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Fears for traders as virus takes its toll

March 25th, 2020 - Sean Car

While the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) remains open to the community, many traders say they fear that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic could spell the end for their businesses.

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A different crisis for the worse off

March 25th, 2020 - Meg Hill

When society grinds to a halt, events are cancelled, businesses shut and most of us head indoors to self-isolate, but what happens to our vulnerable?

How the virus has hit the CBD

March 25th, 2020 - Meg Hill

The CBD’s community and economy are, like the rest of the world, wading through an unprecedented experience.

City on pause amid uncertainty

March 25th, 2020 - David Schout

As facilities close, workers clear and events cease, Melbourne is bracing for an acutely uncertain 2020 in the midst of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

City divided on free trams extension

February 20th, 2020 - David Schout

As submissions closed on the parliamentary inquiry into expanding Melbourne’s Free Tram Zone (FTZ), key lobby groups remain divided on whether the zone’s boundary should be widened.

What’s it like to grow old in the CBD? Council strategy released

February 20th, 2020 - Meg Hill

Inequality and disadvantage are affecting the CBD’s senior residents in worrying areas, according to a new report by the City of Melbourne.

Comedians crowned at Moomba launch

February 20th, 2020 - CBD News

While this year’s Moomba Monarchs have been unveiled as comedians Nazeem Hussain (right) and Julia Morris (left), it was Mr Hussan’s mother Mumtaz (centre) who stole the limelight at the festival launch on February 12 after being crowned a temporary Moomba Monarch!