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Crowd celebrates Scots’ Church 150th year

November 20th, 2024 - CBD News

A crowd gathered at the Westpac foyer on Collins Street on November 7 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Scots’ Church, marking the milestone with the launch of a special exhibition.

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Fed Square the place to be for Christmas

November 20th, 2024 - Melbourne Arts Precinct Corporation

This festive season, Fed Square is lighting up with vibrant free events and activities including carolling choirs, live performances, nostalgic Christmas films, free gift wrapping and more.

Hosier Lane is ugly, dangerous and depraved

November 20th, 2024 - Adrian Doyle

Imagine being a primary school teacher with a group of Grade Four students, exploring Australia’s number one Instagram spot, Hosier Lane, the best free tourist attraction in Australia as voted by Lonely Planet.

There’s an old saying that every government dollar should be treated as if it was hard earned, because it was – by a taxpayer.

November 20th, 2024 - Evan Mulholland

Given that Victoria is the highest-taxed state in the nation, this is a pretty fair rule to apply and one I would hope that the government would abide by. Sadly, this is not the case.

City safety, security and amenity

November 20th, 2024 - Susan Saunders

On Thursday, November 7 at Residents 3000’s monthly forum the City of Melbourne’s (CoM) city safety, security and amenity director, Dean Robertson, provided some statistics updating the group on the status of this important aspect of Melbourne’s community and economic health.

Major retailers filling up Metro Tunnel’s stations

November 20th, 2024 - Metro Tunnel

The Metro Tunnel’s new train stations won’t just get you from A to B, they’ll also be making sure you’re properly fuelled with a coffee or a snack.

The challenges facing vacant office block retrofitting

November 6th, 2024 - Jon Fleetwood

With high office vacancy rates and Melbourne’s aged population set to nearly double by 2036, adaptive re-use of vacant offices into retirement living could help Melbourne be more supportive of its older residents.

Social enterprise Scarf to host two pop-up dinners at Liminal

October 28th, 2024 - Georgie Atkins

Melbourne-based not-for-profit Scarf has been transforming lives through hospitality since 2010, empowering young people from asylum seeker, refugee and migrant backgrounds with practical training, mentoring, and paid work experience in Melbourne restaurants.