The popular image of an arborist is of a council worker in a fluoro vest pruning a tree desperately in need of a haircut. Well, Christopher Spencer is an arboricultural consultant for the Australian-based firm ENSPEC, and secateurs have no place in his toolkit. I spoke to him this week about his work.

Arboriculture consultancy: ENSPEC

It seems that Trivia nights have been around forever, a constant mid-week presence at the local pub. 
Some attend as dutifully as priests attend mass, others are occasional ring-ins who make up numbers; it’s possibly the only forum where a detailed knowledge of  musicals from the 1930s will get any reward. In this report I look at on why people still love trivia and on how it’s evolving.


Trivia Nights in Melbourne

Councillor Roberto Colanzi discusses some of the advice received from police regarding Edinburgh Gardens NYE dance parties

City of Yarra Councillor Roberto Colanzi

North Fitzroy resident Rebecca Piotrowski give her opinion on what has plagued the Edinburgh Gardens NYE celebration in the past

Lincoln Daw