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“Carparking is not heritage”: Market Square charter endorsed
The City of Melbourne has finally adopted the charter for its new public open space at Queen Victoria Market (QVM) after a majority of councillors voted in favour of the initiative.
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Residents seek exemption U-turn
CBD residents angered by plans to turn the 1840s built Job Warehouse into an almost 1000-patron bar will ask the new Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation Melissa Horne to change the 3am liquor licence exemption granted by now resigned minister Marlene Kairouz.
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Recycling goes solar
The City of Melbourne has proposed a $24.7 million investment in waste management infrastructure across the city, including two new waste recovery hubs and 51 solar-powered recycling bins.
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New Local Government Minister announced
Victorian Upper House Member for Eastern Metropolitan Shaun Leane was sworn in as the new Minister for Local Government on June 22.
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Council fast-tracks new cycling lanes
New cycling lanes spanning the CBD and beyond will be installed in the next 12 months as the City of Melbourne ramps up its bicycle infrastructure pledge.
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Hotel outbreak
At the time of publishing the July edition of CBD News, a cluster of 14 COVID-19 cases had been linked to the Stamford Plaza Hotel on Little Collins St.
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Honouring the unsung heroes of the pandemic
For every tale of hardship during the coronavirus pandemic, there has been another of kindness and selflessness.
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Residents meet again
CBD residents’ group EastEnders met on June 15 for the first time since lockdown began in a Zoom meeting with Lord Mayor Sally Capp and Cr Jackie Watts.
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The City of Melbourne is finalising its draft four-year plan to address the needs of older people living in the municipality.
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Mass protest makes a return
After months of quiet the Melbourne CBD ws filled with tens of thousands of protestors on Saturday June 6, in a local iteration of Black Lives Matter protests sweeping the world.
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The making of a lord mayor
Welcome relief for Queen Vic Market
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