A councillor’s two-week suspension for misconduct after his criticism of a development proposal has sparked concerns that the Local Government Act is stifling political debate.
The legacy of a fierce and organised community campaign against building a “skyrail” continues to frustrate locals, who say requests to add greenery to the space have been denied.
Four years of Airbnb listings show the short-stay accommodation platform has departed from its original “sharing economy” to a model where a landlord leases multiple homes.
A council’s legal bid to compel a developer to revegetate endangered grassland on an $11 million Melbourne property has been likened to the fight to rebuild the Corkman pub.
Thousands of restrictive covenants that protect Melbourne neighbourhoods from greater density are set to be swept aside in the state government’s housing push.
The last remnants of an environment that once stretched to South Australia are in peril due to a failure to create a grasslands reserve on Melbourne’s fringes.
