Marvellous Melbourne will give a closer focus to what is happening in that wonderful city and what we can learn from it.

First, it is my melancholy duty to inform you that the peace and tranquility of my local electorate of Prahran in the state parliament has just been shattered by the forced resignation of our MP, Sam Hibbins, a reforming Greens MP and no less a dignitary than the Deputy Leader of that highly principled party.