‘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

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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
‘We used to be proud of this town’:Derryn Hinch launches lord mayoral campaign

‘We used to be proud of this town’:Derryn Hinch launches lord mayoral campaign

The journalist known as the Human Headline declares himself a candidate for the city’s top job,saying he still has “fire in the belly” at 80.

  • byStephen Brook
City hall Hinch:Derryn mulls run for Melbourne lord mayor

City hall Hinch:Derryn mulls run for Melbourne lord mayor

Looks like the former newsman,pants man,convict and politician has designs on the office of lord mayor.

  • byNoel Towell
Cries of ‘shame’ as city council votes against Gaza cease-fire motion

Cries of ‘shame’ as city council votes against Gaza cease-fire motion

At a fiery meeting on Tuesday night,the City of Melbourne council rejected a motion calling for a cease-fire in Gaza as hundreds of people rallied outside.

  • byCara Waters
More coffee,fewer trams? How to return Bourke Street Mall to its glory days

More coffee,fewer trams? How to return Bourke Street Mall to its glory days

In December,the mall is heaving. But it’s not like that the rest of the year.

  • byTom Cowie
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It was meant to be a $100k shimmering laneway – this is what they got instead

It was meant to be a $100k shimmering laneway – this is what they got instead

The transformation of a popular CBD laneway was supposed to make diners and pedestrians feel like they were inside an enormous disco ball. The reality was different.

  • byCara Waters
Putting women on a pedestal:Melbourne to erect Vida Goldstein statue

Putting women on a pedestal:Melbourne to erect Vida Goldstein statue

The City of Melbourne will commission and erect a statue of the first woman to run for parliament in Australia as the city pushes to redress its statue gender imbalance.

  • byCara Waters
Tourists flock back to Melbourne post-pandemic with an urge to splurge

Tourists flock back to Melbourne post-pandemic with an urge to splurge

The City of Melbourne has bounced back as a tourist destination,attracting more than 6.7 million day-trippers last financial year.

  • byCara Waters
CBD congestion charge needed as city grows:Infrastructure Victoria

CBD congestion charge needed as city grows:Infrastructure Victoria

People driving in Melbourne’s CBD during peak hours should be charged a fee to help reduce city traffic,the head of the state’s peak infrastructure body says.

  • byCara Waters andAdam Carey
Melbourne Cup parade scratched,but could be back in 2024
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Melbourne Cup parade scratched,but could be back in 2024

The annual Melbourne Cup parade that has run through the city every year since 1983 - except for pandemic years - has been cancelled.

  • byCara Waters