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Robbie Williams' Keys to the City honour prompts review

A review has been launched into how a major council awards Keys to the City, after questions were raised about pop star Robbie Williams receiving the honour.

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A decade into Melbourne’s free trams experiment, has it been worth it?

Amid calls for 50 cent fares and ticketless public transport, critics say the free tram zone’s huge popularity has consequences

The Guardian - AU

Kouta, scooters and shouting over breakfast: promises and insults fly at a Melbourne mayoral candidate forum

One says Docklands’ ferris wheel will spin again, another defended a free coffee proposal. Then came the name-calling

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Mayor Mocked for Using 'Deeply Disturbing' AI Images of 'Dead Bodies' to Promote Plans for New Public Parks

The lord mayor of Melbourne, Nicholas Reece, faced significant online criticism for sharing images that appeared to be AI-generated depictions of proposed parks in the city.

Latin Times

Melbourne lord mayor ridiculed for ‘AI fail’ images with extra human limbs and lifeless bodies

Nicholas Reece was announcing a post-election pledge to build more than two dozen parks when eagle-eyed viewers spotted the errors

The Guardian - AU

Hundreds of Lime and Neuron e-scooters trucked out of Melbourne as ban deadline looms

Operators of e-scooter share schemes face penalties if rentals are not removed from City of Melbourne streets by midnight

The Guardian - AU

The future of the Regent Theatre: why we must preserve not only architecture, but also public use of our community spaces

The current Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Nicholas Reece, has said that if re-elected he would sell the City of Melbourne’s majority stake in the Regent Theatre and redirect the funds to support, among other things, a new arts festival.

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Melbourne’s e-scooter wars escalate as neighbouring councils unite in support after city centre ban

Merri-bek, Darebin and Moonee Valley mayors back e-scooter hire schemes after Melbourne city council ejects the vehicles from the CBD

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne mayor backs converting offices into apartments in bid to boost housing supply

Support for idea comes as Victorian government unveils plan to fast-track planning approvals in 10 hubs across city

The Guardian - AU

Push against NIMBYs in the planning appeals yard

Opponents of apartment buildings in designated Melbourne areas are set to lose their ability to appeal planning applications in a bid to speed up approvals.

AAP

Melbourne bans rental e-scooters for posing ‘unacceptable’ safety risk

Mayor says he is fed up with bad behaviour of some scooter users which is causing accidents

The Independent UK

Don't pull the plug on hire e-scooters, premier says

Premier Jacinta Allan has made a thinly veiled threat to the City of Melbourne council after it voted to shut down e-scooter operators in a matter of weeks.

AAP

‘There is a role for e-scooters’: premier urges Melbourne council to reconsider ban

Jacinta Allan doesn’t rule out intervention after city council voted to ban rental e-scooters at Tuesday meeting

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne council runs e-scooter trial off the footpath

The City of Melbourne will walk away from e-scooter hire contracts, leaving the hire companies with 30 days to shut the trial down.

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Melbourne bans e-scooter rentals as mayor says he has ‘run out of patience’

Lord mayor Nicholas Reece calls for ‘fundamental reset’ and says e-scooters present unacceptable safety risk

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Melbourne Lord Mayor sworn in as Sally Capp stands down

Former Labor strategist Nicholas Reece has been sworn in as Melbourne's 105th Lord Mayor, replacing Sally Capp after six years.

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King's beheading costs ratepayers, Captain Cook returns

A vandalised statue of King George V will cost tens of thousands of dollars to clean and repair, while a statue of Captain Cook makes a comeback.

The Guardian - AU

Sally Capp looks back on six years as Melbourne lord mayor

The departing leader, the first woman directly elected, says gendered vitriol ‘hurt’, but didn’t deter her

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Local and state governments ‘powerless’ to stop demolition of five-year-old Melbourne building

Melbourne council considering retrofitting incentives as officials say there are currently no laws to prevent demolition of non-heritage buildings

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Voters resolute, respectful at voice referendum booths

Many Australians who cast referendum ballots knew ahead of time whether they would vote 'yes' or 'no', with long wait times experienced at some polling places.

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne e-scooters will ‘shout’ at riders in no-go areas, deputy mayor says

Nicholas Reece says council’s ‘technological solutions’ will crack down on ‘hoon behaviour’ such as riding on footpaths

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne to raise at least three new statues of women to counter gender imbalance in public art

Supporters are calling for a public nomination process to determine who will be represented in bronze

AAP

Massive Melbourne heritage listing boost

Heritage protection for 121 buildings and five inner-Melbourne precincts has been bolstered after Victoria's biggest heritage review in decades.

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City of Melbourne unleashes herd of goats in Royal Park to revitalise White's skink habitat

The City of Melbourne has unleashed a herd of goats in Royal Park to help revitalise the environment of the White's skink.

The Guardian - AU

Nine mutes one of its own critics after shouty leaders’ debate

Amid the ferocious feedback, a review written for the Age and Sydney Morning Herald was spiked. Plus: Katherine Deves among the most mentioned election candidates

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