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93 per cent council rates gouge
Some CBD residents are reeling from rates gouging of up to 93 per cent by the City of Melbourne.
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Market debate has become ridiculous
There is no doubt about the passion being expressed about the future of the Queen Victoria Market.
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Melbourne Spring Fashion Week 2016
Melbourne Spring Fashion Week is the premier fashion event of the season and one of the most coveted on the city’s social calendar.
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Cold comforts from a welcoming city
The glacial cold-fronts that have swept across Melbourne this winter haven’t deterred the city’s food and wine enthusiasts in the slightest.
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Red light for ‘facadism’
The City of Melbourne has recommended that a developer be refused a permit to build an 85-storey tower at 640 Bourke St.
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Love-locks become art
Couples who fixed a padlock along Evan Walker Bridge some years ago as a tribute to their love can rest assured that, since removed, the locks are being transformed into extraordinary art.
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Market implementation framework released
The City of Melbourne has released details on how and when it intends to revitalise the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) while keeping it open for business right throughout renewal.
Read MoreFinancial viability of market redevelopment in question
The recent fracturing of partisanship around the market redevelopment has called into question its underpinning financial assumptions.
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The day the politics started in earnest
July 20 could end up being remembered as the day the City of Melbourne’s well-intentioned Queen Victoria Market redevelopment became a political saga.
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$100 million hit to business during Metro Rail construction
Business acquisitions and disruptions during the construction of Melbourne Metro Rail will cost the CBD nearly $100 million in lost gross value added (GVA).
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