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State election – the short answers

State election – the short answers

October 26th, 2022 - Barbara Francis & Rus Littleson

Last month in this column we asked the question of the major parties competing at the forthcoming state election – what are your party’s policies on short-stays?

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Is it time to review your will?

October 26th, 2022 - Peter Nevile

If you are wishing to rehearse your marital vows in front of someone, your wills and estates lawyer may not be the most encouraging audience. Whilst poetically proclaiming your conviction that it will only be death that does you two apart, your lawyer is bound to interrupt you to ask, “and then what?”

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It’s time to reinstate third-party rights

October 26th, 2022 - CBD News

On the March 5, 2022, in his address to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said, “if you want to keep the CBD vibrant, then we need to have more people living in the CBD”.

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Former refugee sets up law practice

October 26th, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

Ambition underscores many of the moves by young professionals who set up offices in the CBD, hoping to make their mark on society.

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Fixing our health system

October 26th, 2022 - Ellen Sandell

The past few years have been incredibly tough on Victoria’s healthcare system and the people who work in it.

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Changing the CBD’s property management landscape

October 26th, 2022 - Jack Hayes

For those within the inner circles of the property management industry, they know it can often be a thankless job.

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The Mediterranean meets the Yarra

October 26th, 2022 - Jack Hayes

Unless you’ve been living under a sizable rock or have been avoiding the lower Yarra River for the past seven years, you’ll know the semi-permanent floating barge of Arbory Afloat has become just as much a part of Melbourne as a great coffee or a discarded e-scooter.

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Campaign celebrates our Supermelbourne

October 26th, 2022 - Kaylah Joelle Baker

Three iconic Howey Place shopfronts were completely transformed during October in an effort to encourage visitors to celebrate everything that makes our CBD what it is.

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Construction industry delays hamper Queen Victoria Market renewal

October 26th, 2022 - Brendan Rees

Delays facing the revamp of Queen Victoria Market’s (QVM) new Food Hall as well as sheds being closed for restoration “continues to have a significant impact,” a City of Melbourne report says.

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CBD safety and injecting room on the agenda as candidates make their pitch ahead of Victorian Election

October 26th, 2022 - David Schout

Candidates vying for the seat of Melbourne in the upcoming Victorian State Election spoke with CBD residents in October about a number of key local and wider issues.

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Oh, the beautiful, the laneways

Oh, the beautiful, the laneways

August 24th, 2022 - Adrian Doyle
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Stopped in their tracks

September 21st, 2022 - Brendan Rees
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