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Turning Green

“There’s always time,” Bailter Space singer guitarist John Halversen said introducing a song at their Melbourne show promoting their Robot World album. 

Vertical village “volunteers”

Australia is a nation of volunteers and in 2020, Volunteering Victoria claims that 42.1 per cent of Victorians aged over 15 volunteered in our state. 

Not afraid to speak her mind

Australia’s richest literary prize is up for grabs, with just six novels shortlisted for the fiction section, yet none of the major bookshops in the CBD have them featured. 

Let’s paint the city

When Howard Arkley painted a tram in 1980 for the Transporting Art project initiated by Victoria’s Hamer Government, it was edgy, experimental and an amazing initiative. 

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CBD Restaurants open for Christmas

Hard-hit CBD restaurants are welcoming diners back for Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, boasting new and improved menu items, Indonesian feasts, an “ultimate” wagyu experience and much more.

Looking for the buzz

Some galleries in the CBD are planning great events, such as viewings at the Sofitel Hotel, to celebrate reopening.

Publicly accessible common property: Contested vertical spaces

Vertical villages are familiar with the challenges of common property, but might these spaces be more contested than we think?

Unintended consequences

My grandmother was quite elderly when I was young, so my memories of her are vague, apart from two enduring and detailed recollections involving her.