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We’re no longer “most liveable”
Melbourne has lost its title of world’s most liveable city to Vienna, despite nabbing its highest ever liveability score.
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Successful recycling initiative
101 Collins Street has partnered up with Simply Cups to alternatively recycle takeaway coffee cups.
Read MoreCouncillors in love
Melbourne councillors have been smitten with admiration and praise for a proposed new apartment building on the site of the Mercure Hotel in Spring St.
Read MoreNo cash? You can now tap to tip
Ever heard a brilliant busker playing on the CBD streets, reached into your pocket to give a tip, and realise there’s nothing there?
Read MoreThe buck stops right here
It’s hard not to be impressed by the man in charge of policing in the eastern half of the CBD – Inspector Craig Peel.
Read MoreResidents let down on short-stay Bill
Residents hoping for a legislative solution to short-stay rentals in apartments will have to wait until at least 2021 for their next opportunity following the passing of the Owners Corporation Amendment (Short-stay Accommodation) Bill 2016 on August 8.
Read MoreAnother record night market
The Queen Victoria Market’s (QVM) winter night market continues to outperform, with another record season attendance this year.
Read MoreCouncil takes a radical U-turn on Queen Vic
The City of Melbourne has abandoned its renewal plans for the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) and is throwing the market’s problems back on “the people”.
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Killing the culture that laid the golden egg
In a fairly foreseeable series of events, the move of monolithic clothing chain Culture Kings into Melbourne’s iconic Hosier Lane has proved antithetical to the preservation of culture.
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Reflections on “full pelt”for 100 days
Some 100 days into the lord mayoralty, Sally Capp’s energy is undiminished and her learning along the way has sharpened her capacity to effect change.
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A different look at homelessness
Precinct under threat
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