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From busking to the city’s top job

New Melbourne council CEO Ben Rimmer is returning to the city which gave him a start in life – as a young busker playing violin for extra cash.

End of the line for weather station

After 106 years of recording CBD weather, the LaTrobe St weather observation station has been closed.

Parking has peaked in CBD

Car parking has peaked in central Melbourne and is now in decline.

Ken and the art of political independence

Cr Ken Ong is very much his own man.

Where has all the good architecture gone?

There is one problem – there have been few good pieces of architecture built here in the past five years. 

Desirable!

The magic of the stage

At just 26-years of age, CBD resident Jayde Krichet exhibits the confidence and the wisdom of a seasoned stage director.

AGM season

For a large number of owners’ corporations at this time of the year is time for the annual general meeting (AGM).

Waiting to learn new rules

It’s a new year, we have a new state government, an updated project database and potentially a new planning approval regime for the Capital City Zone which encompasses the CBD, Southbank, Docklands and Fishermans Bend.