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We’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.
Read MoreAnother record night market
The Queen Victoria Market’s (QVM) winter night market continues to outperform, with another record season attendance this year.
Read MoreCouncil takes a radical U-turn on Queen Vic
The City of Melbourne has abandoned its renewal plans for the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) and is throwing the market’s problems back on “the people”.
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Killing the culture that laid the golden egg
In a fairly foreseeable series of events, the move of monolithic clothing chain Culture Kings into Melbourne’s iconic Hosier Lane has proved antithetical to the preservation of culture.
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Reflections on “full pelt”for 100 days
Some 100 days into the lord mayoralty, Sally Capp’s energy is undiminished and her learning along the way has sharpened her capacity to effect change.
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Critics open fire on Melbourne Day
The “invasion day” label, which has controversially dogged Australia Day in recent years, has caught up with the CBD-based Melbourne Day, with immediate consequences.
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Telstra plunders CBD for profits
After years of incremental encroachment into the public domain for private profits, Telstra appears to have crossed a City of Melbourne “line in the sand” with its latest rollout of monster digital advertising.
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Alaska Sun
The sound of the 150 active volcanoes on the Jupiter moon Io is the sound of Warped.
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Lauren follows her dreams
Recent William Angliss event management graduate Lauren Macron can testify to the value of volunteering to gain valuable experience.
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Big ideas wanted to dress up Metro Tunnel construction sites
The Metro Tunnel Project has put a call out to Melbourne’s creative industry to ensure Melbourne remains a vibrant and attractive destination during construction of Victoria’s biggest ever public transport project.
Read MoreVertical democracies
Democracy, the art of thinking independently together, may be the missing element for vertical village wellbeing, but are we prepared to risk the cost?
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Restoration of a sign of the times
Readers may have recently noticed scaffolding coming down from the former Herald and Weekly Times building on Flinders St, completing months of paintstaking restoration on one of our most iconic heritage buildings.
Read MoreOne woman’s stand gets results
One brave apartment owner has taken on the developer and the management company appointed to administer the common property for the owners’ corporation (OC) and won back residents’ rights that had been eroded in her apartment building.
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Boss Baby, Octo Pram in Melbourne
Hiding among the corporate CBD high-rise you can find amazing places.
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The forgotten telegraphist
On the William St wall of the Supreme Court building in Melbourne there is a small plaque, ignored by most passers-by, which commemorates one of the most significant events in the history of Melbourne and indeed Australia.
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