Latest articles by Meg Hill
Landfill tops Koorie Art Show
“I’ve always used art in a political way,” artist Clinton Naina told Southbank News.
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Community loses Boyd Park battle
The City of Melbourne has endorsed a planning application for a development on the edge of Boyd Park, marking the beginning of the end of the contest over the site while a broader debate over green space in the suburb is sure to continue.
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Tram stops for bees?
City greening has become an influential idea in recent years. But what can it look like in Melbourne? How can we green our built-up CBD and its unique spaces?
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Expanded riverside outdoor dining
Southbank has had its riverside outdoor dining expanded with two new precincts.
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The Koorie Heritage Trust: An interview with Tom Mosby
The Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) was established in 1985. Over four decades, it has been through some major transformations
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Southbank’s almost-elected Liberal Democrat
The City of Melbourne was very close to electing a Liberal Democrat this year – whether it realised it or not.
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Seafarers project moving ahead
The state government has given final endorsement to Riverlee’s $500 million Seafarer project at North Wharf.
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Pandemic guidance provided for apartments
Long-awaited guidelines have been released for residents and owners’ corporations (OCs) to limit the transmission of COVID-19 in multi dwelling buildings.
Read MoreCladding fast track concerns
The state government has announced that its plan to fix flammable cladding will be fast-tracked, with the number of buildings rectified per year doubled.
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Community Chest
The Community Chest is a small charity and op shop that has helped shape South Melbourne’s community landscape since 1946.
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Short-stay “apocalypse”
The rental market in Southbank and surrounds is flooded due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic related collapse of the short-stay market, according to real estate agents and short stay operators.
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Increase in homeless despite government measures
Despite almost unprecedented expansion of Australia’s welfare system there has been an influx of those in need of homelessness support, according to the Salvation Army.
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An orchestra and an office building
After losing its Albert Park home in 2016, Orchestra Victoria was without its own concert hall. That was until it found the Joan Hammond Hall inside an old Southbank office building.
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Watching work come to life
Building up to the 2012 London Olympics, horticulturalists transformed the performing arts centre and Olympics precinct with fields of flowers
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Federation Square has a new CEO
In an exclusive first interview with Southbank Local News, Federation Square’s new CEO Dr Xavier Csar said that failed efforts to build an Apple Store at the square had “catalysed” an important discussion around the future of the public space.
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A dream life
“Eight years ago, we decided to quit our jobs on the same day and plan an adventure.”
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Australian Realness
To say a show is about class today could mean almost anything.
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Australia 108’s towering complaints
Tenant complaints of cracking noises and disturbances in Australia 108 created a scare over the building’s structural integrity in July – with parallels drawn in the media to Sydney’s crumbling Opal towers.
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Audioplay grant
Southbank start-up Audioplay was awarded a $25,000 grant from the City of Melbourne in July as a round one winner of the council’s small business and social enterprise grant program.
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All paradise is not love
An exhibition of third year students from the Photography Studies College (PSC) is running at a pop-up gallery at Southgate until September with a central focus on surrealism.
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