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Rhetoric outstrips council commitment
The City of Melbourne is leading a green power shift with the announcement of a transfer to “100 per cent” renewables, but its ambitious plan to reach zero net emissions by 2020 has suddenly been pushed back 30 years.
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Festival follows in the footsteps of the suffragettes
A new festival running in the CBD over the International Women’s Day long weekend will thread together history, gender equality and music.
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On the transport watch
Treasure Jennings loves the Sandy line. She catches it to work in the morning but likes to vary her times so she gets a different public transport experience each day.
Read MoreKids get a piece of library
A $2 million donation to the State Library Victoria will fund an innovative project aimed at hands-on literacy development for children.
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“The Clock” stops time in the city
“It’s always synced to real-time, so you have to come back at different times of day to see something new,” an ACMI staff member explained Christian Marclay's The Clock to a curious homeless man.
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Fire safety expert speaks out
It’s easy to buy an apartment with combustible cladding, according to fire safety engineer Dr Jonathon Barnett, who is working as a consultant on the restoration of Neo200.
Read MoreSmoke and mirrors cloud the cladding issue
The Neo200 fire in Spencer St on February 4 reignited public disgust that, five years after Lacrosse, this can still happen. But it will continue to happen until actual liability is determined.
Read MoreWhat’s causing all the congestion?
Melburnians reported over crowding as one of the top issues last year in a City of Melbourne survey of transport and pedestrian users.
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On board a humiliating journey
Local William St company Text Publishing had three titles in the short list for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards but was pipped at the post by an extraordinary book written on Manus Island.
Read MoreMelbourne’s solution to heritage?
One of the challenges in urban renewal planning, especially in a capital city context, is designing for new buildings on a site where an existing heritage building is to be retained.
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Accolades for Ludovic
A CBD resident aiming to eliminate waterway pollution has been receiving international recognition.
Read MoreEnergy vulnerable vertical villages?
Energy is the bedrock of modern life but are we high-risers too exposed?
Read MoreOn the meaning of life and being a badass
This month’s commute has seen me working my way through Michele de Kretser’s “The Life to Come”.
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The “Sands & Macs” - a goldmine
Melbourne historians owe a huge debt of gratitude to a Melbourne publishing company – Sands & McDougall.
Read MoreYarra Building is self-evidently vital
Earlier last month Melbourne Heritage Action (MHA) sent in an objection to the demolition of part of Federation Square for an Apple store, which we see as having little justification now that the square is heritage listed.
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Take a walk or look at these virtual updates
Take a walk around Melbourne’s Central Business District and you’ll notice it is a hive of construction activity.
Read MoreGold afternoon Melbourne
At the height of summer every year, 3PBS has a series of free live music performance extravaganzas from its Studio 5 happening during drive time.
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How to reduce our use of plastic bags
A simple internet search will bring up countless articles on the detrimental impact of plastic bags on the environment. Here are some tips to help relieve the problem.
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Major tourist attraction in decay!
So, over the past six years street art in Melbourne has dropped in quality and quantity.
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More garbage truck woes for city
Garbage trucks are illegally reversing up Hosier Lane late at night and in the early hours of almost every morning according to one CBD resident who said he has been asking council to resolve the issue since last May.
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