Live music is usually out-of-bounds when you're not old enough to set foot in a bar. And even in 2019 gigs are often male-dominated. The Girls Rock! Melbourne Fundraiser at this Year's Leaps and Bounds festival is changing that.

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2020 Annual Grants Open : Grant Information Sessions this week
Our annual grants provide financial and in-kind support for community initiatives and projects. 
In 2020 this program will invest over $900,000 in programs which support and enrich the Yarra community. 

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Yarra Council will be taking over the management of Mayor’s Park Tennis and Netball Centre, effective from 23 August 2019.

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The influenza (flu) vaccine will only be available to children under the age of 5 and adults over the age of 65 at today's immunisation session (Wednesday, 5 June) at North Richmond Community Health Centre. Due to high demand, the vaccine has run out for those aged between 5-years-old and 65-years-old. 

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

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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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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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