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Chinatown will celebrate the Year of the Ox in COVID-safe style with Chinese New Year festivities in February.
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CBD suffering from lack of international students
Despite the City of Melbourne’s (CoM) efforts to bring international students back to the city, the state government doesn’t seem to be budging.
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Is Campbell Arcade saved?
Rail Projects Victoria (RPV) is revising plans for a controversial underground pedestrian link that planned to demolish part of the heritage-listed Campbell Arcade.
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Redefining the CBD lunch
Food courts are reporting some good customer numbers with the much-publicised return of office workers to the CBD in the third week of January.
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Protestors silenced by council laws
The release of 26 refugees from detention in the Park Hotel in Swanston St is a victory for their supporters and a strong campaign over the Christmas period.
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Injecting room report delayed
A key report that could determine the future of a proposed second injecting room near the Queen Victoria Market has been delayed.
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Leadership roles assigned as council revamps meetings
Key portfolios for the next four years have been assigned to recently-elected City of Melbourne councillors, who have endorsed a new way to conduct meetings.
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Outdoor dining a ray of sunshine over a quiet holiday break
Sunshine stretching over empty streets: a bizarre sight for the holiday period in Melbourne’s CBD.
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Theosophical demolition prompts fight over notice rights
Demolition of the almost-century-old former Theosophical Society building has been approved twice, first in 2018 and then again last year. Neighbouring residents are still fighting to save it, and they want to change planning protocol in the CBD while they’re at it.
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Uncertainty over future of “eyesore”
The redevelopment of the CBD’s “most high-profile eyesore” into a large-scale bar and restaurant is up in the air after its developers threatened to pull the pin in the wake of an unfavourable City of Melbourne decision.
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CBD alley to disappear after council sells to developer
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