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Sky gardens
Melbourne may have lost its liveability crown this year but might better green infrastructure help win this back?
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Painting in Hosier Lane is not legal
So now it's official: corporate greed can and does sell out our beautiful city for a quick buck, and the government and police support them in every way they can.
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Getting the message out
For society to function, a government needs a means of communicating its rules, regulations and processes with the governed.
Read MoreAkin to Kentucky Diva racing away and streeting the field
The sun is over the yardarm at The Scots Church, Collins and Russell streets. Inside there’s a piano quartet ready to play. The Emerald Hill Quartet (EHQ), the smoothest of smooth.
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A look at three CBD projects
In an otherwise-slow news month on the planning front, we take a look at three projects at various stages of their development cycles.
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Puppy Love
Dexter, a two-year-old, long-haired Chihuahua, has stolen the heart of his older (human) sister Victoria.
Read MoreMeet a Young Thinker in Residence
The links between LGBTI identity and homelessness have only recently started to become a topic of discussion in society. The correlation has always been pretty clear to the LGBTI community.
Read MoreLow voter turnout leads to concerns
Political engagement in the City of Melbourne remains significantly behind the state average.
Read MoreCommunity project a game changer
The CBD’s unofficial home of everything not-for-profit, Ross House, is competing for a $200,000 government grant in the Pick My Project initiative.
Read MoreMelbourne says no to racism
The Multicultural Hub holds its sovereignty in a city used as a backdrop for recurring racial tensions.
Read MoreSensing the humble street light’s potential
Some CBD streetlights are now mini air-monitoring stations.
Read MoreRespect – the stage show
Students at Haileybury College’s CBD campus participated for the first time last month in the school’s combined annual “tattoo”.
Read MoreMinister backs planning controls
The Planning Minister has backed CBD development rules in light of criticism from the Property Council of Australia (PCA) that Melbourne’s “historic competitive advantage” was at risk.
Read MoreP!nk’s concert crew lends a hand
Local charity The Big Umbrella was humbled and honoured to have the crew from the recent P!nk series of concerts volunteer on July 26 to help feed Melburnians in need.
Read MoreWe’re no longer “most liveable”
Melbourne has lost its title of world’s most liveable city to Vienna, despite nabbing its highest ever liveability score.
Read MoreSuccessful recycling initiative
101 Collins Street has partnered up with Simply Cups to alternatively recycle takeaway coffee cups.
Read MoreCouncillors in love
Melbourne councillors have been smitten with admiration and praise for a proposed new apartment building on the site of the Mercure Hotel in Spring St.
Read MoreNo cash? You can now tap to tip
Ever heard a brilliant busker playing on the CBD streets, reached into your pocket to give a tip, and realise there’s nothing there?
Read MoreThe buck stops right here
It’s hard not to be impressed by the man in charge of policing in the eastern half of the CBD – Inspector Craig Peel.
Read MoreResidents let down on short-stay Bill
Residents hoping for a legislative solution to short-stay rentals in apartments will have to wait until at least 2021 for their next opportunity following the passing of the Owners Corporation Amendment (Short-stay Accommodation) Bill 2016 on August 8.
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