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- Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme locations now operational in Merri-bek
- Merri-bek continues connection with Sport4All with announcement of new Inclusion Coach position
- Local roads in Brunswick shift to 40 km/h limit in Merri-bek City Council moves to make streets safer
- Cr Adam Pulford promises to serve Merri-bek’s diverse and vibrant community as newly elected Mayor.
- Council Resolutions on Bike Lanes - Update – 20 October 2023
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- Public Notice: Suggest a name for a new park at 41-43 Service Street, Coburg
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- Merri-bek City Council electoral structure review
- Kent Road Separated Bike Lane updates
- Our next Council Meeting is 7pm Wednesday 18 October at the Merri-bek Civic Centre.
- Council says YES to truth, treaty and a voice
- State Government’s Housing Statement offers boost to Public Housing but falls short on what is needed
- Merri-bek City Council secures grant to explore potential Neighbourhood Battery sites in renewable power push
- Victorian Seniors Festival is returning in October
- This Girl Can - 2023
- Follow the trail to discover leisure activities in Merri-bek
- Council land in Coburg offered to deliver more affordable housing in Melbourne
- Win for Merri-bek residents as court orders Montfort Park be given back to community
- Female friendly facilities opened at Charles Mutton Reserve
- Public notice: Suggest a name for a new park at 41-43 Service Street, Coburg
- Public notice: Suggest a name for a new park at 14 Frith Street, Brunswick
- Learn about our biggest Capital Works Program ever!
- Moving Around Merri-bek Discussion Paper launches for community feedback
- Learn about our 2023-27 Council Budget
- Public Notice: Proposed sale of Unit 1,6 Sutherland Street, Coburg
- 4-bin service rolls out in Merri-bek
- Ballerrt Mooroop Day celebrated by Merri-bek community
- More power to Merri-bek thanks to $500,000 community battery funding
- Delivering food and garden organics bins to units, townhouses, and apartments
- Public Notice: Sale of former Glenroy Library at 737 Pascoe Vale Road, Glenroy
- Are you still using your old 120 litre mixed recycling bin?
- Go electric! Councils spark interest in a switch to all-electric homes
- Council refuses telecommunication lease at ATC Cook Reserve
- Update on rollout of new 4 bin system
- Purple glass recycling bins now making their way through Merri-bek
- Dunstan Reserve North – Sport Field Lighting Upgrade
- Council’s Proposed Budget 2023-27 delivers on roads and footpaths, major capital works and parks and open spaces for our community
- Fawkner Leisure Centre closing its doors
- Merri-bek Festivals Season - That’s a Wrap!
- Delays to household waste collection
- Statement of support for trans and gender diverse people
- Registering your pet is good for you and your community
- Ramadan Calendar
- Brunswick’s Stanislaw Kowalski turns 100
- Brunswick’s Stanislaw Kowalski turns 100
- Follow the trails to discover music and breweries in Merri-bek
- Sydney Road Street Party returns for 2023!
- Love Merri-bek Trail Maps are here!
- Council commits to transforming derelict land in Pascoe Vale South into brand new park space
- 3-day pet adoption drive – this weekend
- Sydney Road Street Party public transport disruptions
- International Women’s Day 2023
- Mature Trees in Merri-bek
- Anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations
- Melville Moreland Shopping Strip
- Resources to help small businesses open their doors sooner
- Citizenship ceremonies to continue in Merri-bek year-round
- Statement from Mayor Angelica Panopoulos on Citizenship Ceremonies on January 26
- Cr Angelica Panopoulos elected as Merri-bek's youngest ever Mayor
- A new 4-bin waste service is coming to Merri-bek in July 2023
- Draft Budget 2022-26, Community Infrastructure Plan and 10 Year Asset Plan now open for community feedback
- Arts and Culture Strategy 2023-2027
- Inspiring Merri-bek community members recognised at awards ceremony
- Welcome to Merri-bek: City Council name officially changed
- Our new library catalogue and management system is coming!
