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Tracking high-risk COVID locations
During the recent hotel quarantine outbreaks, a new team of COVID rapid responders from Cohealth worked swiftly to identify hundreds of high-risk accommodation locations in the vicinity of exposure sites.
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Lord Mayor calls for urgent help amid “extremely worrying” report into the city’s ailing economy
Lord Mayor Sally Capp will meet with federal and state treasurers to urge targeted city support beyond March after a council report outlined a devastating economic impact of COVID-19 on Melbourne almost 12 months on.
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Owners’ corporation changes shut down
A bid to make it easier for owners’ corporations (OCs) to take legal action against corrupt developers has been shut down in the Victorian upper house.
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Chinatown has a Niübi
Walking down Little Bourke St through Melbourne’s busy Chinatown Precinct, you’d be forgiven for walking past Heffernan Lane without a second glace, but if you did, you’d be missing out on an iconic piece of Melbourne history.
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Controversial Christmas parking a “success”: Lord Mayor
A third of all cars parked in inner-Melbourne throughout the Christmas and New Year period used a “free parking” voucher, a level of uptake Lord Mayor Sally Capp said justified its contentious introduction.
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Waratah Place is open again
Chinatown’s Waratah Place has reopened to the public after major electrical works closed the historic lanewayfor two years.
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Chinese New Year!
Chinatown will celebrate the Year of the Ox in COVID-safe style with Chinese New Year festivities in February.
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Injecting room report delayed
A key report that could determine the future of a proposed second injecting room near the Queen Victoria Market has been delayed.
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Theosophical demolition prompts fight over notice rights
Demolition of the almost-century-old former Theosophical Society building has been approved twice, first in 2018 and then again last year. Neighbouring residents are still fighting to save it, and they want to change planning protocol in the CBD while they’re at it.
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Injecting room: No other site considered, as report looms
The Victorian government’s bid to open the state’s second safe injecting facility has only considered one contentious CBD site despite widespread rejection from key stakeholders, as the December release of a key report looms.
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