Latest articles by Sean Car
Nervous wait in store for businesses
Montague precinct businesses remain fearful for their futures in Southbank following two separate City of Port Phillip council meetings last month.
Read MorePlenty of room for compromise
Anyone who lives or works around Ferrars St knows just how wide the streets are in that part of the Montague Precinct.
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Council plan puts businesses at risk
Southbank business owners say the way the City of Port Phillip plans to construct a new education and community precinct along Ferrars St will send them broke.
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Slow news Clay
I’m not entirely sure what Fairfax’s never-ending smear campaign of Southbank and Docklands aims to achieve.
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Montague Park put to public
Residents are invited to participate in consultations with the City of Port Phillip in relation to the building of Montague Community Park.
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Jazz hits the mark
Where do you start? This year’s jazz festival simply had it all.
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Residents left in the dark by council
Did you realise that there is a 16-storey building approved at 248-250 Sturt St?
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OCs ‘betrayed’ on short-stays
The State Government has abandoned residents hoping for intervention to regulate the use of residential apartments for short-stay accommodation.
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Michael’s a true believer
As he enters the race for the seat of Melbourne Ports for a sixth consecutive election, sitting Labor member Michael Danby said his passion for serving his community was as strong as ever.
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Jazz festival heats up
Southbank’s Melbourne Recital Centre absolutely lit up over the opening weekend of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival.
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Boyd ultimatum
Southbank will soon know whether Mackie will still be the developer responsible for providing it with a new park at the Boyd Community Hub.
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A Southbank luminary
When our country’s tallest residential skyscraper Australia 108 tops out in 2019 across the road from Melbourne’s biggest existing beacon Eureka Tower, Karl Fender says it will create the gateway to our city.
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Meet Owen Guest
While the Labor Party has held a stronghold on Melbourne Ports since 1906, new Liberal candidate Owen Guest said he’s ready to take the challenge up to sitting member Michael Danby.
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The original voices of Southbank
Having founded the Southbank Residents’ Group together in 1998, inaugural president Ray McDonald and former public officer Faye McDonald have helped shape a lot of important changes in our community.
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Planning Minister stands firm on overshadowing
In a decision that stunned many, Planning Minister Richard Wynne knocked back a $1 billion proposal for 447 Collins St in the CBD last month, ruling that it would have “overshadowed the south bank of the Yarra River”.
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Learning the ropes
While we’re used to meeting the accomplished graduates and teachers of the Photography Studies College (PSC), first year student Mo Ng is only just beginning her journey to potential greatness.
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The sky is not the limit. The sewer is!
Southbank’s sewerage system can’t cope with projected growth and will have to be upgraded, according to the responsible water authority.
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Welcome to our 50th edition
March 2016 marks the first major milestone for Southbank Local News, in what is our 50th edition.
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Southbank Residents Group
The festive season is now behind us and 2016 is well and truly underway. The committee has hit the ground running and is already gearing up for their second meeting of the year.
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Approval paves way for a main street
Could the approval of Southbank’s largest development project be the beginning of an evolution of our suburb?
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