Active dog the perfect companion

For toy poodle cross terrier Oreo, there’s nothing better than having a run with other dogs. 

Safe and secure in our vertical villages

Safe City, Liveable City, EcoCity, Resilient City, Smart City, Knowledge City, Compassionate City – our Melbourne is a multi-themed and highly-considered metropolis!  

Local company takes on the world – and wins!

QA Software is a success story for our city. Based in St Kilda Rd, the company received a City of Melbourne export grant in 2006 and recently opened an office in Denver, USA.

Metro Tunnel Monthly Update: August

Metro Tunnel Monthly Update: August

Have a session with a special local

CBD locals, workers and visitors have a new option for entertainment and learning – City Sessions, hosted by some of the city’s most eclectic small businesses.

A galactic sound

It is a 60cm wide metal plate; it weighs about 4kg; and it has small holes around it. 

Recycling binned cigarettes

The City of Melbourne is recycling millions of cigarette butts into industrial products. 

Japanese animations to be showed

The entire collection of films made by one of the world’s most loved and acclaimed animation studios, Studio Ghibli, is coming to the Melbourne CBD in August.

The face of the CBD

Being a 28-year-old Chinese Australian with three tertiary degrees, CBD resident Wendy Liu could very well be the face of Melbourne’s CBD.

Laneway shrine for Chinese dissident

A shrine has appeared at the CBD’s famous street art laneway, Hosier Lane, in memory of the late Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.

Flammable cladding: residents ignored 

The Victorian Government Cladding Taskforce examining flammable cladding does not include a key stakeholder group – the strata owners that would end up having to manage any remediation works. 

Heritage listing for Shell House

Despite being less than 30 years old, Shell House has been included in the Victorian Heritage Register.

How does your city grow? Can you visualise it?

Remember scrolling through monthly building approvals lists? Seeing a sign on the street about a new development and wondering why you didn’t know about it?  Those days are gone.

OK for Exhibition St tower

An application to build a 58-storey skyscraper at 57-63 Exhibition St has been supported by the City of Melbourne.

Great Western Hotel to go

The gold rush era Great Western Hotel will be partially demolished to make way for a mixed-use 80m tower with 26 levels.

Mandarin Oriental coming

Asian hotel giant Mandarin Oriental is coming to the CBD by signing a management contract for a new luxury hotel at 600 Collins St.

Laneways get green facelift

One of the CBD’s oldest but most neglected laneways, Coromandel Place, is receiving a gradual green facelift. 

Woman died at CBD apartment

Real estate showroom

CBRE has opened a real estate showroom in Chinatown.

River Rink brings true winter

Children and adults put on their skates and spun on the outdoor ice rink by the Yarra River in July.