Move to simplify apartment rules
The City of Melbourne has moved to overhaul its relationship with apartment dwellers after three months of the COVID-19 pandemic revealed weaknesses.
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“Hellmouth”: ground opens up on Collins St
Some Melburnians were questioning if the end of the world was upon them when a sinkhole opened up on Collins St on Tuesday, June 2.
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Fighting unemployment and climate change
To combat the two biggest challenges facing Victorians in 2020—climate change and COVID-19—the City of Melbourne has announced a new project to plant 150,000 new trees, shrubs and grasses in the municipality over the next six months.
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Lighting up Chinatown
The City of Melbourne has begun installing 80 new permanent red and gold lanterns in Chinatown to brighten the precinct as more visitors return to the city.
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An apartment for the times
Local real estate agents Fletchers Projects has a property for sale directly across the street from the office they believe is ideally suited to the times.
Read MoreInternational student program resurrected
The City of Melbourne will look to relaunch an old international student support program to help the community that has been badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreMigrant workers underpaid at restaurant
The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured penalties of $209,000 against the restaurateur of Dainty Sichuan, which operates a number of restaurants in the CBD.
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Mama Alto’s Hot Desk
This time last year CBD News covered the Wheeler Centre’s Hot Desk fellowships. Twenty-four writers were given a stipend and a workspace in the Wheeler Centre to work on their writing projects.
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Locals turn on pub plans
CBD residents have turned on plans to transform the site of a run-down Bourke St building into an almost 1000-patron late-night venue.
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Complaints soar amid extended city construction hours
The City of Melbourne’s fast-tracked approval of out-of-hours construction permits in March has resulted in construction-related noise complaints more than doubling compared to last year.
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Man performs sexual act in CBD
Metro Tunnel achieves major milestone with first test trains
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