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Cohealth celebrates major milestone

Cohealth celebrates major milestone

August 27th, 2025 - Jon Fleetwood

Not-for-profit community health organisation Cohealth has reached a major milestone, with its team delivering half-a-million service occasions to clients over the past year.

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City of Melbourne proposes new smoke-free areas

August 26th, 2025 - Dermot O’Brien

The City of Melbourne is proposing new additions to its existing enforced “smoke-free” areas around the CBD.

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City of Melbourne and Vasey RSL Care join forces for Homelessness Week

August 21st, 2025 - Sean Car

The City of Melbourne has marked Homelessness Week by highlighting the role of its flagship housing initiative, Make Room, while joining forces with Vasey RSL Care to provide food hampers for residents doing it tough.

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State Library Victoria’s largest-ever free exhibition of artists’ creative journeys

August 14th, 2025 - Xianghan Meng

The State Library Victoria (SLV) will launch its largest free exhibition on August 15, taking viewers behind the scenes of the artists' creations, featuring nearly 600 items.

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City makes a splash for World Drowning Prevention Day

August 12th, 2025 - Sean Car

The City of Melbourne has recently marked World Drowning Prevention Day with a renewed commitment to water safety, announcing the return of its free swimming lessons and discounted pool entry for residents this summer.

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The realities of community health amid a city petty crime “epidemic”

July 23rd, 2025 - Jon Fleetwood

Every day, Cohealth’s outreach team supports the city’s most vulnerable. They walk Melbourne’s streets and laneways to check on the welfare of people sleeping rough.

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Laneway installation urges Victorians to Look Up to the Future of vocational learning

July 22nd, 2025 - Sean Car

A new installation hanging above one of Melbourne’s most iconic laneways is putting the future of education front and centre – and overhead.

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Discover Melbourne’s hidden stories at Open House Melbourne Weekend

July 22nd, 2025 - Alexandra Randall

This weekend, Open House Melbourne returns under the theme “Stories of the City”, giving locals rare access to fascinating buildings, new projects, and private homes usually closed to the public.

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Council bolsters security presence but consultation concerns raised

June 25th, 2025 - Jon Fleetwood

The City of Melbourne will invest $2 million to expand its security presence in the CBD, despite failing to consult leading community health organisations during a security guard trial that informed the council’s approach to public safety.

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Restoring Melbourne as the most liveable city in the world

June 25th, 2025 - Brad Battin

A jewel in the crown – a title once afforded to the world’s most liveable city. Melbourne had broken its own record and was the first city ever to win the title for seven consecutive years.

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Premium office space for CBD

Premium office space for CBD

January 24th, 2019 - CBD News
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