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Gig economy grey area
In November last year, food delivery drivers working for platforms like UberEats in the CBD were targeted in a Victoria Police traffic operation. Two hundred infringement notices were issued, with at least a quarter of offences relating to delivery bike users.
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Spread art, not viruses
In March, Chinese curator Charlie Xiao was in McGraths Lane behind Tolarno Gallery putting up posters to promote his Instagram campaign #spreadartnotviruses.
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Council slams state, federal inaction on housing crisis
City of Melbourne councillors have slammed upper tiers of government for a “disgraceful” response to the housing crisis and said “business as usual” would no longer cut it for the city.
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Council well placed to support battling businesses
At a time when small business is getting wiped out by the coronavirus (COVID-19), it was good to see City of Melbourne councillors nimbly come up with a $10 million support package at the Future Melbourne Committee meeting on March 17.
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Telstra payphones get court approval
The City of Melbourne has lost its long-running battle with Telstra over the right to install CBD phone booths on busy city footpaths.
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Fears for traders as virus takes its toll
While the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) remains open to the community, many traders say they fear that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic could spell the end for their businesses.
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A different crisis for the worse off
When society grinds to a halt, events are cancelled, businesses shut and most of us head indoors to self-isolate, but what happens to our vulnerable?
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How the virus has hit the CBD
The CBD’s community and economy are, like the rest of the world, wading through an unprecedented experience.
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City on pause amid uncertainty
As facilities close, workers clear and events cease, Melbourne is bracing for an acutely uncertain 2020 in the midst of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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City divided on free trams extension
As submissions closed on the parliamentary inquiry into expanding Melbourne’s Free Tram Zone (FTZ), key lobby groups remain divided on whether the zone’s boundary should be widened.
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Chart House lost
Flinders Lane’s last tailoring workshop moves out
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