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Ashes urn coming to State Library
Australia has reclaimed the Ashes, quite literally.
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Caught out
Who was that sitting enigmatically at a table trying to look anonymous? Was it a celebrity author working on her next book?
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White Night expands in 2019
Victoria’s annual White Night will return to Melbourne across three nights in August.
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In praise of fiction
The Paperback bookshop at the top of Bourke St has been going 50 years and it celebrated last month with a bit of fiction.
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“Featureless” design atop heritage building slammed
The City of Melbourne has criticised a “plain” design directive from Heritage Victoria for a development atop the heritage-listed former Melford Motors building.
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Questions still loom over Fed Square
Following Heritage Victoria’s decision to reject a demolition permit for the Yarra Building, Apple and the state government conceded that plans for a flagship store in the square had become untenable.
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Heritage owners exploit tax loophole
A growing number of CBD buildings have had their official values slashed as a result of a heritage land valuation loop hole, saving owners hundreds of thousands of dollars in land tax.
Read More“Watch this space” on panel
Lord Mayor Sally Capp’s heavily-spruiked residents’ panel is suffering a long and protracted labour and, if born, may resemble an entirely different child.
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Election investigation raises more questions than it answers
The Local Government Inspectorate has warned five local property managers for voting in last year’s City of Melbourne election on behalf of landlords.
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Cervical cancer research trial
A world-first clinical trial is running in Melbourne with the help of a swathe of CBD-based practices and doctors.
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Franklin St photographic exhibition brings some home truths
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