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CBD brings the perfect lifestyle
Having lived in the CBD for the past two years, recent RMIT University graduate Cindy Wang said her lifestyle had changed dramatically since making the city change.
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Franchisee penalised for underpayment
A former franchisee of a 7-Eleven retail outlet in the CBD faced court for underpaying three international students a total of $6674 between November 2015 and October 2016.
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Moomba woos again
Moomba again thrilled Melbourne crowds over the Labour Day long weekend from March 9-12 at Birrarung Marr and Alexandra Gardens.
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Market traders feel trapped without tenure
Some Queen Victoria Market traders feel trapped in their businesses, which they can’t sell because of uncertainty about the future.
Read MoreBungling bookstore burglar
Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance following a burglary at a Melbourne book store on March 15.
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Changing of the guard
Journalist Sean Car has bought into "CBD News" and will become its sole director in July 2019.
Read MoreHow would your building rate?
The City of Melbourne is partnering with the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) to rate 20 apartment buildings in water and energy use efficiency.
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Welcome new students
Newly-arrived international students in Melbourne received warm welcome at the Lord Mayor’s Student Welcome held at the Immigration Museum on March 17.
Read MoreWhat can a lord mayor do?
Being elected Melbourne’s Lord Mayor doesn’t necessarily mean the winner will have any capacity to change anything or get anything done.
Read MoreDoyle damned
The City of Melbourne’s independent investigation into sexual harassment claims against former lord mayor Robert Doyle has returned four adverse findings.
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All this … and ripped off too!
Former councillor Tessa Sullivan not only felt sexually degraded by Robert Doyle. She also felt financially duped by him.
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Lord mayoral election is a lottery
Melbourne votes for a new lord mayor this month, but the winner won’t necessarily be the most popular.
Read MoreCEO buries Freckelton investigation
The full extent of allegations against former lord mayor Robert Doyle will probably never be known as council CEO Ben Rimmer tries to kill off the $1million investigation he started last December.
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Listed arcade in the wreckers’ sights
We thought we’d left 2017 on a positive note for Melbourne’s heritage in our previous column, but plans buried in the details for the City South Metro station that came out late in December are one of the biggest threats to a Melbourne heritage interior, and our independent arts culture in quite some time.
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A pugtastic birthday gift
Last November, Anthony Soon decided to surprise his girlfriend for her birthday with a spirited black purebred pug who they lovingly named Pugsley.
Read MoreLetters to the Editor - March 2018
The Queen Victoria Market saga rolls on despite the resignation of the Lord Mayor, who was the driving force behind it.
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The emptiness of status
Curators tend to look at the careers of artists, their exhibition history, critical assessment published in art magazines and updates of the artist’s website to provide an objective measure of their status.
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Lady Potter loves her CBD home
The CBD is home to Lady Primrose Potter AC, renowned Australian philanthropist and widow of businessman Sir Ian Potter.
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Startling Airbnb listing statistics
New data on Airbnb listings for Melbourne has shown that between 2016 and 2018 there has been a 132 per cent increase in listings for metropolitan Melbourne and a whopping 186 per cent increase in listings within the City of Melbourne.
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