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QVM traders say increased costs would hurt business

August 23rd, 2023 - Brendan Rees

Queen Victoria Market (QVM) traders say uncertainty looms over the future of their businesses after being informed they will face additional fees to cover rising operational costs.

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International students strain under work restrictions

August 23rd, 2023 - Edmund Coleman

Work restrictions introduced by the federal government in July that limit international students to 48 hours per fortnight are having wide-ranging effects, with some students feeling the economic pinch and others being forced to leave the country entirely.

Locals, stakeholders endorse CBD end of Greenline, less convinced about Docklands side

August 23rd, 2023 - David Schout

Hundreds of residents and stakeholders have strongly endorsed designs for the eastern “city” end of the City of Melbourne’s flagship Greenline project but have expressed less certainty about the western “Docklands” side.

The founding of Melbourne and its changing faces

August 23rd, 2023 - Chinese Museum

On August 30, 1835, European settlers sailed from Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) aboard the schooner Enterprize. They landed on the north bank of the Yarra River and established a settlement, on the corner of William and Flinders streets – today known as Enterprize Park.

The robust CBD garden providing calm amongst the chaos

August 23rd, 2023 - Martin Mulvihill

In a densely populated corner of the CBD, a small garden plays a modest but important role in meeting the human and social needs of local residents.

Becoming Eliza, being Anna O’Byrne

August 23rd, 2023 - Edmund Coleman

Melbourne-raised, Anna O’Byrne’s elevation from the Australian Girls’ Choir to becoming an internationally renowned star soprano has been an incredible journey and an atmospheric ascendency.

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s movie concert series returns

August 23rd, 2023 - Georgie Atkins

The last tickets are on sale for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s (MSO) eighth and final performance of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back this October.

Unity, Culture, Hope: Songs for Freedom play for change

August 23rd, 2023 - Edmund Coleman

Marking the 40th anniversary year of 16-year-old Yinjibarndi boy John Pat’s death, Songs for Freedom is a moving assembly of soul, blues and country music by the Freedom Collective, advocating for change in the alarmingly disproportionate incarceration rates of Aboriginal children in Australian prisons.

Void: new gallery opens in Bourke St

August 23rd, 2023 - Rhonda Dredge

The building was one of those picturesque heritage banks dotting the CBD. It was built for the Bank of New South Wales and was smaller than others. A button beneath the word “Void” opened a glass door. The staircase was elegant with iron fretwork and a walnut handrail.