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Hospitality wage theft in the city
Hospo Voice has continued to expose city-based hospitality employers underpaying their staff as the Fair Work Ombudsman conducts investigations into exploitation exposed by the union last year.
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Culture, colour and family for CNY
Family and culture will be the focus of celebrations at the 2019 Chinese New Year Melbourne Festival to bring in the Year of the Pig in February.
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It’s Ellen again
Melbourne MLA Ellen Sandell has defied a statewide swing to Labor to retain her seat by the same margin as last time – 2.4 per cent.
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Melbourne’s Garden of Gethsemane
The gothic-styled Wesley Church on Lonsdale St, a congregation of the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA), is surrounded by scaffolding, with a 35-level office tower ascending next door.
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People’s panel torpedoes civic space
The “people” have torpedoed the City of Melbourne’s five-year ambition to relocate parking and trader amenities under Queen Victoria Market's (QVM) heritage-listed sheds in order to build a new civic space.
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Inspectorate raps Doyle candidates
Councillors and candidates who ran on the ticket of former lord mayor Robert Doyle have been reprimanded by the Local Government Inspectorate over how they declared their campaign donations.
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City takes three awards
CBD-based organisations won three of the eight Melbourne Awards this year.
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It’s never too soon
Intrepid locals have prepared themselves for the worst at a free defence workshop run by the Fitness and Martials Arts Center in Collins St.
Read MoreLots of love for local police
Decisive action, which quickly ended November 9’s Bourke St terrorist attack, has brought public accolades and respect for local police.
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Murder of a neighbour
It’s 8 am and Pellegrinis on the corner of Bourke and Crossley has just re-opened. There’s soon a queue for coffee and a blanket of media waiting outside. Cameras are clicking and footage is being recorded.
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Phenomenon of street art
Council tackles city flood risk
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