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Athenaeum opens arms to new city
The Melbourne Athenaeum Library is reaching out to the community – much as it did when it was established in 1839.
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50 more beds
Melbourne City Mission’s Frontyard Integrated Youth Service in King St is to receive funding for at least 50 more beds to house the city’s homeless youth.
Read MoreA real treat for book lovers
Book lovers, readers and collectors are in for a real treat from July 14 to 24 during the 2016 Melbourne Rare Book Week.
Read MoreCloud over CBD share cars
There is doubt over the viability of the share car service within the CBD since the City of Melbourne last year changed the rules and hit the three local operators with new fees.
Read MoreMany more rough sleepers
The 2016 StreetCount has found nearly twice as many rough sleepers in inner-Melbourne than two years ago.
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Residents meet local MPs
CBD residents spent an evening with their local state and federal MPs last month, and ticked off the usual list of issues.
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Human megaphone won’t back down
Meet the man with the big voice who has been sounding off in a major way in the CBD for the last 16 years.
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The emperor is naked
The childhood story, "The Emperor’s New Clothes", comes to mind to describe the farcical “solution” the City of Melbourne is pursuing to rid the CBD of its nightly invasion by garbage trucks.
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Port Phillip uncertainties
Older established tenants of the Flinders Quarter are not as positive about the coming CBD South Metro Station as newcomers.
Read MoreEven more garbage trucks in the CBD
As the City of Melbourne tinkers with an expensive, but minimal and piecemeal garbage compactor policy for the CBD, the number of nightly garbage trucks continues to grow.
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Putting your sleep health first
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