Latest articles by Sean Car
Have your say on planning
Not many suburbs in Melbourne are more affected by future visions and planning than Southbank.
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Blankets at Fabrique
Southbank bar Fabrique was the destination for the first ever 300 blankets fundraiser in May, a new charity group set up to raise funds and awareness about homelessness.
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Living below the line
Australia has long been considered “the lucky country” and with good reason.
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Everything going green
The City of Melbourne in partnership with three other councils and the University of Melbourne have launched a program encouraging businesses to turn walls, facades and even roofs of their buildings into green habitats.
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Search for the men’s shed site
Despite a cancelled meeting last month Southbank’s men’s shed is again on the agenda, after local resident Peter Harkin researched and put forward possible sites for the shed.
Read MoreQueensbridge Tower approved
After much conjecture, the Queensbridge Tower was approved last month by Planning Minister Matthew Guy.
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State budget ‘fails Southbank’
Labor and Albert Park MP Martin Foley has savaged the Baillieu Government’s May budget, saying it had failed Southbank.
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Running the tan for mum
Runners took part in the Mother’s Day classic at the tan track last month.
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Dancing in the square
Southbank locals and visitors have now got the chance to get their groove on every Friday night after the City of Melbourne introduced First Friday Dance Club.
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Coach group cuppa
The Coach Group in 51-55 City Rd is holding an “Australia’s biggest morning tea” and has inviting its entire building to get involved in the fundraiser.
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What’s five cents worth?
It seems five cent pieces are heading the way of the one and two-cent pieces. Even parking and train ticket machines are refusing the coins with the echidna on them.
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A maze in a square
Queensbridge Square has a knack for attracting wonderfully obscure events and it happened again last month when a mysterious green maze popped up for two days.
Read MoreSubstation explosion
You may have felt a small tremor last month after an underground substation electrical cable exploded in Southbank on May 1.
Read MoreBudget’s poor deal for Southbank
City of Melbourne ratepayers will enjoy a rate freeze after the 2012-2013 council draft budget was released in May, but the move has been met with skepticism, with some suggesting it has been motivated by the fact it is a council election year.
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Our orchestra is almost home
Many have been affected by the two-year upgrade of Hamer Hall at the Arts Centre, but none more so than one of its major tenants, The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO).
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Warm autumn networking nights
As the weather cooled down across Southbank, the opportunities for networking warmed up, with two spectacular events back-to-back giving Southbank businesses a great chance to meet peers.
Read MoreHealth and Wellbeing
As a nation, we are getting bigger each year.
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Whet your appetite at Melbourne Aquarium
Read MoreLetter to the editor
It often seems like the City of Melbourne and the State Government think they can take Southbank residents for granted.
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