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Councillor speaks out against city’s security crackdown

September 24th, 2025 - Jon Fleetwood

City of Melbourne councillor Dr Olivia Ball has warned that the council’s security initiatives are heading in a troubling direction and represent a misuse of public funds, with new safety officers set to be equipped with handcuffs and given the power to make arrests.

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Melbourne Fashion Week 2025: Come As You Are takes over the city

September 24th, 2025 - Sean Car

Melbourne is preparing for a week-long celebration of style, creativity and community as Melbourne Fashion Week (M/FW) returns from October 20 to 26.

Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio opens new home at Fed Square with 1000 instruments

September 24th, 2025 - Xianghan Meng

Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS) has expanded to a new home at Federation Square, opening on September 19 with one of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest publicly accessible collections of electronic instruments.

Craft Victoria unveils Trove: Contemporary Jewellery

September 24th, 2025 - CBD News

Craft Victoria is set to shine a spotlight on some of Australia’s most innovative jewellery makers with the opening of Trove: Contemporary Jewellery, running from September 27 to November 8 at its Watson Place gallery.

The great migration: Why Melbourne’s leading businesses are moving to Kings Business Park

September 24th, 2025 - CBD News

Melbourne’s commercial landscape is undergoing a quiet but powerful shift. Once bound to a corporate Collins St address, many major businesses are relocating their headquarters to the city fringe, and at the centre of this movement is Kings Business Park.

Observing at Flagstaff

September 24th, 2025 - CBD News

This humble building in Flagstaff Gardens, covered in ivy and sporting a weathervane, was once an important scientific site in Melbourne.

Unlocking the artist within: Lyn Gazal tells the secret of drawing well …

September 24th, 2025 - Lyn Gazal

I’ve always been able to draw. As a youngster, it was a genuine puzzlement. Why could I draw, and my classmates couldn’t? Two of my siblings could draw, but the other three couldn’t. Hence my bewilderment!

Hundreds of drivers ready to drive through the Metro Tunnel

September 24th, 2025 - Metro Tunnel

The Metro Tunnel is another step closer to opening later this year, with nearly 500 drivers now trained and ready to take passengers through the tunnel and five new stations.

RMIT expands footprint in China with new Joint Institute in Shanghai

September 24th, 2025 - Sean Car

RMIT University will expand its presence in China through a new Joint Institute with the Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (SUIBE), in what Premier Jacinta Allan has hailed as one of the highest-level education partnerships between the two countries.