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10,000 steps a day may not be enough to stay healthy and pain-free as we age
All Australians should incorporate strength training into their weekly routine, but it is especially important for those aged over 40.
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Lock them out, lock them up or lock them in?
It has been really interesting hearing the increased anger and frustration in the conversations that I have been having with people around the city in recent times.
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Creative isolation
As we keep the city locked down Melbourne is slowly dying.
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Zero emissions vehicles
Have you noticed that the air is clearer with less vehicle movements under COVID lockdown? Right now, we are experiencing a little of what it would be like if a high percentage of vehicles had zero emissions.
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Generational cooking filling the market with flavours from Turkey
For Nancy Turan, owning the Borek Shop within the Queen Victoria Market isn’t just a job, it is a way to bring memories from home into the city where she now lives.
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Harnessing the healing power of the sea
In her art and in her life, Wirangu artist Aunty Beverly Meldrum has always stayed close to the sea.
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High-rise truck saga
Our inner-city champion whom we have lauded in this column has written in with a poignant precis of her tribulations.
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Taking a walk through Melbourne streets with Pierre Robin
Melbourne-based French wool buyer Pierre Robin was a keen amateur photographer. From the late 1950s into the 1960s he spent hours roaming the streets of the CBD, camera in hand.
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Town Hall Station’s City Square works ramp up … and up!
The Metro Tunnel’s City Square site is set for some major changes over the next nine months, with construction of the new Town Hall Station moving into the next phase.
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Giving a voice to our international students
While Cr Philip Le Liu has brought many passions to the City of Melbourne, his greatest ambition continues to be making Melbourne the number one student city in the world.
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Taking a breather on Market St
There was a moment there, when his career was taking off and he was playing his guitar in a room full of amazing musicians that Joe Karakatsanis felt like an imposter.
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A masterclass in boutique architecture
Our CBD is full of awe-inspiring architecture.
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A bright vision for a new precinct
Last month’s news that the CBD’s business community was set to welcome a new precinct group, the Melbourne City North Business Association (MCNBA), has been welcomed as local businesses plan their post COVID-19 recovery.
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CBD traders urge Melburnians to shop locally for Christmas
After another hard year of lockdowns, CBD traders are urging Melburnians to support small businesses by shopping locally this Christmas.
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“Incredible turnout” at Town Hall vaccination hub
The move to transform Melbourne Town Hall into a vaccination hub for those “who might otherwise miss out” has been an instant success according to a health provider.
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Government roadmap offers “glimmer of hope” but traders fear they won’t survive extended lockdown
Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp says Victoria’s roadmap out of lockdown offers “a glimmer of hope for traders”, with the city having been the “hardest hit in the nation”.
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Hotel works to begin despite no call on 3am licence
The transformation of an historic Bourke St site into a large-scale bar and restaurant is set to begin in October, despite an unresolved bid from its owners to operate until 3am.
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Why does the City of Melbourne have the state’s lowest vaccination rate?
Federal figures indicated that, in mid-September, the City of Melbourne had the lowest vaccination levels in Victoria. A deeper dive into the figures, however, suggests there could be an explanation for this.
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The art to rolling up your sleeve
A Melbourne-based photographer says he’s honoured after his work featured in a public art display showing the vulnerable getting a COVID vaccine in the heart of the city.
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Get students back in early 2022: Council
The City of Melbourne has called for a “substantial return” of international students in time for the 2022 academic year, and urged upper levels of government to show leadership on the issue.
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