not as we know it.

  • byNajma Sambul andMelissa Cunningham
Open late:Melbourne’s push for twilight shopping every single night

Open late:Melbourne’s push for twilight shopping every single night

Research shows there are regularly more people in the CBD between 5pm and 7pm than there are early in the morning.

  • byStephen Brook
‘The situation is unacceptable’:The CBD street no one can solve

‘The situation is unacceptable’:The CBD street no one can solve

Traders and residents are copping the brunt of antisocial behaviour and filth at the trouble-plagued southern end of Elizabeth Street.

  • byJewel Topsfield
Is Sally Capp about to do a Dan Andrews? The Age asked her directly

Is Sally Capp about to do a Dan Andrews? The Age asked her directly

The lord mayor won’t say if she will contest the next election. She might leave even sooner.

  • byStephen Brook