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City gardens, trees and street trees
The City of Melbourne has developed several well thought out policies to progressively ensure our city becomes greener. But can there be a better way to improve the fate of street trees?
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Too thick to drink and too thin to plough
In the early 1970s, when I was a student at La Trobe University, I joined a folk club briefly where I was introduced to a number of modern versions of the traditional Australian folk songs that I’d always loved.
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Satisfying a footy-mad town
After Terence Port’s parents immigrated to Melbourne from South Africa, their first business move was to set up a stall at Queen Victoria Market (QVM).
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State Library Station breakthrough
Three massive machines – each weighing more than 100 tonnes – have met 30 metres underground, in the first tunnel breakthrough on the Metro Tunnel Project.
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Corkman will not be rebuilt
The latest news is that Raman Shaqiri and Stefce Kutlesovski, the developers who illegally demolished the 1856 Corkman Irish pub in Carlton, are removing the debris from the site (which contained asbestos), and are disposing it.
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When the press performs well
Way above the CBD in a lovely little apartment hidden within a hotel on Highlander Lane, two thinkers work on articles for publication in the academic press.
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One of the mob
The buildings are grander and more institutional if you approach the CBD from the north. Even the houses on the northern fringe have arched verandas.
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Bird Sounds
Prolific Melbourne singer/songwriter Emma Russuck's fifth album Winter Blues will be launched at The Jazzlab on Wednesday August 7.
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Big awards for small businesses
The City of Melbourne recognised the contribution of small businesses to the city on June 27 through the 2019 Lord Mayor’s Commendations.
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Christmas time in the city, 1930
Financial viability of market redevelopment in question
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