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Living food boxes for those in need
If this pandemic is teaching us anything, it is demonstrating the importance of relationships – to each other, to place and neighbour, and to food and plants.
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Short-stays in the aftermath of COVID-19
An open Letter to the Premier of Victoria and the Lord Mayor of Melbourne …
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A winter’s walk in Fitzroy Gardens, 1913
It’s a stark but beautiful winter scene in one of Melbourne’s oldest parks, a landscape laid bare. The skeletal elm trees stand like proud sculptures extending skywards, their shadows creating faint stripes of light and shade along the pathway in the silvery sunlight.
Read MoreHomelessness
It only happens to the lazy. It only happens to the drug addled. It only happens to those that can only be described as a burden on society.
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Getting creative with jobs support
The Metro Tunnel Project will provide a huge boost to the Victorian arts community in the coming months, with more than $150,000 of new commissions announced for local artists.
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Recycling goes solar
The City of Melbourne has proposed a $24.7 million investment in waste management infrastructure across the city, including two new waste recovery hubs and 51 solar-powered recycling bins.
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New Local Government Minister announced
Victorian Upper House Member for Eastern Metropolitan Shaun Leane was sworn in as the new Minister for Local Government on June 22.
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Hotel outbreak
At the time of publishing the July edition of CBD News, a cluster of 14 COVID-19 cases had been linked to the Stamford Plaza Hotel on Little Collins St.
Read MoreHonouring the unsung heroes of the pandemic
For every tale of hardship during the coronavirus pandemic, there has been another of kindness and selflessness.
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“Hellmouth”: ground opens up on Collins St
Some Melburnians were questioning if the end of the world was upon them when a sinkhole opened up on Collins St on Tuesday, June 2.
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Lighting up Chinatown
The City of Melbourne has begun installing 80 new permanent red and gold lanterns in Chinatown to brighten the precinct as more visitors return to the city.
Read MoreMigrant workers underpaid at restaurant
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured penalties of $209,000 against the restaurateur of Dainty Sichuan, which operates a number of restaurants in the CBD.
Read MoreLight Scape
Immerse yourself in a brilliant sound and vision show at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne (RBGV) in June and July.
Read MoreReflecting on heritage
The current shutdown has given many of us pause to reconsider our impact on the world and the way we structure our lives and build our cities, and heritage should take a place in that discussion.
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Curbing bad behaviour with “positive architecture”
There is a concept within design known as “hostile architecture” which describes attempts to use built environment to modify behaviour. As soon as you learn about this you will start to see it everywhere.
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A match made in heaven
Two-and-a-half-year-old spoodle Charlie loves to play tug of war with his owner, Caitlyn. The pair are a “match made in heaven”, she told CBD News last month. They get along fantastically well because both of them are both big time explorers.
Read MoreCladding: are you on the funding list?
Does your building qualify for support from the state government’s cladding rectification fund?
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When the going gets tough …
City residents get going. The online world is buzzing in the time of COVID-19 as humans do what they do well. Innovate. Collaborate.
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And there she was, just riding down the street …
(With apologies to Manfred Mann)
Read MorePutting the relationship first
The massive crack of thunder and the blindingly bright flashes of lightening smashed the darkness in my bedroom to smithereens and snapped me from my slumber at 3am in the morning.
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