Latest articles by Meg Hill
The chance to digitise
The world has become increasingly digitised due to COVID-19 and a need to upgrade and enhance digital capabilities has become more important.
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A shift away from the promenade
A new planning application submitted to the City of Melbourne would see a new “vertical retail building” erected behind a well-known strip of shop front on Elizabeth St.
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Customs Square’s new life
A piece of dead space CBD land has been picked as the site for Melbourne’s first “social enterprise cluster” in a new proposal by Good Cycles.
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Residents meet again
CBD residents’ group EastEnders met on June 15 for the first time since lockdown began in a Zoom meeting with Lord Mayor Sally Capp and Cr Jackie Watts.
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Strategy to ease life for elders
The City of Melbourne is finalising its draft four-year plan to address the needs of older people living in the municipality.
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Mass protest makes a return
After months of quiet the Melbourne CBD ws filled with tens of thousands of protestors on Saturday June 6, in a local iteration of Black Lives Matter protests sweeping the world.
Read MoreMove to simplify apartment rules
The City of Melbourne has moved to overhaul its relationship with apartment dwellers after three months of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed weaknesses.
Read MoreInternational student program resurrected
The City of Melbourne will look to relaunch an old international student support program to help the community that has been badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mama Alto’s Hot Desk
This time last year CBD News covered the Wheeler Centre’s Hot Desk fellowships. Twenty-four writers were given a stipend and a workspace in the Wheeler Centre to work on their writing projects.
Read MoreLooking towards the future
While the Victorian Government has outlined the trajectory of a staged reopening, the City of Melbourne has begun to think through the needs of the CBD post-COVID-19.
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State uses crisis powers to build
The construction boom in the CBD has been boosted by a state government initiative to use the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis to speed up building and development.
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CBD’s new digs
One of the most significant archaeological discoveries in the CBD in recent years has been uncovered on a King St construction site.
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A short-stay “apocalypse”
The city’s rental market is flooded due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic causing the short-stay market to collapse, according to real estate agents and short-stay operators.
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Local festival’s head start in digital world
Across the world festivals, businesses and workplaces are moving their operations online. But some were more prepared than others.
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Increase in homeless despite government measures
Despite an unprecedented expansion of Australia’s welfare system, there has been an influx of those in need of homelessness support, according to the Salvation Army’s CBD chapter.
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Fed Square and City Library could converge
Before all of our lives, and all of the news, became dominated by coronavirus (COVID-19) there was news regarding a longstanding debate in the CBD – the status of Federation Square.
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How life is changing for CBD locals
In an apartment in the city, a semi-retired couple with careers in health economics behind them have been watching the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis play out.
Read MoreCBD renters missing amid crisis
Real estate professionals are navigating a market that is unprecedented in their careers. Belle Property’s Carlton and Melbourne leasing manager Suzie Inglis described the current environment for CBD News.
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Chart House lost
City of Melbourne councillors have bemoaned their inability to save a corner of Melbourne heritage through a prolonged struggle over gradings and protection.
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Gig economy grey area
In November last year, food delivery drivers working for platforms like UberEats in the CBD were targeted in a Victoria Police traffic operation. Two hundred infringement notices were issued, with at least a quarter of offences relating to delivery bike users.
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