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“They are missing, we miss them”: Plan to bolster city’s student reputation
More than a third of the CBD’s student population have left the city since the onset of COVID-19, and a plan has emerged to arrest the slide.
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“Everyone has COVID”
Despite dire warnings about COVID ripping through the CBD and decimating the workforce, brave defenders of the culture are showing how to deal with it.
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Local heroes shine in Australia Day Honours list
Four CBD residents have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to the community in this year’s Australia Day Honours List.
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CBD, West Melbourne COVID vaccine clinics open for kids
Cohealth has welcomed 5- to 11-year-olds to a new CBD vaccination clinic at the Drill Hall opposite Queen Victoria Market, also opening its West Melbourne vaccination clinic to 5 to 11-year-olds from January 10.
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New campaign to lure residents into the CBD
In 1978, architectural commentator Norman Day described Melbourne as “an empty useless city centre.”
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Bid for 50 new CBD poker machines as councillor slams government delay
An application for 50 new CBD poker machines has been lodged with the City of Melbourne which, if approved, would see the number of licensed machines within the Hoddle Grid alone exceed 600
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Readings set to open new chapter in CBD
A new Readings bookshop is set to open in Melbourne’s CBD, with managing director Mark Rubbo rejoicing that the city would no longer have lockdowns “hanging over our heads”.
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Electric buses to improve CBD air quality
Some of the harmful diesel buses that run along Lonsdale St could be replaced with electric alternatives as early as June 2022, in a move that will lessen air pollution in the CBD.
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A week in the life of Bourke St
The last days of lockdown were moving swiftly for those connected to the block in Bourke St between Little Collins, Elizabeth and McKillop streets.
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Developer takes council to VCAT over permit condition to build hotel
A developer will head to the state planning tribunal to contest a permit condition despite winning the City of Melbourne’s approval to build a 12-storey hotel in the CBD.
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Council compromised by donations
Fears for traders as virus takes its toll
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