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No cash? You can now tap to tip

No cash? You can now tap to tip

August 23rd, 2018 - CBD News

Ever heard a brilliant busker playing on the CBD streets, reached into your pocket to give a tip, and realise there’s nothing there?

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The buck stops right here

August 23rd, 2018 - CBD News

It’s hard not to be impressed by the man in charge of policing in the eastern half of the CBD – Inspector Craig Peel.

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Residents let down on short-stay Bill

August 23rd, 2018 - CBD News

Residents hoping for a legislative solution to short-stay rentals in apartments will have to wait until at least 2021 for their next opportunity following the passing of the Owners Corporation Amendment (Short-stay Accommodation) Bill 2016 on August 8.

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Another record night market

August 23rd, 2018 - CBD News

The Queen Victoria Market’s (QVM) winter night market continues to outperform, with another record season attendance this year.

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Council takes a radical U-turn on Queen Vic

August 23rd, 2018 - CBD News

The City of Melbourne has abandoned its renewal plans for the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) and is throwing the market’s problems back on “the people”.

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Killing the culture that laid the golden egg

August 23rd, 2018 - CBD News

In a fairly foreseeable series of events, the move of monolithic clothing chain Culture Kings into Melbourne’s iconic Hosier Lane has proved antithetical to the preservation of culture.

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Reflections on “full pelt”for 100 days

August 23rd, 2018 - CBD News

Some 100 days into the lord mayoralty, Sally Capp’s energy is undiminished and her learning along the way has sharpened her capacity to effect change.

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Critics open fire on Melbourne Day

August 23rd, 2018 - CBD News

The “invasion day” label, which has controversially dogged Australia Day in recent years, has caught up with the CBD-based Melbourne Day, with immediate consequences. 

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Telstra plunders CBD for profits

August 23rd, 2018 - CBD News

After years of incremental encroachment into the public domain for private profits, Telstra appears to have crossed a City of Melbourne “line in the sand” with its latest rollout of monster digital advertising.

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Alaska Sun

July 26th, 2018 - CBD News

The sound of the 150 active volcanoes on the Jupiter moon Io is the sound of Warped.

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CBD roads resurfaced with used plastic

CBD roads resurfaced with used plastic

November 27th, 2019 - David Schout
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Benvenuto il Mercato Centrale!

September 25th, 2024 - Georgie Atkins
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