"Really badly talented" buskers face being banned from the CBD as part of a bid by Melbourne's new lord mayor to clean up the city streets.
Hours after his election win, Robert Doyle said tougher rules and regulations were needed to keep the streets free of bad performers.
"I am a bit sick of really badly talented buskers, let me tell you," he told Radio 3AW.
"They actually do need to be properly licensed and regulated so that we are not just assaulted by a whole lot of different sounds every 10 metres along the footpath."
Mr Doyle also touted a Bourke Street police station and a theme park to attract more families to the CBD at night.
"I don't want the city to be a bogan magnet," he said.
"People are sick of someone warbling out of...
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