- Seeking expressions of interest from social enterprises for a café at the Glenroy Community Hub
- Australian National Flag to fly at Half-Mast - Tuesday 18 October
- With new Merri-bek name, Council is a step closer to reconciliation
- Level crossing removals in Brunswick welcome, but more investment in Upfield line urgently needed
- Merri-bek name for Council approved
- Closure of Australian Energy Foundation
- New exercise park helps older people work up a sweat
- Trials of new transport infrastructure making it safer and easier to get around
- With new Merri-bek name, Council is a step closer to reconciliation
- Merri-bek supported for new Council name
- 2022 Merri-bek Awards
- Merlynston Station carpark
- New name options for Merri-bek presented by Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Elders
- Construction begins on Reimagining Moonee Ponds Creek Project
- $30.1 million Glenroy Community Hub opens
- Help us shape the Active Merri-bek Aquatic and Leisure Strategic Plan
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- Accessibility should be paramount in delivering tram services for Merri-bek
- More investment in sport in Coburg North
- Participate in the Annual Victoria Police Community Sentiment Survey 2022
- Brunswick to get state-of-the-art cultural and community hub
- Councillor Monica Harte sworn in as North-West Ward Councillor
- Australian Flag to fly at half-mast
- School Wildlife Program
- Garden Maintenance Program Update
- Brunswick Music Festival returns in 2022
- Council acknowledges January 26 as day of mourning and sadness for many
- Our report to you
- Cultural and community hub at 33 Saxon Street, Brunswick
- Proposed Road Discontinuance : 22 Dods Street, Brunswick
- Council support change of 'Moreland' municipality name
- Merri-bek signs up to support children to Thrive By Five
- Have your say on the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021
- 2021 Merri-bek Awards announced
- Merri-bek Council’s new procurement targets helping close the gap for First Nations business (media release)
- Coburg health and community services precinct gets go-ahead
- Special Council Meeting to consider request to rename Merri-bek City Council
- 2021/22 Making Space grant recipients announced
- Council asked to consider Merri-bek name change
- Cr Mark Riley elected Merri-bek Mayor
- Our future together
- Planning and Related Matters Meeting Online - November 24
- • Public Notice: Proposed Discontinuance and Sale of Road adjoining 222 Merri-bek Road Brunswick
- • Public Notice: Proposed Discontinuance and Sale of Road adjoining 133 Brunswick Road Brunswick
- We’re resuming some of our services
- Increasing bins and pickup schedules at parks
- Seventeen councils join nationwide call for ambitious Federal Government targets ahead of UN climate summit
- Annual Report: public notice
- Time for an upgrade – Gaffney and Sussex Streets intersection upgrade
- Merri-bek Design Excellence Scorecard delivers on innovation and affordable housing
- The impact of the climate emergency, felt across the world
- Making Space grants program returns for another year
- Draft Kerbside Waste Services and Charges Policy - Community Consultation
- Primary students' remote artwork project goes live in Coburg
- 2021 Merri-bek Awards
- Council to consider health and community services precinct in Coburg
- First with a localised climate column on Leader online
- Community feedback invited on Hosken Reserve draft concept plan (media release)
- Merri-bek says no to offensive language and hate speech
- Have your say on our new Disability Access and Inclusion Plan
- July Council Meeting Wrap Up
- Calling for proposals for the Merri-bek Summer Show 2021
- 4-year budget delivers for the Merri-bek community
- Planning and Related Matters Meeting on Wednesday 25 August - held online
- Fawkner Leisure Centre Upgrade update
- Merri-bek City Libraries has extended their opening hours!
- Notice of Council Tree Pruning Near Powerlines
- Rotary Club of Brunswick donates 100 oak trees to Merri-bek
- We slashed our carbon emissions targets!
- Review of Road Management Plan
- Hoffman Brickworks updates
- Guidance for future of Coburg's Hosken Reserve
- Trialling a shared zone for safer and brighter streets in Brunswick East (media release)
- Brunswick electric vehicle hub leading the charge in EV uptake
- Rates help is available
- Cardinal Road, Glenroy going green with new park
- New Coburg mural made by the community, for the community
- Back Your Neighbour
- Merri-bek grant to CERES bears fruit for urban gardeners
- Help us improve our walking and cycling networks
- VCAT decision to overshadow Brunswick parks
- Partnership to support pathways for job seekers
- Hybrid Council meeting
- Recent development proposals in Brunswick
- Council calls on Australian Government to show support for ban on nuclear weapons
- Council condemns violence against Hazara people
- Our new library catalogue and management system is here!
- Notice of intention to declare a special charge scheme for the Sydney Road Brunswick shopping precinct
- Community satisfaction survey
- Accessible upgrades to John Pascoe Fawkner Reserve pavilion
- Start your career in Home Support by completing a Traineeship
- Merri-bek City Council is a Nuclear-Free Zone
- Public Notice on intention to sell- 2 Spry Street, Coburg North
- Merri-bek City Council Draft Homelessness Strategy
- An update on flags at Merri-bek City Council
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