Share your views on drinking alcohol in Yarra's public places by taking our 3-minute survey.

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We’re proposing a number of measures to calm traffic in Fitzroy North streets, while still ensuring residents are able to get around. This includes trialling median islands, and right-turn bans into Brunswick Street North.

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The Yarra Waste Revolution has landed in Abbotsford. We’re going to be using what we’ve thrown out, to create what we need. It’s called the circular economy.

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The underused bocce courts in Hardy Gallagher Reserve will be transformed into a thriving community garden. 

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Yarra Council resolved to refer Planning Scheme Amendment C231 - Queens Parade to an independent planning panel at a council meeting on Tuesday 28 May.

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Yarra Libraries is conducting its annual community survey and we want to hear from you!

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Yarra Council will consult with local residents and businesses in Richmond, following the offer of a statue honouring Michael Hutchence by the late INXS singer’s family.

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City West Water will soon start work on an essential water renewal project in Carlton and Carlton North.

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Yarra City Council has backed Premier Daniel Andrew’s refusal to resurrect the East West Link.

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It’s National Volunteer Week and we are celebrating the important work that volunteers do to make our community an enriching and safe place to live, work and learn.

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Satisfaction with our services is at its highest since 2009 according to our annual customer satisfaction survey. 

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Yarra City Council is inviting artists and creatives to submit an Expression of Interest for a 12 month residency at the Hugo Wertheim – Studio One Community Hub, 15 Barnet Way, Richmond. 

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Bridgid O’Brien was today elected as a Councillor for the City of Yarra. She was elected by a count back undertaken by the Victorian Electoral Commission following the resignation of former councillor Mike McEvoy in April.

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This week is National Road Safety Week and this year’s theme is lead the way: drive so others survive.

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Contemporary art organisation West Space has been awarded a $30,000 Room to Create grant, which they will use to help foster emerging and underrepresented artists in Yarra. The grant is the largest ever awarded from Yarra’s Room to Create Charitable Fund, which supports artists and creative organisations in Yarra by helping with operational costs.

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We’re thinking about making some changes to the Brunswick Street Oval sporting and community facilities and we want to hear from the local community.  

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Yarra Council has approved plans for accessible tram stops to be installed along Nicholson Street, between Kerr and Holden streets. 

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Registrations for Melbourne Fringe 2019 are now open. Fringe is proudly open access, which means that anyone can register to be part of the Festival. They champion inclusion, diversity, freedom of expression, and amplifying voices on the margins. If you've got an idea of an event, an exhibition, an arena spectacular, they want to know about it.

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Developers will be required to contribute to infrastructure upgrades and community facilities under a new plan to help provide for the needs of our growing city.

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Open Table’s free lunches aren’t just a delicious way for the community to connect, they also help raise awareness around food waste.

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