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Channelling students into entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurial pair Arnav Dutta and Shourov Bhattacharya is determined to bring out the best in the CBD’s brightest international students.
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Happy outcome for historic CBD house
Lola Russell and George Dixon got a happy outcome for their nightmare of losing their home when a development company offered to fully restore their hundred-year-old house.
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Non-compliant cladding in the CBD
The City of Melbourne (CoM) is refusing to reveal which CBD buildings are still under investigation for their non-compliant, flammable cladding.
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Doyle blunts West Gate Tunnel opposition
Melbourne councillors have savaged the proposed West Gate Tunnel project, despite the best efforts of the Lord Mayor to hose them down.
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Political alliance revives market project
Lord Mayor Robert Doyle’s ambition to redevelop the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) appears to be well and truly back on track after a shoulder-to-shoulder vote of confidence from Premier Daniel Andrews on July 11.
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Metro Tunnel builders chosen
The design and builders for the major tunnelling works and five underground stations of the Metro Tunnel project have been announced.
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The CBD is one enormous Chinatown
The Melbourne CBD has a larger percentage of Chinese residents than any other CBD or suburb in Australia, the 2016 census shows.
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Finding ghosts and inspiration in Chinatown
It’s mid-afternoon in Melbourne and I’m surrounded by the familiar heritage buildings in Chinatown, though without much time to appreciate them.
Read MoreThe Age of Innocence
Fine artist Julian Clavijo is the only local artist I’m aware of who’s attempted a reverse transition i.e. from the gallery wall to using the street as his canvas!
Read MoreBaby it’s cold outside
One thing led to another and then another and I found myself reading an article about the recent discovery of the coldest known object in the universe.
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His regal highness Phil
Orry-Kelly: Dressing Hollywood
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