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Inclusive education stalwart honoured with Australia Day award

February 22nd, 2023 - Brendan Rees

CBD resident Lorraine Graham, a professor of learning intervention at The University of Melbourne, says she is surprised and delighted to have been acknowledged with an Australia Day award.

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Professor Sylvester Abanteriba’s dedication to teaching earns him an OAM

February 22nd, 2023 - Brendan Rees

From starting life in West Africa, never in his “wildest dreams” did RMIT University Professor Sylvester Abanteriba “conjure up the achievements” he has made.

Fed Square shimmers in Free Candlelight Concerts

February 22nd, 2023 - CBD News

Free Candlelight Concert series has returned to Fed Square for the second consecutive year.

Councillors prepare to head overseas to represent Melbourne on world stage

February 22nd, 2023 - Brendan Rees

Two City of Melbourne councillors are preparing to jet off overseas to attend a business roundtable and a healthy cities summit in March.

& Juliet: The greatest young love tale gets its second chance

February 22nd, 2023 - Kaylah Joelle Baker

Shakespeare’s greatest tragic love story is back centre stage thanks to award-winning anthemic pop musical & Juliet, and Australian beloved theatre legend Rob Mills has confirmed it is the “best thing [he’s] been in since Wicked”.

A pit stop at the Wheeler

February 22nd, 2023 - Rhonda Dredge

Two urbane narrators will be speaking on the one night at the Wheeler Centre next month after a drought in international face-to-faces.

Great genre performance

February 22nd, 2023 - Rhonda Dredge

The Mousetrap opens with a BBC voice-over announcing that a body has been found in London and a man seen wearing a dark coat, pale scarf and soft felt hat.

Time; Rone in review

February 22nd, 2023 - Jack Hayes

Entering through a security-guarded door off one of the city’s busiest pedestrian intersections, you travel up a rickety elevator to the third floor …

Waterside Hotel could be transformed into “garden oasis” under new plan

February 22nd, 2023 - Brendan Rees

The CBD’s historic Waterside Hotel could undergo a major revamp and be extended by four floors with plant-covered balconies under a $27.2 million plan.