Local News
Metro Rail pain? So sad, too bad
If the revived Metro Rail Link goes ahead there is no doubt that it will be Melbourne’s CBD that will suffer the pain.
Latest
Assault at karaoke bar
Melbourne North Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a serious assault that left two people injured at a karaoke bar in the CBD last month.
Read More
Councillors compromise on housing strategy
After more than eight years of talking about it, the City of Melbourne has a housing strategy but no one, it appears, is very happy with it.
Read More
If you can’t stand the heat …
Known as the “urban heat island effect”, the masses of concrete, steel and bitumen in the central city draws and retains heat like no other place in the state.
Read MorePalace battle at VCAT
The Save The Palace Theatre battle over the Bourke St building is going to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).
Read More
High hopes for the ‘other’ east-west link
Proponents of the Melbourne B1 Veloway are confident that the new State Government will accept their novel idea to separate cyclists from CBD motorists and pedestrians.
Read More
Call for plan for the central city
Some order may come to the apparent planning chaos within the CBD if City of Melbourne planning chair Cr Ken Ong has his way.
Read More
Jury is out on further smoking bans
The City of Melbourne has completed its consultation on three new potential smoke-free zones in the CBD.
Read More
Parking has peaked in CBD
Car parking has peaked in central Melbourne and is now in decline.
Read More
Waiting to learn new rules
It’s a new year, we have a new state government, an updated project database and potentially a new planning approval regime for the Capital City Zone which encompasses the CBD, Southbank, Docklands and Fishermans Bend.
Read More
Your forever home awaits in the heart of Melbourne
Our city’s waste and recycling services, an AGM, and 30 years to celebrate
Download the Latest Edition