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Step up, Minister
Avid readers of this column will remember our celebration last year when the City of Melbourne finalised the West Melbourne Heritage Review, extending protection to many important places on the CBD fringe, with only the signature of the planning minister needed to put them into the planning scheme.
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Happy 30th, Ross House
The CBD’s not-for-profit hub Ross House is celebrating its 30th birthday on October 11.
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Resident joins in a rewarding run
CBD resident and worker Sumathi Chatna describes herself as “not a runner”, but she is participating in a 10km run at the Melbourne Marathon on October 15 for a good cause.
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Market and State Library lead the way
October brings with it warmer (hopefully) and longer days along with an update on some key projects happening within the city.
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Citizenship is in demand
108 Melbourne residents officially became citizens on August 23.
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Some 903,000 people are in the City of Melbourne municipality on an average weekday in 2016, a City of Melbourne population estimates report shows.
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Are bollards the answer?
In June this year, five-tonne concrete bollards were installed in prominent city locations including Federation Square, Flinders Street Station, Southern Cross Station and the Queen Victoria Market.
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Don’t expect an end of homelessness
The chair of the state’s rough sleeping strategy has cautioned people not to expect an end to rough sleeping on Melbourne’s streets.
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Finger pointing over loss of heritage on LaTrobe St
Residents, councillors and state politicians are pointing fingers at each other over the failure to protect the historic 488 LaTrobe St which is to be demolished to make way for a residential tower.
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Car-stacker inferno fears
City residents fear the collapse of a neighbouring proposed high-rise development if it is allowed to proceed because it will be built on the city’s biggest car-stacking system.
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Artist urges rethink for the bay
Beautiful images of plant life washed into the bay, each with its place of collection labeled, its death throes, its disentanglement, posing questions, suggestive of whimsical ideas, bearing the cross of humans, floating away.
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Love is in the air
There was plenty of love in the Flagstaff Gardens on September 21.
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The aPostles of press pics
Australian photographic royalty is on display at Magnet Gallery in Bourke St until October 14.
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Fancy a swim in the Yarra?
Not-for-profit group Yarra Pools has released a concept for a floating swimming pool in the Yarra River in the turning basin near Enterprize Park.
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The CBD is an English classroom
For thousands of overseas students, Melbourne’s CBD is a hub to improve their English and experience a new life.
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State Library works underway
Construction has started on State Library Victoria’s $88.1 million Vision2020 project.
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Residents explore Parliament House
What’s inside one of Melbourne’s biggest landmarks, Parliament House?
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Internal flood shuts building
A main water burst at 55 Swanston St on September 9 damaged the entire electrical system, leading to the closure of the office building.
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Melbourne Festival returns
The Melbourne Festival returns to the CBD this month as it boasts acts and pieces that explore humanity and the world we live in.
Read MoreCBD busking shakeup proposed
The City of Melbourne is reassessing its position on proposed changes to the busking guideline that include a public audition and the expiry of some busking permits.
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