Council

VCAT has denied a permit for the former studio headquarters for the radio stations Triple M and Fox FM at 180 St Kilda Road to be converted into a 639-unit storage facility. Local residents are jubilant.

Council will ‘investigate’ a pathway for residents and traders to report non-emergency community safety issues to council.

Greg Day discusses the major decisions taken at the last Council meeting of 2025 with Mayor Alex Makin. All but one of the decisions was unanimous.

At the final meeting of the year, Council voted unanimously on every issue except a proposal to change local laws on behaviour at homeless encampments. TWiSK reports on the voting, and the issues that both divide and unite.

Cr Justin Halliday explains why he voted against the proposed changes, along with Councillors Buckingham and Crawford, on the basis that the current local laws are already adequate to address encampments and associated anti-social behaviour.

Cr Serge Thomann shares his thoughts on the decisions made by Council at its last meeting for 2025. Homelessness, Safety, Police Protocol and changes to the Local Laws are in many ways the result of a year long process.

Twelve months on from the heartfelt community safety resolution at Council in December 2024 after the Adass Israel Synagogue fire attack, Council is set to vote on a new safety plan. It’s part of a mammoth 700 page final meeting for 2025 agenda.

When Sue Macgregor found a woman sleeping in a humpy on her office balcony last week, she began searching for help for the person sleeping rough. What she discovered was a maze of agencies that pointed her to other agencies in a circular maze of deflection.

Jet ski riders have been seen showing off in St Kilda Harbour, endangering swimmers and penguins. Council wants stricter, clearer rules and more police enforcement.

Canterbury Road wall fix could take six months severely disrupting traffic heading towards Fitzroy Street.