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Footy boots start-up tackling “shrink and pink” model

January 22nd, 2020 - David Schout

Elite level female athletes are still wearing boots designed for men or even kids, and one CBD-based start-up has said enough is enough.

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ACT UP in the city

January 22nd, 2020 - Meg Hill

“Being a young gay boy from Adelaide, landing in Melbourne in the 1990s was very exciting,” Brenton Geyer told CBD News.

Store still taking wildlife knits

January 22nd, 2020 - Rhonda Dredge

It was all action at the counter of the Morris & Sons last week as people returning to work dropped by to find out what they could make for wildlife victims of the bushfires.

City arsonist

January 22nd, 2020 - CBD News

Police charged a 27-year-old man after several allegedly suspicious fires in Melbourne’s CBD on January 6.

Loop Bar extension rejected

January 22nd, 2020 - CBD News

A bid to extend trading hours at a rooftop bar that angered local residents in 2018 has been rejected by the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR).

Seven charged following thieving in CBD

January 22nd, 2020 - CBD News

Police have charged seven people following a series of pickpocketing and theft offences on train and tram networks and at popular shopping precincts across the CBD over the past two months.

The women’s centre without walls

January 22nd, 2020 - Meg Hill

The Queen Victoria Women’s Centre (QVWC) occupies the site of Melbourne’s first hospital. Its first section opened in 1848. By the end of that century almost the entire block was forming Melbourne’s medical precinct.

Puppeteers bring Regent back to life with War Horse

January 22nd, 2020 - Meg Hill

The Regent Theatre has reopened with the award-winning War Horse after an almost year-long closure for restoration works.

Council divided on pill testing

November 27th, 2019 - David Schout

The City of Melbourne has voted in favour of a pill testing trial at music festivals within the city, at odds with the state government and Victoria Police.