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Disconnected from place and cause
Nature and all of its anarchies was put on a pedestal in June as the literary industry fired up with two bookshops offering wine and ideas for the wintery months ahead.
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Doubt cast on lord mayoral result
There is doubt over Melbourne’s recent lord mayoral by-election as up to 8313 enrolled voters were potentially denied a vote due to a known electoral flaw.
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Supporting women in Malawi
Not-for-profit organisation Grace Pads, which provides reusable sanitary pads to women in Malawi, Africa, hosted a fundraising event at Mercerdes Me Melbourne on Collins Street on June 20.
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Compromise on childcare centre
Local parents and the City of Melbourne have reached a sensible compromise to keep the Melbourne City Childcare Centre in A’Beckett St open until the end of the year.
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It’s an honour
CBD local Su Baker was awarded an AM in the general Order of Australia in the June Queens Birthday Honours.
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Murky accounting on Munro deal
The actual figures remain murky, but it appears the City of Melbourne’s 2014 investment in the “Munro site” adjacent to the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) has blown out spectacularly.
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Texting leads to assault
Elderly CBD resident Eva wants something done about “texting pedestrians”, having been deliberately injured by one outside her Collins St home on May 23.
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In search of the CBD’s founders
Archaeologists are hoping for their first real look at the lives of the CBD’s first European residents during digs associated with the Metro Tunnel project.
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Melbourne still Green
The latest federal electorate redistribution has removed Flemington and Travancore – strong Greens areas – from the seat of Melbourne held by Green MP Adam Bandt.
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West Melbourne architect John McNabb has cautioned the City of Melbourne over the risk of terrorism posed by its planned three-level basement under the Queen Victoria Market (QVM).
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Short-stay violence spurs action
Week of rebellion
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