Hostel bid rejected

VICTORIA’S planning umpire has refused to allow a Nichols Point landholder to set up backpacker accommodation on his Morpung Avenue property, finding it contravened council policy.Councillors voted to grant a planning permit for group accommodation last December, despite advice from their planning staff recommending the application be rejected.The landholder told the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal […]

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  • University vice-chancellor steps down

    University vice-chancellor steps down

    CANBERRA: Embattled Australian National University vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell has resigned after a year-long public relations saga involving bullying claims, student protests and claims of poor…