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Fire Services Museum of Victoria: Keeping watch on our fires
Thanks to its venerable old building and dedicated volunteers, the Fire Services Museum of Victoria offers visitors time out, a sense of perspective and some learnings about fires and fire safety.
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Councillors back expanded Safe City Camera policy after lengthy debate
Melbourne councillors have endorsed the City of Melbourne’s draft Safe City Camera policy following a protracted and at times tense debate that stretched for more than an hour at the Future Melbourne Committee meeting on December 2.
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Outpouring of support for State Library’s “heart and soul”
The cancellation of a plan that would see public-facing staff cut in favour of new digital services at the State Library Victoria has been met with relief by some high-profile opponents and the library workers’ union.
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Fruit and veg fury over waste charges at Queen Vic Market
Fruit and vegetable traders at the Queen Victoria Market are up in arms again over proposed waste charges, despite market management maintaining that the changes simply bring them “into alignment with all other market traders”.
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How seniors are rediscovering Melbourne through tour guides
Paul Daffey, a former sports journalist, has found a new way to combine his editorial background with his love for the city of Melbourne.
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Pellegrini’s: “love letter to Melbourne” set to screen on TV
Many Melburnians have stories about Pellegrini’s that are part of the fabric of their lives, filmmaker Frank Lotito says.
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Australian theatres take centre stage at fortyfivedownstairs
Melbourne’s iconic theatre spaces, usually glimpsed only from the stalls or backstage corridors, will be brought into sharp focus in February as photographer Cameron Grant presents Australian Theatres Unveiled at fortyfivedownstairs.
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Churros Spanish Donuts: learning about life’s treats at QVM
Family, giving and good vibrations – both percussive and of a spiritual kind – are what motivate Queen Victoria Market (QVM) stallholder Christian Silva.
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Granita and governance cited in grant dispute for Pellegrini’s documentary
Despite finding themselves in furious agreement about the significance of Pellegrini’s to the city and the value of a documentary about it, some councillors disagreed about approving a grant to its filmmakers at a recent council meeting.
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Council divided as City of Melbourne reverses support for CBD injecting room
A heated and deeply polarising debate erupted at Melbourne Town Hall on November 25 last year as councillors voted to overturn the City of Melbourne’s long-standing support for a medically supervised injecting service (MSIS) in the CBD.
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Report card on city walking
“People are dying in our streets”: Local group backs CBD injecting room
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