Environment

Council declares climate emergency

July 24th, 2019 - Sean Car

City of Melbourne councillors moved an urgent item of business last month by formally declaring a “climate and biodiversity emergency”.

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CBD power upgrade

July 24th, 2019 - CBD News

A $250 million upgrade on the CBD’s electricity infrastructure is nearing completion.

Melbourne City’s University of the Third Age (U3A) was the first to be established in Australia and is the biggest in Victoria, but the volunteer-run organisation is under increased pressure from rental demand.

Flying eyes for city cops

July 24th, 2019 - CBD News

Victoria Police will soon launch its first ever drone unit, with a focus on counter-terrorism and crowd control that could concentrate them around the CBD.

Hosier Lane apartments are only a facade

July 24th, 2019 - Meg Hill

Opposition to a planned multistorey apartment building in Hosier Lane has forced the issue to debate at an upcoming City of Melbourne meeting.

Kinfolk wins

July 24th, 2019 - CBD News

Social enterprise café and caterer Kinfolk was awarded twice at the Melbourne Business Network’s Business 3000+ Awards ceremony in June.

Hoarding plan stalled

July 24th, 2019 - CBD News

A 2017 City of Melbourne plan to beautify hoardings is still waiting to be implemented amid the city’s construction boom.

The “gold rush jeweller”

July 24th, 2019 - Meg Hill

“Because of the publishing house pressures to meet a certain number of pages and edit out much of the history, we end up getting history books that give credit to prime ministers and kings and queens,” Dr Douglas Wilkie told the Docklands History Group last month.