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Our Joe is in with a chance
Southbank’s Joe Sarraf has a chance of becoming a councillor in the fallout of a scandal that looks like preventing indigenous candidate Brooke Wandin taking up her seat on the Melbourne City Council.
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CCTV to help solve shooting
Detectives have released CCTV as part of their investigation into a Southbank shooting that occurred earlier this year.
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Helping hand for Father Bob
The State Government will provide $100,000 of funding to compensate for fire damage to the Father Bob Foundation.
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Arts plan falls off the radar
A long and ongoing commitment to the Southbank Arts Precinct redevelopment by consecutive State Governments is still yet to be delivered.
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Residents get behind local business
Montague residents have banded together with local businesses in an effort to prevent road closures, which they say will threaten the viability of their Southbank businesses.
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Locals rally for low-rise
More than 60 passionate locals crammed into a packed Boyd Assembly Hall on October 19 to join the fight against high-rise development in Southbank’s low-rise neighbourhood.
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New local schools announced
Southbank families have been given welcome news of the State Government’s plans to construct two new schools in Fishermans Bend and a primary school in Docklands.
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SLN helps to reconnect locals
Last month’s “Southbank Local News” article “NBN bungle leaves locals off the grid” has helped local residents at 88 Wells St in their quest to get back on the grid!
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“Long-term time bomb”
According to former City of Melbourne councillor and finance chair Stephen Mayne the cost of fixing flooding issues at Whiteman St is around $130 million.
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Search for five robbers continues
Police are searching for five men who allegedly assaulted and robbed a man on Southbank Promenade on Saturday, June 2.
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Worker dies at South Wharf
Tragedy struck South Wharf last month when a construction worker fell to his death on October 26.
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How good’s the outdoors!
Year 8 and 9 students from the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (VCASS) got their hands dirty last month for a tree planting day organised by Transurban and Landcare Australia.
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Eureka penthouse on the market
An 86th floor Eureka Tower penthouse has just hit the market with a starting price of $18 million.
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The biggest vertical race
Southbank resident Natalie Gurman is getting a big workout at the Eureka Tower on November 13, when she will be joining hundreds of others to race up the 1643 steps of the tallest building in Melbourne.
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Locals lap up the trivia
More than 50 local residents attended the second Southbank Community Trivia Night at the Boyd Community Hub last month.
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City of Port Phillip councillors were in full support of a new redevelopment proposal for the Montague precinct last month.
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City Rd plan acknowledged
The Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) has acknowledged the City of Melbourne for planning excellence on the City Road Master Plan.
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A peek into policing practices
A new exhibition has recently been opened at the Victoria Police Museum, featuring the portraits of suspects and crime-scene technologies.
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Xylouris White to return to Melbourne
Xylouris White will play at the Melbourne Recital Centre this December after its hit Australian debut last summer at the Sydney Festival and Hobart’s MONA FOMA Festival.
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From the gallery to the streets
The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) is taking art onto the streets and public spaces of Southbank and the CBD to publicly showcase the essence of visual art and performances.
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