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Chilled author transcends gender
Permafrost is ostensibly a short story collection with disparate settings and different narrators but this could be a ruse used skillfully by the author in a first-person point of view.
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In a league of his own
Thurston the French bulldog was named after rugby league legend Johnathan Thurston.
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Calls for a summit as “residents ignored in election priorities”
The leaders of the CBD’s two residents’ groups have criticised the City of Melbourne for failing to include city-dwellers in its 2022 election priorities to the state and federal governments, calling for a more “deliberative decision-making process.”
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More residents could be key to CBD’s future: Premier
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said Melbourne CBD’s future vibrancy could depend on increased resident numbers and converting office space into dwellings, as the central city grapples with “permanent” changes.
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Melbourne to come alive After Dark
Our city’s most famous cultural institutions will come alive with a weekend of late-night programming as part of a new push from the Victorian Government to stimulate inner-city spending.
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Paterson’s push for Melbourne
In less than two months, Labor candidate Keir Paterson will look to return Melbourne as a Labor seat in the upcoming federal election — but he faces an uphill battle.
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Trader’s feel the pinch as bike lanes impact business
Frustration is growing among some CBD traders who say new protected bike lanes are hurting their businesses as a lack of parking turns customers away.
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CBD residents have raised the alarm after a recent spate of assaults in the city heightened concerns about community safety.
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Workers set to return to Probuild sites
Work was reportedly set to recommence on two key CBD sites previously held by now collapsed construction giant Probuild.
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“An enormous safety problem”: CBD locals meet with council CEO
In an open address to Residents 3000 last month, the City of Melbourne’s CEO Justin Hanney threw the challenge to locals to “come up with great ideas and initiatives” for the city, as he dealt with a number of contentious issues affecting the CBD.
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