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PSOs mark a decade of service

February 24th, 2022 - Brendan Rees

Victoria’s protective services officers (PSOs) have served a decade on the job with the milestone marked with a commemorative patrol in the CBD in February.

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Uncertain about shopping?

February 24th, 2022 - CBD News

So much of everyday life in the past two years has been conducted at a distance that people have become anxious about shopping.

Mirvac plans to transform city tower into “world-class asset” as office workers return to the CBD

February 24th, 2022 - Brendan Rees

A $650 million plan to refurbish a tower at the “Paris end” of Collins St and extend it by 15 storeys will be considered by the City of Melbourne.

More vulnerable on a scooter

February 24th, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

There’s a spot where the bicycle path beside the Yarra enters the area known as Birrarung Marr on the way into town.

Melbourne International Comedy Festival set to grace city stages

February 24th, 2022 - Brendan Rees

Good old belly laughs are back as tshe Melbourne International Comedy Festival prepares to hit the stages with a sensational line-up of acts.

A stroll along Collins St, 1900

February 24th, 2022 - Dr Cheryl Griffin

Collins St has long been considered Melbourne’s most fashionable street and these smartly dressed pedestrians reflect the street’s status as a popular place to shop at higher end stores like George’s Emporium, the city’s most elegant store, and at the many milliners, costumiers and glove-makers that lined the street. Collins St was the place to be seen.