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Caught in tight places
The CFMEU office is at the centre of Lindsay Tanner’s new novel Comeback as the union tries to sort out a crooked developer with shonky safety practices and traps a taxi driver in its web.
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Another side of homelessness
The complex issue of what to do to relieve homelessness in the city is high on Residents 3000 members’ list of concerns.
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Napier Waller – a great public artist
Few people passing Newspaper House at 247 Collins St notice the colourful mosaic spanning the exterior of the first floor.
Read MoreWalks, missing headphones and autumn
The start of autumn and we’ve been blessed with gentle sunshine, cooling breezes and a kind of energy in the air that lends itself to getting out and about.
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Second road header starts excavating
Construction activity in the CBD is ramping up 30 metres underground as part of Metro Tunnel Project works.
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Going up! Historic lifts in Melbourne
If you’re old enough, you probably remember the lift attendants at Myers or Buckleys.
Read MoreOwners’ corporation law – time’s up
The state government is under increasing pressure to amend the outdated Owners Corporation Act 2006.
Read MoreA free ride for the advertising industry?
There’s a marked difference among the world’s major cities on the extent of advertising signs allowed in the urban environment.
Read MoreDipping into the public realm
In a slight change of tack for the month of April (no, this isn’t an April Fool’s joke), rather than providing a snapshot of planning and development activity within the CBD, I thought I would instead focus on a particularly eye-catching public realm concept.
Read MoreFuture-proofing vertical villages
Are our vertical villages becoming obsolete?
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Riding roughshod over the law
Creative Writing Awards to return
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