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VCAT ruling limits OCs’ ability to manage their buildings

VCAT ruling limits OCs’ ability to manage their buildings

November 4th, 2025 - Jon Fleetwood

A recent tribunal ruling has sparked widespread concern among apartment owners, after it effectively stripped owners’ corporations (OCs) of their ability to take disputes to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) without first securing a supermajority.

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Docklands Farmers Market pauses for November amid plans for new foreshore location

November 4th, 2025 - Jon Fleetwood

The Docklands Farmers Market will not go ahead in November, after low foot traffic at its current Marvel Stadium site prompted organisers to find a new home.

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From recovery to resilience: Docklands’ dragon boat club for breast cancer survivors

November 4th, 2025 - Jon Fleetwood

When Docklands local Sue Mason was recovering from breast cancer surgery in 2021, she sat by her window listening to the drum of dragon boats echoing across Victoria Harbour.

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Heritage fleet in dire straits as groups issue desperate plea to Premier

November 4th, 2025 - Sean Car

Docklands’ embattled heritage fleet has issued a desperate plea to Premier Jacinta Allan, warning that Victoria’s most significant historic ships face eviction within months and risk being left without a home.

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Boat Show success in Docklands

November 4th, 2025 - Sean Car

The 63rd Melbourne Boat Show has been hailed a success after it concluded on Sunday, October 19 at Docklands.

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Cash offer deepens controversy over Docklands’ heritage fleet

October 1st, 2025 - Sean Car

The long-running standoff between Development Victoria (DV) and Docklands’ heritage fleet has escalated, with DV now offering operators cash to vacate North Wharf – a move described by critics as a “pay-off” that does nothing to solve the fleet’s future.

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Reclaiming Docklands: A six-part series - part six

October 1st, 2025 - Jamal Hakim

Part six. The future is here: Docklands as a family-first, community-led neighbourhood.

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Docklands sex offender arrested after alleged breach of bail

October 1st, 2025 - Sean Car

Docklands resident and registered sex offender Albino Godwill D’Souza has been remanded in custody after police alleged he breached strict bail conditions by secretly accessing social media and sympathising with alleged police killer Dezi Freeman.

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Docklands Farmers Market finds a new home at Marvel Stadium

October 1st, 2025 - Sean Car

The Docklands Farmers Market marked a new chapter on Sunday, September 7, with its first instalment at Marvel Stadium, drawing locals and visitors indoors to Gate 3 for a celebration of community and fresh produce.

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Melbourne’s largest Diwali celebration returns to Docklands

October 1st, 2025 - Sean Car

This October, Melbourne will once again be illuminated as the city’s largest Diwali celebration returns to Marvel Stadium Square.

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A week of Shakespeare

A week of Shakespeare

October 2nd, 2019 - Docklands News
Docklands Primary School is built!

Docklands Primary School is built!

November 5th, 2020 - Docklands News
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