Madden takes power away from Melbourne City Council. http://www.theage.com.au/national/madden-keeps-powers-20100329-r8b0.html
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What is driving the Department of Planning in their lust for power?
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Williamstown up in arms and prepared to fight the government
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There is time to abandon water plans
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The Goulburn river near Yea where preliminary survey work has begun for the north-south pipeline. Photo: Angela Wylie
The desalination plant and the pipeline will become white elephants.
DON'T say the Brumby Government doesn't care about its country constituents. It has announced it will allow the Country Fire Authority to tap into the north-south pipeline linking Lake Eildon with Melbourne Water.
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Eastlink operator may have sent out 50 bungled bills
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Australian GP deal for Melbourne cost $250m
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Geraldine Mitchell October 02, 2008 07:50am
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Melbourne needs a city council with clout
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The council needs to be able to assert its authority without constant State Government interference.
WHEN Melbourne's first popularly elected Lord Mayor, John So, called a media conference yesterday to announce that he would not be a candidate in the forthcoming mayoral election, he was asked if he had any regrets about his time in office. One disappointment, he replied, was that the city's soccer, rugby league and basketball teams, Victory, the Storm and the Tigers, had each won a premiership during that time but Melbourne's venerable AFL team, the Demons, had not. Mr So was joking, of course, and adroitly evading having to offer anything that might sound like a catalogue of civic failures. But there is a sense in which his answer perfectly illuminated the difficulty facing anyone holding elective office in the City of Melbourne, whether as lord mayor or as councillor.
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Geelong councillor to run for mayor
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A GEELONG councillor with links to the Premier's office has emerged as a serious contender to be the next lord mayor of Melbourne.
Peter McMullin, 56 and a member of Premier John Brumby's Labor Unity faction, has emerged to replace the retiring John So. The contenders include Labor young gun Will Fowles, a darling of the Left. Cr McMullin previously served as a Melbourne councillor from 1996 to 1999.
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Myki finally gets its ticket to ride
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VICTORIA'S controversial $1.4 billion myki ticket system will make its long-overdue debut on Geelong buses in December.
Commuters will get the first chance to deliver a verdict on the much-maligned smartcard system on December 8.
But traditional paper tickets will still be available on the buses as myki is finally introduced, over schedule and over budget.
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'New generation housing' can open doors for the marginalised
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A KEY element in any strategy to alleviate homelessness must be an increase in the supply of safe and affordable housing. While federal and state governments are working to improve life for the marginalised — a federal white paper is due in October and a national affordable housing agreement is expected later in the year — there must be wider acknowledgement that it has become almost impossible for people who are homeless to find safe and affordable accommodation.
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Survey reveals high-rise jocks trap fear
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SUBURBAN dwellers fear high-rise apartments would end their ability to lounge around in underpants, State Government research has found.
But they also believe their own streets are safe from population growth.
