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Is it time to review your will?

October 26th, 2022 - Peter Nevile

If you are wishing to rehearse your marital vows in front of someone, your wills and estates lawyer may not be the most encouraging audience. Whilst poetically proclaiming your conviction that it will only be death that does you two apart, your lawyer is bound to interrupt you to ask, “and then what?”

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It’s time to reinstate third-party rights

October 26th, 2022 - CBD News

On the March 5, 2022, in his address to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said, “if you want to keep the CBD vibrant, then we need to have more people living in the CBD”.

Former refugee sets up law practice

October 26th, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

Ambition underscores many of the moves by young professionals who set up offices in the CBD, hoping to make their mark on society.

Fixing our health system

October 26th, 2022 - Ellen Sandell

The past few years have been incredibly tough on Victoria’s healthcare system and the people who work in it.

Internationally recognised artists to make a splash at CBD stations

September 21st, 2022 - Metro Tunnel

Major public works by world-class artists will feature at the Metro Tunnel’s two new underground CBD stations, boosting Melbourne’s reputation as the nation’s cultural capital.

The lost art of “in the moment” appreciation

September 21st, 2022 - Brendan Nottle

The global response to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II has caught me by surprise. Even staunch republicans have been pausing to pay their respects. But why?

Dear CBD News,

September 21st, 2022 - CBD News

I write with a love for Melbourne having lived here for six years in the 1970s. I am currently dog-sitting for my daughter who lives in Carlton. I read with interest your edition of the CBD News September 2022, Issue 90.

Learning to live here

September 21st, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

There’s a cute little café down a lane off Little Collins St and it’s one of the few open on a Saturday in this neighbourhood.

Residents 3000 – an AGM and 30 years to celebrate

September 21st, 2022 - Susan Saunders

The recent Forum 3000 on September 1 was the community group’s AGM and 30-year birthday; a time for recapping the year’s successes and welcoming Lord Mayor Sally Capp.