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Hidden secret of Melbourne: Athenaeum Library

March 25th, 2026 - Jenny Denton

Above the trundling trams, ever-present cars and the comings and goings of bikes and pedestrians on Collins St sits a venue that has been there since Melbourne’s beginnings.

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Queen Victoria Market records strongest visitation in years despite renewal works

March 25th, 2026 - Sean Car

Queen Victoria Market has recorded its strongest visitation in years, with a new annual report showing the historic precinct continues to draw growing crowds even as major renewal works reshape the site.

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Comedy festival hits the spot

March 25th, 2026 - Jenny Denton

This year the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, which opens on Wednesday, March 25, marks its 40th anniversary with its biggest-ever event, taking in more than 800 shows.

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Why ART still stings, sparkles and lands 30 years on

March 25th, 2026 - Sean Car

Some plays arrive, make a splash and fade. Others burrow deeper into theatre culture and refuse to leave. ART, Yasmina Reza’s internationally celebrated three-hander about friendship, taste and the detonating power of one very expensive painting, belongs firmly in the second category.

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Our plan to stop the waste and corruption

March 25th, 2026 - Evan Mulholland

For more than a decade under this Labor Government, the purpose of infrastructure has not been to get Victorians off to work and back home quickly and safely, but to chase headlines and – as we continue to learn – keep their union masters happy and well paid with little care for the Budget bottom line.

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Farewell to the Caiafas: a beloved family business at Queen Victoria Market

March 25th, 2026 - Jenny Denton

After 52 years M&G Caiafa bread and pastries has been sold, with the siblings who ran it for the past three decades now starting to experiment with sleeping in.

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Community CCTV appeal

March 25th, 2026 - Jenny Denton

Local police are appealing to members of the community with public-facing CCTV cameras to register them in a database used to help solve crimes.

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The beginning of a square, and the end of history

March 25th, 2026 - CBD News

For those who are young or new to Melbourne, it might be a shock to discover that buildings once occupied the site of Town Hall Station, at the corner of Swanston and Collins streets.

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Construction begins on major student tower at 570 Little Bourke St

March 25th, 2026 - Sean Car

Construction has officially begun on a major new student accommodation tower at 570 Little Bourke St, with project partners marking the milestone at a ground-breaking and time capsule ceremony in the CBD on March 23.

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Multicultural Hub marks one millionth visitor

March 25th, 2026 - Sean Car

Melbourne’s Multicultural Hub at 506 Elizabeth St has reached a major milestone, recording its one millionth visitor after 18 years of supporting migrants, refugees, international students and other diverse communities in the heart of the city.

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Cash for containers

Cash for containers

September 25th, 2019 - CBD News
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