Local News

Night market outperforms

The Victoria Market’s summer night market is performing beyond expectations with unofficial reports of a 40 per cent growth on last year.

Finale for artists’ building?

Lawyers are advising tenants of the Nicholas Building to think about exit strategies, following gazettal by the Minister for Planning in January of the project land area for the Metro Tunnel. 

Food delivery revolution

CBD tops the  2016 residential sales list

The CBD has taken out the number one spot for the highest total value of residential unit sales for 2016.

Developing young talent

Young Melbourne artists developed their skills alongside professionals last month at the CBC-based Signal Summer Program.

Mass exodus by community staff

The City of Melbourne’s placemaking and engagement branch, which focuses on strengthening our local community, has recently been the subject of major staff losses.  

VCAT out of reach of locals

CBD locals are despondent that serious financial risk has prevented them from challenging a controversial City of Melbourne planning decision late last year.

Looking for a social conscience

These days everyone likes to advertise their differences including Marcus Dixon, the Big Issue seller in Flinders Lane, who makes up a little riff about the magazine to amuse buyers.

$8 million gallery gift

An $8 million donation from the John and Myriam Wylie Foundation is enabling the State Library of Victoria to build a new gallery.