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Nick Reece

Nick Reece

Nick Reece is Lord Mayor of Melbourne.

Bourke Street was once Melbourne’s premier shopping strip.

‘Not a concrete wasteland’: Lord Mayor Nick Reece’s retort to The Age’s Melbourne CBD series

Yes, pedestrian foot traffic is down and the working-from-home shift has caused pain for businesses. But when people visit the city now, they are spending more than ever before.

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Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece has proposed a crackdown on pedestrians who don’t keep to the left on CBD streets. His pictured in March with security guard hird to boost safety in the city in a six-week trial.

Pedestrian etiquette in Melbourne has reached new lows. It’s time for a ‘keep-left’ crackdown

On any major CBD street you have fast walkers, slow walkers, people drifting diagonally like bishops on a chessboard, or those staring at their phone. It’s time for both carrot and stick.

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International student Xinyu Zhang. International education is Australia’s biggest export industry that is not dug out of the ground. It is worth more than $50 billion to the economy and generates more than 200,000 jobs.

Dumb, dumber, dumberer: Time for Australia to wise up on international students

International education is Australia’s biggest export industry that is not dug out of the ground. It is worth more than $50 billion to the economy and generates more than 200,000 jobs.

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businesses are owned by their shareholders, with everyone employed in the business - from the chief executive down – acting merely as agents for the owners.

Here’s where we can house 2 million more people in Melbourne

Melbourne’s population is surging and we need more homes. In the world’s most liveable city, we can surely do better than: ‘Welcome, I hope you packed a tent.’

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A 30-metre cyclorama painting showing a 360 degree view of Melbourne in the 1840s, which was unrolled in 2000 at the Melbourne Exhibition Buildings.

Amid a rowdy Collins Street pub 180 years ago, Melbourne became a city

In 1842, Melbourne’s first mayor, a brewery owner, presided over the City of Melbourne’s first meeting. After a period of lawlessness, and edicts from Sydney, the occasion marked the first recognition of Melbourne’s right to self-govern.

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The Block Arcade seen here connecting with one of Melbourne's popular city laneways.

Melbourne’s plan for the future will transform the CBD and surrounding suburbs

Melbourne City Council’s bold plans will undoubtedly attract plenty of brickbats and bouquets. This is a good thing. Let the debate begin.

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Parents had an insight into the complexities of teaching during lockdown.

Wominjeka Melbourne! Why we need to teach kids First Nations languages

Australia should follow the lead of New Zealand and get serious about saving our Indigenous languages, with renaming places and teaching in schools to play a big part.

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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews questioned Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s comments about close contact isolation rules.

Victoria and the federation, is it time for a Vexit?

The election spendathon and the federal budget put into stark relief the financial rip-off that Victoria suffers for our membership of the federation.

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The monument on the corner of Lygon and Victoria streets commemorating the Eight Hour Day.

Long hours, always ‘on’? We’ve forgotten why this is a long weekend

Melbourne led the way with the introduction of the 8-hour-day but 160 years later many industries have slipped back to their old ways.

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Public trust has swung towards state leaders during the pandemic, exposing the Prime Minister’s lack of power or lack political will.

Failure of the federation has gone too far this time

State leaders are riding a wave of trust and the Prime Minister seems diminished, but ultimately the public doesn’t give a rats who supplies them with RATs, they just want them now at a price they can afford.

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