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Outstanding Rotarian awarded Queen’s Birthday honour

June 22nd, 2022 - Brendan Rees

Alan Seale, a community stalwart and dedicated Rotarian, has been awarded a Queen’s Birthday honour.

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Wanted: a chef with loyalty

June 22nd, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

Many restaurants in the CBD have become less visible as they wait for the right time to reopen their doors.

Fed Square becomes a site to see

June 22nd, 2022 - Kaylah Joelle Baker

Federation Square is preparing for its winter program Anything But Square: Under Surveillance which is due to kick off on July 1 and continue on for five weeks.

Last drinks called at goldrush era pub as fight continues to keep Melbourne’s slice of history

June 22nd, 2022 - Brendan Rees

Calls are mounting for the few remaining historic pubs in the CBD to be saved after regulars of the 158-year-old Great Western Hotel gathered for one last drink.

Locals blame squatters for King St fire

June 22nd, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

Locals are blaming squatters for the fire that destroyed an empty strip club near the corner of King and Lonsdale streets last month.

An unwanted tag: Singapore meeting exposes City of Melbourne’s dilemma

June 22nd, 2022 - David Schout

The City of Melbourne is coming down harder than ever on graffiti, yet street art remains one of the city’s biggest selling points. Can the council have it both ways?

Unison Housing marks major step towards council housing project

June 22nd, 2022 - Brendan Rees

An ambitious project to build a safe accommodation site for the city’s most vulnerable has taken a major step with Unison Housing having signed a lease agreement.

Plans to transform Elizabeth St in limbo

May 25th, 2022 - David Schout

Three years after the City of Melbourne endorsed plans to pedestrianise large parts of Elizabeth St, the project is now up in the air with zero funding allocated in the latest budget.

CBD trader calls time as the city becomes overrun with crime and anti-social behaviour

May 25th, 2022 - Brendan Rees

A CBD trader fed-up with the city looking “grubby” and being overrun with anti-social behaviour says he will shut up shop once his lease ends next year.