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Hotel on Hosier gets the nod
The City of Melbourne has given the green light to a controversial hotel development in the CBD’s famous Hosier Lane.
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Apartment COVID safety clarity
The state government has finally provided guidelines assisting residents and owners’ corporations (OCs) living in apartment towers limit the transmission of the coronavirus in multi dwelling buildings.
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Business help amid “devastating” impact of lockdown
CBD businesses will benefit from a $20 million lifeline after the state government declared local businesses had been “uniquely hit” by the coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Should government convert empty CBD Airbnbs into affordable housing?
As COVID-19 continues to restrict international and interstate travel, the once-bustling CBD has turned into a ghost town.
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CBD’s first new park in 40 years
The first new park in the CBD in 40 years is nearing completion on Market St at the foot of the Collins Arch development.
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Calls for local government reform
Cr Jackie Watts has led a push by councillors calling on new Minister for Local Government Shaun Leane to undertake a review of the City of Melbourne Act 2001.
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Ovid in the time of Covid
Everyone is trying to come up with an angle to beat the debilitating impact of the virus and small independent businesses are no exception.
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The chance to digitise
The world has become increasingly digitised due to COVID-19 and a need to upgrade and enhance digital capabilities has become more important.
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Falling under the category of “other”
John Walker was your regular Melbournian, complete with the house, the car, a family and a high-ranking job. But before he knew it, a rapid change in circumstances would see all of that taken away from him as he found himself using drugs and sleeping in the park.
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A shift away from the promenade
A new planning application submitted to the City of Melbourne would see a new “vertical retail building” erected behind a well-known strip of shop front on Elizabeth St.
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New harvest for Citywide
A taste of Paris
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