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Businesses pick up the pieces after another lockdown
Businesses in the CBD have been dealt a devastating blow after the city was plunged into yet another lockdown. CBD News spoke to a number of eateries, cafes, and restaurants, as well as hair and beauty salons who have been left counting their losses after the state’s COVID-19 restrictions again turned the once-bustling streets of the city into a ghost town.
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Council backs new tower near Queen Vic Market
The City of Melbourne has endorsed development plans for a multi-project site at the corner of Queen St and Franklin streets in the Queen Victoria Market precinct, with one of the sites progressing with a
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Cohealth backs government’s search for new injecting room
The community health provider long expected to house a new safe injecting facility in the CBD has backed the state government to find a new appropriate site
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Plans lodged to “reinvigorate” David Jones store
Plans for a $30 million revamp could see David Jones’ Bourke St menswear store transformed into a new city landmark, with a flagship retail tenant and modern offices, if approved by the City of Melbourne.
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Man performs sexual act in CBD
Melbourne Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team detectives are appealing for public assistance after a man performed an explicit sexual act towards a woman in the CBD last month.
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Landlords adopt a personal touch
Shops are renting out swiftly in the west wing of Royal Arcade thanks to “brave” businesses and a personal touch introduced by one of the arcade’s landlords, Ilias Megas.
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Elizabeth St shut down to build luxury penthouse garden
While the city slept through the early hours of the Queen’s Birthday public holiday, a spectacular feat of logistics and engineering took place high above the streets.
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Windfall for Athenaeum Library
The Melbourne Athenaeum Library is celebrating after securing a $10,000 state government grant that will help buy new Victorian-made timber tables to complete its major refurbishment.
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Smaller, “superior” office tower approved for La Trobe St
A 31-storey office building less than half the size of a previously approved development at 383 La Trobe St has been endorsed by the City of Melbourne.
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High calibre female president a first for the State Library
Christine Christian OA has been announced as the new president for the State Library of Victoria – the first woman to hold the position in the library’s 165-year history.
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Truffle trouble
Troubles rather than truffles were being shared at the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) on the weekend of June 19 and 20 as Melburnians took advantage of the lifting of the travel ban to catch up
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Sweet success for home-based chef
Early last year, Michelin-trained pastry chef Aidan Robinson went from working frantic 80-hour weeks to being jobless. What he did next is an inspiring small business success story in the age of COVID-19.
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Raising the Platform for quality Plumbing
When it comes to residential and commercial plumbing in the CBD, it isn’t often you come across a business that will treat your property as it is their own. A business that will go that extra yard to ensure peace of mind and guarantee the highest standard of customer service.
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Sentia: a balanced approach to early learning
Sitting on the northern banks of the Yarra, nestled between the Melbourne Aquarium, the Immigration Museum and Enterprize Park, you’ll find Sentia Early Learning: an oasis of industry-leading early childhood education
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The definition of heritage, and why it matters
Discussions surrounding definitions of heritage have progressed massively in recent years, with social heritage, as opposed to purely architectural significance, brought to the forefront fantastically by the ongoing Hoddle Grid Heritage Review.
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City living is a walk in the park
Sebastian has been forming a growing bond during the past seven to eight months as his relationship blossoms with his partner’s golden retriever, Apri
Read MoreJack Ladder live
The marquee lights were blazing away at the Forum Theatre on Flinders St on Thursday, May 6.
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Releasing the spirit of LEGO
CBD resident Jan van Schaik makes his own sculptural toys out of LEGO and exhibits them around the world.
Read MoreHelping our fellow humans
Beneath the City of Melbourne FOMO ads and the public decorations from various quarters that, “The city is back, baby!”, the pain and scars caused by the ravaging of COVID-19 remains highly visible.
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Walking the path to a better neighbourhood
Walking. It was one of the simplest and most joyful pleasures that many of us enjoyed during even the hardest moments of lockdown.
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