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Problem with fake beggars
Local police have been cracking down on “fake” beggars and anti-social behaviour in the CBD.
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New container-stalls for QVM
Heritage Victoria (HV) has granted permission for the installation of a further 12 free-standing shipping containers to be used as stalls at the Queen Victoria Market (QVM).
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Hospitality wage theft in the city
Hospo Voice has continued to expose city-based hospitality employers underpaying their staff as the Fair Work Ombudsman conducts investigations into exploitation exposed by the union last year.
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Culture, colour and family for CNY
Family and culture will be the focus of celebrations at the 2019 Chinese New Year Melbourne Festival to bring in the Year of the Pig in February.
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It’s Ellen again
Melbourne MLA Ellen Sandell has defied a statewide swing to Labor to retain her seat by the same margin as last time – 2.4 per cent.
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CEO warns on QVM commerce
After nine months in the job, Queen Victoria Market CEO Stan Liacos has arrived at the same place as his numerous predecessors – that if the business and precinct is prevented from adapting, it may die.
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Melbourne’s Garden of Gethsemane
The gothic-styled Wesley Church on Lonsdale St, a congregation of the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA), is surrounded by scaffolding, with a 35-level office tower ascending next door.
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People’s panel torpedoes civic space
The “people” have torpedoed the City of Melbourne’s five-year ambition to relocate parking and trader amenities under Queen Victoria Market's (QVM) heritage-listed sheds in order to build a new civic space.
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Inspectorate raps Doyle candidates
Councillors and candidates who ran on the ticket of former lord mayor Robert Doyle have been reprimanded by the Local Government Inspectorate over how they declared their campaign donations.
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City takes three awards
CBD-based organisations won three of the eight Melbourne Awards this year.
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Council approves amended Russell St function centre, despite 36 objections
Suburban councils take the lead
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