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YRBA reveals five-year strategy for Southbank’s business precinct
The Yarra River Business Association (YRBA) has unveiled its Five-Year Strategic Plan: 2021-2026, aimed at leading its members through post COVID-19 recovery with an eye on big ticket infrastructure projects like Greenline and the “Arts Centre re-imagining.”
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COVID road map offers “glimmer of hope” as traders gear up to reopen
Traders in Southbank have expressed relief for Victoria’s COVID road map, but many are holding their breath as to whether the city will reopen in late October.
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NGV Contemporary one step closer
After an extensive selection process, the final four major architecture and design teams have been shortlisted to design the new NGV Contemporary gallery on Southbank Boulevard.
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Earthquakes and high-rise buildings: What you should know
Residents took to the streets of Southbank as a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Victoria on September 22, with the shock event stunning many Melburnians.
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A daily dose of Bailey
Southbank resident Andrew Gung loves to walk in his local area, just as much as he enjoys his favourite alcoholic drink – a Baileys!
Read MoreResident victory
A stalwart resident at an inner-city apartment complex has reported a monumental victory over developer chicanery and council ineptitude
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The NGV entrance and Coat of Arms
Australian Art Deco & Modernism Society After many years of planning, deliberating, and negotiating, the new National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) opened in 1968 in St Kilda Rd, Southbank on the former Wirth’s circus site
Read MoreOut of time
When going for a run on the morning of writing this column, I saw something out of place
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Changing direction: Koorie artist turns road signs into jewellery
As part of the Koorie Heritage Trust’s Blak Design initiative, 11 First Nations artists will present their handmade jewellery at a contemporary exhibition celebrating indigenous design
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Diets don’t work
Just In Time Personal Training So just what is “healthy eating”?
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Creative Program explores Melbourne stories as part of the Writers Festival
Being creative is all about thinking outside the square, and that’s exactly what the Metro Tunnel Creative Program has done to deliver some beautiful illustrations and stories as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival
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Life is short - don’t let time (limitation periods) slip away
The Supreme Court of Victoria recently decided in a case involving a large residential building complex on St Kilda Rd to deny the joinder of individual lot owners to a building claim already commenced by the owners’ corporation (OC), on the basis they were out of time to do so.
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Southbank Sustainability Group
Self-care and good action
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A career in photography starts at PSC
A career in photography starts at PSC By Jack Hayes With 85 per cent of graduates finding employment within four months of graduating, Photography Studies College’s (PSC) Bachelor of Photography is Australia’s leading incubator for photographic talent
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Devastated traders look at shutting doors for good amid lockdown six
Southbank businesses have been brought to their knees after enduring yet another prolonged lockdown, leaving many no choice but to either adapt or close up.
Read MoreNew-look residents’ committee
The Southbank Residents’ Association (SRA) has filled every available spot on its committee for the coming year following its annual general meeting, which was held virtually on September 1.
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Councillor’s federal politics bid could pave way for city first
City of Melbourne Cr Roshena Campbell has begun a bid to enter Federal Parliament, in a move that could see her replaced by Town Hall’s first ever indigenous councillor.
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Convention Centre inundated with vaccine bookings
Queues were wrapped around the building at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre after the government announced the Pfizer vaccine would be available to 16- to 39-year-olds from September 1.
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Preps celebrate 100 days of school while in lockdown
Classes may have been digital at South Melbourne Primary School but nothing was going to stop preps from celebrating a significant milestone.
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Takeaways on the Evan Walker Bridge
In these somber days of curfews, stay at home orders and bans on drinking in public, there are just a few bright lights on the horizon.
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