Trackside at Albert Park in Melbourne for Australian f1 Grand Prix #albertpark #ausgp #melboure #formula1 #qatarairways

WTF? Victoria police has made the entire Melbourne CBD a 'designated area' until June 2026.

For the next 6 months anyone in the CBD can be randomly stopped and searched without cause on the pretense of a search for weapons.

This is quite an escalation in the abuse of this police power.

https://www.police.vic.gov.au/public-notice-melbourne-cbd-sunday-30-november-2025-friday-29-may-2026

#VicPol #SpringSt #Melboure

β€˜Like a dream’: Environment group cheers bulldozers in bid to improve city creek β€” The Age

Workers spent the week breaking up and removing 50 metres of concrete panelling along the sides of the Moonee Ponds Creek in Strathmore, the first step in a decades-old bid to restore the waterway to its original state.