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10 tonnes of rubbish!
Lord Mayor Robert Doyle claims the council has this year collected nearly 10 tonnes of rubbish left behind by rough sleepers.
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Funds for CBD projects
The CBD is to benefit from some new capital works announced in the City of Melbourne’s draft 2017/18 budget.
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Creating a mini Melbourne
Declan Mulcahy is working on a MiniMelbourne project that turns the CBD’s most iconic landmarks into miniature Nanoblocks.
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Night safe space for homeless re-opens
A space for the CBD’s homeless to stay overnight will re-open just in time for winter.
Read MoreNew drug court for CBD
The State Government has launched a new $32 million Drug Court in the heart of CBD as Stage 2 of the Ice Action Plan established in 2015.
Read MoreSurvey reveals most unsafe places
A public survey has revealed that 73 per cent of 2000 people feel unsafe in the CBD.
Read MoreCBD security slow to start up
With an increase in the amount of vehicular attacks in populated areas, new security measures are being planned for Melbourne’s CBD in the wake of the Bourke St murders.
Read MoreUniLodge pays for its mistakes
UniLodge Australia Pty Ltd will pay almost $90, 000 to the Residential Tenancies Fund and Victorian Consumer Law Fund following an investigation which found its A’Beckett St location breached tenancy and consumer laws.
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A different look at homelessness
Community group Residents 3000 hosted a discussion with three key speakers on homelessness in the CBD on April 6 at the Kelvin Club.
Read MoreCouncil faces “moral outrage”
The public consultation phase of the local law amendment on rough sleeping has closed and the results were, unsurprisingly and unwaveringly, not in council’s favour.
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Queen Victoria Market revamp gets green light
Making a case for a love triangle
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