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City-focused travel vouchers finally land
CBD hotel and hospitality owners are hopeful new state government incentives will help inject desperately-needed cash through their businesses.
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Market reaches out to residents
Queen Victoria Market’s (QVM’s) CEO Stan Liacos and strategy development manager Heidi Wearne met virtually with CBD resident group East Enders on March 16 as part of the market’s increasing effort to engage with the local community post-COVID.
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Residents still “ignored” in planning matters
The president of a CBD residents’ group has said locals continued to be ignored when it came to life-affecting developments within the Hoddle Grid.
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Calls to decriminalise begging rejected by police
Calls from legal groups to decriminalise begging have been opposed by Victoria Police, who warned it could not regulate “professional beggars” in the CBD without the law.
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Housing definitions
I congratulate the News for initiating its series on the role of housing in our society. I missed the first four articles, but have caught up with the last two. Unfortunately, they were sometimes confusing because they used different terminology interchangeably. This lead one contributor to suggest that the government had announced a $5.3 billion public housing program. Sadly, not a cent of that money will be spent on public housing.
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Central Equity launch Parkhill Apartments
Melbourne-based developer Central Equity is set to add their newest apartment project to the portfolio with the launch of Parkhill Apartments in West Melbourne.
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Life returning to Collins St
It’s a pleasing moment to walk through the Collins Street Precinct and see busy retail stores and restaurants filled with people.
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Victory Parade, August 1945 – “106 minutes of wild cheering”
The War in the Pacific was over and despite cold and rain, Melbournians turned out in force to celebrate. It had rained for 90 minutes before the parade of 20,000 service personnel and other war workers marched through the CBD in the early afternoon of Friday, August 24, 1945.
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Frankie’s post-lockdown play
Frankie, who lives with Biagio in his West Melbourne home, is relishing her newfound freedom in sunny Flagstaff Gardens.
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The Wild West of OC elections
Owners’ corporations (OCs) are often referred to as a fourth tier of government – and our elections are just as political!
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Fire scare for 171-year-old heritage home
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