Latest articles by Sean Car
Green light for shed restoration
Heritage Victoria has given the City of Melbourne the go-ahead to undertake major heritage restoration works to preserve Queen Victoria Market’s historic open-air sheds.
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Cities unite behind new climate targets
The City of Melbourne is following Sydney’s lead in adopting more ambitious targets to reduce its carbon emissions.
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Market Square could honour the dead
An analysis of the community engagement for the future community space on the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) carpark has revealed a strong desire to honour those who lie beneath.
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Building a lead on climate change
The City of Melbourne continues to demonstrate the urgency in reducing carbon emissions in our city, both through its own actions and influencing others to act in the community and other levels of government.
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Driven by support
The Salvation Army is in Major Brendan Nottle’s blood.
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Towards zero-waste events
The City of Melbourne is calling on the community to support its mission to make all of its events environmentally friendly.
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Market plans “a recipe for congestion”
CBD North residents continue to express concerns over the City of Melbourne's proposed road and traffic changes as part of its renewal of Queen Victoria Market (QVM).
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Uncertainty rises despite improvements
The City of Melbourne’s latest renewal plans detailing the provision of new infrastructure at Queen Victoria Market (QVM) have failed to ease growing trader concerns of a day market on the decline.
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A green transformation of our city
Director of City Design and Projects at the City of Melbourne, Professor Rob Adams, knows that changing the city doesn’t happen overnight.
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Barbering is in the blood
For the manager and “head barber” of Queen Victoria Market’s (QVM’s) new barbershop Edwin Squires, hairdressing runs in the family.
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Council’s call to action on waste
While local councils across the state continue working behind the scenes to resolve our recycling crisis, the City of Melbourne is encouraging its residents to play an active role in being part of the solution on waste.
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Heritage push for Queen St
The City of Melbourne has welcomed a recommendation to extend heritage protections at the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) to include a 200-metre section of Queen St on the Victorian Heritage Register.
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Government takes lead on cladding
The state government ended years of speculation last month when it pledged $600 million of taxpayers’ money to remove high-risk cladding from apartment buildings.
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Council declares climate emergency
City of Melbourne councillors moved an urgent item of business last month by formally declaring a “climate and biodiversity emergency”.
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Contrarians in coats
If there is one thing that David and Sally Kiper know, it’s how to produce a good coat.
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The city’s new men’s shed unveiled
The Melbourne Men’s Shed was officially opened on Monday, September 7 at Federation Square – a first for CBD residents.
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