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Reflecting on Australia Day
With another Australia Day now past us, we have an opportunity to reflect on our nation and the reasons why it cherished by so many of those who live here, those who have decided to call Australia home and the many millions more who wish to do.
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Midsumma Festival celebrates queer art with The Inheritance
Following a hit run in London’s West End and on Broadway, The Inheritance made its Australian debut at fortyfivedownstairs on January 21 as part of Melbourne’s Midsumma Festival.
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New Year, new hope?
Is 2024 a year to dream that the impossible might happen?
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First Metro Tunnel station complete
The Metro Tunnel has moved a major step closer to opening with construction of the first of five new underground stations now complete.
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The city most liveable
Let’s take a philosophical view of life in the city. It does not matter where you live, there will also be the good and the bad. In the Melbourne CBD, this article looks at both, making some suggestions for improvement.
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It’s raining, it’s pouring: Elizabeth St a raging torrent, 1863
December 15 to 22, 1863 – a week to remember for the citizens of Melbourne. It rained and rained and rained some more and when the rain stopped, and the sun emerged, more than 127 millimetres had fallen.
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New library and family services facility opens at Queen Vic Market precinct
A new $15.7 million three-storey library and family services centre has officially opened its doors at the Queen Victoria Market precinct.
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Council convenes key groups to help fix southern end of Elizabeth St
The Lord Mayor has said that a “targeted approach” was required to make a problematic area near Flinders Street Station “safer and more welcoming”.
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A combining of culinary minds
When Waselin Nerul was approached with the opportunity to lead his own restaurant, he only had one prerequisite: it had to be in the city.
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Heritage Victoria gives green light to $1.7bn QVM redevelopment
A controversial plan to build three high-rise towers and a public square at the southern site of Queen Victoria Market (QVM) has won the backing of Heritage Victoria, drawing the ire of opponents.
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Keeping Melbourne’s CBD strong by backing the people who power it
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