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Make the most of May
Make the most of after five in May with fundraising for charity, live music and a week of very good beer across the city.
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It’s not just about lunch
In Melbourne, lunchtime means more than munch time.
Read MoreCrime prevention training for residents
Local residents are stepping forward to learn how to keep apartment complexes safe.
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Nurturing the nation’s best address
In Australia, you can’t get better than a Collins St address – and there is a group of local business people who plan to keep it that way.
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Getting to know city business
Melbourne’s volunteer guides know more about the city’s quirky hidden businesses following an educational tour last month.
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A very special commendation for Kay Craddock
It is fitting that in their tenth year, the founder of the popular Lord Mayor’s Commendations is putting herself forward.
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Search for CBD robbers
Melbourne Embona Taskforce detectives are investigating after a man was bashed and robbed of his phone in Little Bourke St in March.
Read MoreCharges from karaoke bar assault
Melbourne North Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two men and a woman following an alleged assault at a karaoke bar in the CBD in January.
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Kelvin Club is in ‘kilter with life’
Despite being 150 years old, the CBD’s Kelvin Club is reluctant to define its identity.
Read MoreSetting the agenda
City of Melbourne councillors want to set the development agenda by hosting three forums a year for developers.
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Architects buy into apartment standards debate
The Institute of Architects has bought into the debate around minimum standards for apartments, with Victorian president Peter Malatt saying the matter was a “wellbeing” issue for residents.
Read MoreBlind spot aids thief
The spatial poetics of Flinders Lane were working against Saff as he left his hairdressing salon in the Port Phillip Arcade one sunny morning a month ago.
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A little ray of sunshine
People who enjoy sitting in the sun in the small Little Collins St plaza opposite McKillop St will be disappointed to learn they are to lose about 90 percent of the unshaded space.
Read MoreSunlight motion approved
City of Melbourne councillors last month initiated a review of the council’s sunlight in public spaces policy.
Read MoreSuper stops ‘not so super’
As Yarra Trams seeks permission to remove the last “safety zone” style stops from Collins St, not everyone is happy.
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Opportunists leverage lapsed domains
Online entrepreneurs are taking advantage of lapsed domain names formerly associated with City of Melbourne-funded small business associations.
Read MoreCBD rules the coffee comps
When it comes to coffee, the CBD has Melbourne’s best, according to speciality coffee aficionado website beanhunter.com.
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Minister overruled on Forum site
Hosier Lane residents and supporters celebrated a victory last month after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) ruled that former planning minister Matthew Guy did not have the authority to award a permit to a neighbouring development.
Read MoreDrug lab in apartment
A 59-year-old man is facing drug charges following the discovering of a “meth” lab in A’Beckett St last month.
Read MoreLand tax slug
City of Melbourne property owners pay more to the State Government in land tax than they pay in council rates.
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