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Butts banned on Bourke
Bourke Street Mall will be smoke-free from October 4 after overwhelming community support for a ban led City of Melbourne councillors to vote for its implementation.
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Recycling resumes
The City of Melbourne and two other local councils restarted household recycling pick-ups on Monday, September 23 after SKM’s biggest processing plant reopened.
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A grand donation
Developer Cbus Property has donated hundreds of furniture items from a recently closed four-star hotel on Spring St to homes set up by The Salvation Army across Melbourne.
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A green transformation of our city
Director of City Design and Projects at the City of Melbourne, Professor Rob Adams, knows that changing the city doesn’t happen overnight.
Read MoreBig property write-downs but Town Hall’s finances remain strong
As the City of Melbourne (CoM) finally gets cracking with its biggest ever investment in the Queen Victoria Market (QVM), the capital city council has just announced an accounting loss for the 2018-19 year of $181 million.
Read MoreSecurity upgrades complete
Pedestrians now have additional protection along the Bourke Street Mall, following the completion of security upgrades by the state government.
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E-scooters for summer?
While the state government is yet to let e-scooters into Melbourne, Lime is gunning for a summer trial in either the City of Melbourne (CoM) or the City of Port Phillip.
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New CE at cohealth
Victoria St based health organisation cohealth has announced the appointment of Nicole Bartholomeusz as its new chief executive (CE).
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The harms of gambling
Anna Bardsley lost ten years of her life gambling in Melbourne’s CBD.
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Pedal power polo
Described as a mix between the horseback version of the sport and ice hockey, bike polo’s entrance into Melbourne’s sporting fabric is a fascinating tale of how an organically developed sport made its way around the world.
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The ‘Russian Hippo’
I’ll have a “Sauvignon Blank” please
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