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New Money in Southbank
After Francesco and his girlfriend Josephine moved into Southbank, it wasn’t long before they started to miss having a dog.
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Southbank and Sennitt’s Ice Cream
President, Australian Art Deco & Modernism Society One of the enduring memories for older residents of Southbank was the milk bars that were located on many corners in the streets of Melbourne
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How good and motivating have the Olympics been!
Just In Time Personal Training Ever since I was a little boy, the Olympics have captivated me! Initially as a kid at primary school, I would watch as much as I could before school, during school whenever I could and then as soon as I got home from school until mum forced me to go to bed!
Read MorePerfectly locked-down
Lockdown number five in Melbourne was tough. Necessary, yes, but tough. Having now spent more than six months in hard lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic, the hardest thing for me was observing (and finally being unable to pretend it was otherwise) what will be long-term impacts on my young children
Read MoreHigh-rise, high-risk
The build-to-rent high-rise towers proposed for the Marvel Stadium precinct could become high risk ghettos for short-stays
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Gold for Metro Tunnel Creative Program
While digging twin nine-kilometre tunnels and building five new train stations up to 40 metres below Melbourne’s streets has brought some challenges
Read MoreHousing equality, a better future for all Australians
Housing All Australians Welcome to the last article of our 12-part series which will attempt to explore the role that housing can and should play within Australian society and why it is important to our economy that we house all Australians, rich or poor
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South Melbourne Market welcomes back visitors after COVID scare
South Melbourne Market has welcomed back all its non-food traders and visitors after the state was freed from last month’s lockdown.
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Celebrating our modernist architecture
Southbank resident and Southbank News history columnist Robin Grow has recently published a new book MELMO, exploring some of the most significant examples of modernist architecture in our city.
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Nominative determinis-swim
Peter Waters found photography through the simplest of impulses, to document travel, even getting a camera specifically to aid in the documentation process.
Read MoreStress less with this campus visitor
Executive assistant to the director of the Victorian College of Arts (VCA) Tracey Claire has brought Phoenix with her to work
Read MoreThank you, Shane
We were saddened to hear of the passing of Shane Scanlan, erstwhile editor of this masthead, and we readily recall how first we became involved with him
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Walking is good for you, but you need to do more!
Just In Time Personal Training Walking is good for you, there is no disputing that. It brings about some major health benefits such as
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ASPRO in Southbank
President, Australian Art Deco & Modernism Society The headache remedy called ASPRO has probably been used by all Australians at some stage and it has a strong link to Southbank
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Metro Tunnel marks nearly 30 million hours worked
Metro Tunnel marks nearly 30 million hours worked All eyes were on the Metro Tunnel’s Arden Station recently, which was the location for Premier Daniel Andrews’ return to work after a fall that left him with spinal injuries. Mr Andrews toured one of the twin rail tunnels and revealed almost 30 million hours had been worked on the project
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OAM for Dr Peter Baquie
Southbank resident, senior Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre practitioner, and one-time South Gippsland GP Dr Peter Baquie may now add three more letters after his name after receiving the Medal of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday 2021 Honours List.
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The importance of community
It’s undeniable that this past year-and-a-half has been tough on many of us
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Principal appointed for new Fishermans Bend high school
The first principal of the new Fishermans Bend Secondary School (its interim name), which will service Southbank, Docklands, Port Melbourne and South Melbourne, is Anne Stout.
Read MoreSouthbank figures honoured with Queen’s Birthday awards
A Southbank-based forensic anthropologist who helped identify the remains of notorious bushranger Ned Kelly is among four outstanding community members to be named in the Queen’s Birthday 2021 Honours list.
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Charges laid following Montague factory fire
Detectives from the Port Phillip Crime Investigation Unit have charged a man following a factory fire in the Montague Precinct of South Melbourne in May.
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