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Christmas carols for locals
Locals are invited to The District Docklands from 7pm on Friday, December 21 for a night of carols underneath Melbourne’s largest and brightest star.
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Milestone for better urban living
The City of Melbourne’s planning scheme amendment C308, which outlines rules for better urban design for new developments in the CBD and Southbank, has moved a step closer towards legislation.
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Stonewalling laneway repairs
Utility companies digging up Melbourne’s famous bluestone pavements can leave them displaced for up to three months.
Read MoreThe Festival of Independents
Melbourne’s Flinders Quarter presents The Festival of Independents on Thursday, December 6 from 4pm - 9pm.
Read MoreShake-up for community grants
The City of Melbourne’s community grant framework has received a shake up with the new framework placing a greater emphasis on social innovation.
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Could church land be put to better use?
Divergent opinions are emerging about the management of church-owned land in the CBD.
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Neil Munro and his apartment museum
Walking into Neil Munro’s sixth floor Collins St apartment in Temple Court is like walking into a living museum.
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Office-watching in LaTrobe Street
The pace of the CBD’s legal district is leisurely, even at ground level.
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Driven out: Motorist restrictions ramp up
Cars travelling through one of the CBD’s busiest intersections can expect peak-hour gridlock after another motorist lane was removed last month.
Read MoreTest Sites is seeking artists
The City of Melbourne’s “Test Sites” program is giving artists an opportunity to explore and experiment with creative ideas in the public realm that engage with the history and environment of some of the CBD’s iconic locations.
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Kelvin Club elects first female president
The Kelvin Club elected its first female president, Professor Su Baker (above), on October 6 – 24 years after the club first welcomed women.
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Parallel world for international students
International students make up a significant portion of the City of Melbourne’s (CoM) population, but research suggests a kind of informal segregation with the rest of the community.
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Get your skates on
Who said you couldn’t ice skate during summer?
Read MoreSad end for two falcons
Two of the city's three much-loved Collins St falcon nestlings have died from a fatal infection.
Read MoreCorrection
In a column in CBD News issue October 2018, we stated that Campbell Arcade had closed due to the Metro Tunnel.
Read MoreSharp rise in construction breaches
The number of infringement notices issued to construction sites for after-hours building work has risen to almost one per day.
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Good exposure
The table was laid in white cloth. Celebrations were about to occur in the cloisters of St Paul’s.
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Design team creates reflective routes
A group of four young architects has beaten 41 entrants in an innovation competition to revitalise the north-west corner of the CBD.
Read MoreWelcome to your vertical village
Rolling out the welcome mat is not just for the new arrival.
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Love makes the world go around!
On Saturday, November 17 at 6pm, Rafael Camillo (our president) and Adam Velcek were married.
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