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Street art crisis
COVID has been bad for Melbourne, it has made a struggling city fall to its knees.
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The anti-aging secret for your muscles
The idea of getting older is disliked by all of us. So much so that the “anti-ageing” industry is experiencing growth right throughout the world. You’ve probably heard about “anti-ageing” for your skin, but what about for your muscles? If you want to stand tall and stay active as you age, read on.
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Melbourne Music Week returns
There is plenty of musical action happening with the return of Melbourne Music Week (MMW) to the City of Melbourne from December 3 to 12. Venues in the CBD will be brimming with exceptional musical talent.
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Sixty years in the making
Retaining brand heritage while expanding the popular confectionery business are top priorities under new ownership of The Chocolate Box.
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“Youth and Beauty meet at River Festival”
So ran the headline in The Herald newspaper, reporting on a day when the Yarra River was “aglow with colour and life”.
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Eat, drink, shop, play: Melbourne’s newest precinct NOLA is on the rise
With Christmas coming, it’s the perfect time to explore our city’s newest precinct, NOLA, between Swanston, La Trobe, Elizabeth and Victoria streets (“North of La Trobe”).
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An end of year OCC health check-up
It unfortunately doesn’t take many chats with other CBD owners before you realise the unique challenges of being on an owners’ corporation committee (OCC) in the city. A range of upcoming changes to the Owners Corporation Act 2006 (OC Act) have improved how OCCs will be able to operate. Yet what makes a good OCC isn’t just the law but the people in and around it.
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Happier days for heritage
Christmas may have come early with news that the Sir Charles Hotham Hotel on the corner of Spencer and Flinders streets is finally getting the tender, love and care it’s deserved for decades.
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Celebrate the festive season on Collins St
After continued lockdowns for the past four months, the Collins Street Precinct Group (CSPG) and its members have been busy preparing for Melburnians to return to the city for the festive season.
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Reason for optimism
Hello. It is said a week can be a long time in politics. Well, it’s been a month since my first regular column in Hyperlocal’s fleet of newspapers. A long month. An important month. A month that showed politics at its best. And at its worst.
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“Live Melbourne Campaign” for vertical villages… or short-stays
December is traditionally move-out-month in our vertical villages – but if the City of Melbourne has its way, we may see many more move-ins!
Read MoreA relationship first model of care
“You just need to stop feeding the homeless. Just stop now. Close it down.” This was the comment made by a prominent City of Melbourne resident to our cleaner two weeks ago.
Read MoreSoul kinda feelin’
Renee Geyer, soul singing “gigastar”, sensed that one of her backup singers had something extra. A woman’s intuition.
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Is back pain preventing you from doing the activities you love?
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare around 80 per cent of Australians will suffer from back pain at some point in their lives, affecting their mobility, functional capacity and quality of life.
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Making access to the vaccine as easy as possible
Our community is just the best. Victoria is set to become one of the most vaccinated places in the world, and we’re doing it at record speed.
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Coping with the pandemic: From distress to de-stress
Melbourne has been in lockdown more than any other city in the world so far during the COVID-19 pandemic – 267 days by the time major restrictions were lifted after 70 per cent of Victorians aged 16 years and over were fully vaccinated on October 22.
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One family’s dedication to packaging freshness
For John Tripodi, the QV Nut Co is not just any stall at the Queen Victoria Market. It has been in his family for years and holds a special place in his heart.
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Melbourne Fashion Week at Collins Place
Melbourne Fashion Week (M/FW) returns for 2021 for a packed program featuring runways, pop-up experiences, industry talks, workshops, exhibitions and more
Read MoreWill short-stay infections force us into lockdown again?
With retail industry still shuttered, it beggars belief that short-stay operators are allowed to endanger residential buildings with potential COVID carriers.
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Singing their songs at the Central Telegraph Office, Elizabeth St, early 1920s
You see before you a group of telegraph dispatch operators at the Central Telegraph Office at Elizabeth St, taken in the early 1920s before its removal to Post Office Place.
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