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Film-maker calls on local support
While a passionate enthusiast for fine wines, the pursuit of an authentic drop at Southbank’s Wine House has always played second fiddle for film writer and director Grant Scicluna.
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Councillor Profile
Coming up to the half-way point of her term as a Melbourne city councillor, Beverley Pinder-Mortimer is starting to get the hang of how the town hall operates.
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Sacred Sites
The Jones Bond Store was a large complex of store buildings in the heart of Southbank.
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On the box
Presently in the entertainment industry, the reboot is largely commonplace.
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Keeping it real
American singer-songwriter and four time Grammy Award winner Joe Henry is touring Australia and will play at the Melbourne Recital Centre.
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Australian actors return to MTC stage
Melbourne Theatre Company has welcomed Sigrid Thornton and William McInnes back to the stage for Lucy Prebble’s newest play ‘The Effect.’
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Southbank’s first farmers market takes off
The Boyd Community Hub burst into life on Saturday, August 2, as more than 3000 visitors converged on Southbank for the suburb’s first ever Farmers’ Market.
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Arts spice up summer
The Arts Precinct will burst into life this summer with the new five-week ‘SummerSalt’ festival kicking off on January 16.
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Maccas to deliver
McDonald’s will soon deliver directly to Southbank doorsteps.
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Labor commits to Albert Park School
Member for Albert Park Martin Foley and Shadow Education Minister James Merlino have restated their pledge to deliver South Melbourne Park Primary ‘as soon as in government’.
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Residents slam market application
A planning application to establish a new design and gourmet food market in Southbank was met with great hostility from residents at August’s Future Melbourne Committee meeting.
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Prima Pearl soars into Southbank’s skyline
Southbank’s newest high-rise is building closer to completion by the day, and to gain an insight into how work is progressing, members of PDG’s development team took Southbank Local News behind the golden facade for a sneak preview.
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City Rd soars
Another skyscraper could soon be added to Southbank’s skyline, with plans for an 82-storey City Rd high-rise submitted for approval.
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Trucks halted
Traffic congestion and damage caused by high-trucks traveling through Southbank tunnels is set to improve.
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Action time on governance
After decades aboard a bureaucratic merry-go-round, Melbourne’s waterfront communities are changing tack in their quest for a new governance regime on the water.
Read MoreFierce scrutiny for new tower
An amended application submitted to the planning minister for the 82-storey Queens Bridge Tower, between Freshwater Place and Prima Pearl, has been met with fierce scrutiny.
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Street Smarts
Alexander Moore was left a managing share in the printing firm Ferguson and Moore when his father died in 1880.
Read MoreBusinesses in Southbank
When was the last time you paid SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium a visit?
Read MoreOn the box
Wouldn’t it be great to live in a world where Karl Stefanovic does a late night talk show? Why hasn’t that happened yet?
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