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Honouring officers killed in the line of duty
Victoria Police is encouraging everyone to show their support for Blue Ribbon Day to commemorate the 175 officers who have died in the line of duty.
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Metro Tunnel achieves major milestone with first test trains
The first test trains have started running through the Metro Tunnel, marking a major milestone for the project and the beginning of a rigorous, months-long testing phase.
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Labor’s broken harm minimisation model threatens community safety
Recent speculation that a medically supervised injecting room will be located at the Salvos at the top of Bourke St demonstrates the Andrews Government’s disregard for our community.
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We are humans, we don’t minimise harm by creating harm to others
Communities are living organisms that are interconnected and where wellbeing must be considered holistically for successful outcomes. Nowhere is this more evident than in the heart of the city where everything has a greater intensity, vibrancy, and dynamism.
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Who painted the lane?
Hosier Lane is a well-known and culturally significant laneway located in the heart of the CBD. If you don’t know where it is, then you’re probably not from around here.
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An afternoon concert in Little Bourke St in the 1880s
Seven bandsmen, dressed in flat caps and uniforms, perform outside a substantial bluestone building, believed to be the premises of R Goldsbrough & Co, wool and grain agents, a company that had large grain and produce stores around the city.
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Homelessness Week – a weak proposition that borders on poverty porn
As a homelessness advocate, it would be easy for people to think that Homelessness Week would be a favourite week of mine, after all, it’s a week dedicated to something I’m deeply passionate about – homelessness.
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Our pressure on Labor to regulate short-stays and address the housing crisis is working
The CBD is a great place to live. But residents are rightfully frustrated by the lack of affordable housing and the ever-increasing amount of short-stay accommodation dominating our suburbs.
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Working from your apartment in the CBD … feeling lonely and cooped up?
Finding that working from home is not all it’s cracked up to be? Feeling a little stir-crazy and finding a need for more social interaction?
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The latest addition to QVM’s Purpose Precinct champions all things sustainability
Having already been a leading social enterprise in the sustainable economy for more than two decades, the latest addition to Queen Victoria Market’s (QVM) Purpose Precinct is changing the game when it comes to repurposed goods.
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Explaining active citizenship: responsibility, participation and change
“The Old Tin Shed”: hated by many, missed by few
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