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Horse permits too hot to handle

With an election looming, Lord Mayor Robert Doyle doesn’t appear to want to talk about horse drawn carriages.

Melbourne council candidates donations register

The page records voluntary disclosures of donations received by candidates in the 2016 Melbourne City Council election.

Call for action on court ruling

Apartment residents, the hotel industry and developers of high-rise apartment buildings are under threat unless the State Government acts.

Queen Victoria Market planning controls

In this month’s column, we comment on a report by Planning Panels Victoria (PPV) rather than a VCAT decision.

The public face of Bennetts Lane Jazz Club

Megg Evans is the public face and creative inspiration behind Melbourne’s longest standing jazz club – Bennetts Lane.

Melbourne – the Most Liveable City 2016

If you are a Melburnian, you have probably heard the catch phrase – “Melbourne is the World’s Most Liveable City”.

Independent Chapel Collins Street 1860

This chapel stood on the corner of Collins and Russell streets. Following the arrival of Reverend William Waterfield, planning started to construct an Independent chapel in what was then known as the Port Phillip District.  

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32-44 Flinders Street

Following last month’s approval of a number of significant buildings within the CBD, another can be added to the list with the formal approval of a Dexus-owned, SJB-designed, twin-tower at 32-44 Flinders St.