Environment
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.
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Palace battle at VCAT
The Save The Palace Theatre battle over the Bourke St building is going to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Parking has peaked in CBD
Car parking has peaked in central Melbourne and is now in decline.
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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.
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Green light for spending
Melbourne’s “people’s panel” has given a green light to the City of Melbourne to increase rates, sell assets, borrow money, spend more on “green initiatives”, maintain community services and cut capital works spending.
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Exceptional trees protected
This English oak tree is one of eight on private land in the CBD to be included on a new Exceptional Tree Register.
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Monumental occasion for Docklands
The stunning Monument Park is being unveiled this month in NewQuay in Docklands.
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Swing to Libs in CBD voting
Plans to clear footpaths of motorbikes
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