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Where’s the love?

December 3rd, 2015 - CBD News

As we enter the final year of the current council’s term, the perception of councillor team harmony is beginning to disintegrate.

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Council applies wrong planning rules

December 3rd, 2015 - CBD News

For past two months, City of Melbourne planners have been applying the wrong rules to planning applications, but they say it wasn’t their fault.

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Local Monopoly fails to pass ‘Go’

December 3rd, 2015 - CBD News

Can you imagine Melbourne without Collins or Bourke streets?

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Why drive when you can walk?

December 2nd, 2015 - CBD News

Who needs a wedding car when you live in the CBD?

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Councillors ‘pissed off’ at Brady Group

December 2nd, 2015 - CBD News

Developer Brady Group came under fire from Melbourne councillors on November 17 when they were asked to retrospectively approve a reduction of two levels of parking at 500 Elizabeth St.

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Seeking out soulful

November 10th, 2015 - CBD News

I learned three things about myself on the tram this morning.

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Council is where the action is

November 9th, 2015 - CBD News

With the industry still coming to terms with the new planning controls within the central city the spate of applications has subsided somewha

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He’s Kranky!

November 9th, 2015 - CBD News

Kranky has a history with street art/graffiti that dates back to the late 1960s.

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Karaoke bar extends licence hours

November 9th, 2015 - CBD News

The Future Melbourne Committee last month voted to extend the liquor licence hours of Jankara Karaoke Bar on Russell St.

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‘City Limits’: a different take

November 8th, 2015 - CBD News

In the August 2015 issue of CBD News, Shane Scanlan, the editor, expressed considerable disappointment with the book City Limits by Grattan Institute academics Jane-Francis Kelly and Paul Donegan.

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Female Confectioners’ Union Victorian Branch

November 8th, 2015 - CBD News

Female Confectioners’ Union Victorian Branch: Eight Hours Day Float (Eight Hours Day Procession Melbourne), c.1925

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Melbourne architect loves her life in the CBD

November 7th, 2015 - CBD News

Shelley Roberts extends her hand with a warm smile.

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Have your say on CBD

November 6th, 2015 - CBD News

What’s great and what’s not about living in the CBD?

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Hangin’ with the HoMies

November 6th, 2015 - CBD News

In a fast-paced society, it is humbling to know there are people like Nick Pearce taking the initiative to create awareness.

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Questions great & small

November 6th, 2015 - CBD News

If you’re searching for the meaning of life, this is the festival for you!

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A musical November

November 5th, 2015 - CBD News

Melbourne Music Week is set to captivate audiences from November 13-20.

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A very Christmas function

November 5th, 2015 - CBD News

Head to the Rendezvous Hotel on Flinders St in November and December for a very, very Christmas function for your group.

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An architectural wonder

November 5th, 2015 - CBD News

Have you visited MPavilion yet?

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Melburnians blown away by the pipes of the Grand Organ

November 4th, 2015 - CBD News

Seniors and students flocked to Melbourne Town Hall on Wednesday, October 7 to be serenaded by the glorious pipes of the Grand Organ.  

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Business counts the cost of holiday

November 4th, 2015 - CBD News

Local businesses are hoping that Premier Daniel Andrews can admit a mistake and withdraw the grand final holiday by next September.

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