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Helen Silver appointed new president of State Library Victoria
State Library Victoria will enter its next chapter under new leadership, with respected public sector figure Helen Silver AO appointed as the 25th president of the Library Board of Victoria.
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Hidden secret of Melbourne: Athenaeum Library
Above the trundling trams, ever-present cars and the comings and goings of bikes and pedestrians on Collins St sits a venue that has been there since Melbourne’s beginnings.
Read MoreQueen Victoria Market records strongest visitation in years despite renewal works
Queen Victoria Market has recorded its strongest visitation in years, with a new annual report showing the historic precinct continues to draw growing crowds even as major renewal works reshape the site.
Read MoreComedy festival hits the spot
This year the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, which opens on Wednesday, March 25, marks its 40th anniversary with its biggest-ever event, taking in more than 800 shows.
Read MoreWhy ART still stings, sparkles and lands 30 years on
Some plays arrive, make a splash and fade. Others burrow deeper into theatre culture and refuse to leave. ART, Yasmina Reza’s internationally celebrated three-hander about friendship, taste and the detonating power of one very expensive painting, belongs firmly in the second category.
Read MoreOur plan to stop the waste and corruption
For more than a decade under this Labor Government, the purpose of infrastructure has not been to get Victorians off to work and back home quickly and safely, but to chase headlines and – as we continue to learn – keep their union masters happy and well paid with little care for the Budget bottom line.
Read MoreFarewell to the Caiafas: a beloved family business at Queen Victoria Market
After 52 years M&G Caiafa bread and pastries has been sold, with the siblings who ran it for the past three decades now starting to experiment with sleeping in.
Read MoreCommunity CCTV appeal
Local police are appealing to members of the community with public-facing CCTV cameras to register them in a database used to help solve crimes.
Read MoreThe beginning of a square, and the end of history
For those who are young or new to Melbourne, it might be a shock to discover that buildings once occupied the site of Town Hall Station, at the corner of Swanston and Collins streets.
Read MoreConstruction begins on major student tower at 570 Little Bourke St
Construction has officially begun on a major new student accommodation tower at 570 Little Bourke St, with project partners marking the milestone at a ground-breaking and time capsule ceremony in the CBD on March 23.
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