Latest articles by Southbank News
Should council step in to regulate short-stay operators?
With the majority of the City of Melbourne’s (CoM) 180,000 residents living in apartments, residents’ groups across the city are proposing that the council forms a dedicated unit focused on the needs of apartment-dwellers.
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Free trams should extend into Southbank: Inquiry
Melbourne’s Free Tram Zone (FTZ) could extend into Southbank after a parliamentary inquiry recommended free travel to the Arts Centre, Casino and Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC).
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“Good Morning” from David Greybeard
The figure of David Greybeard became a flagship for the forest and its chimpanzees in Tanzania 60 years ago.
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Southbank boasts highest homes in the Southern Hemisphere
The completion of Melbourne’s newest skyscraper, Australia 108, has officially put Southbank on the map for having the tallest residential tower in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Living with a loved one’s dementia
According to Anne Fairhall, whose husband of 60 years is living with advanced dementia, the one thing most people need to understand about the disorder is that you can live well with dementia, but the person living with it cannot change – so the people around them have to.
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Malthouse’s big comeback
After months of closure Southbank’s Malthouse Theatre has released a multidisciplinary artistic and cultural program for the New Year, launching a new outdoor stage with the help of several high-profile partners.
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Always learning
Looking back on 2020, Jo Kalinowski believed she made the right choice to enrol in Photography Studies College (PSC) to pursue photography at this extraordinary time.
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Full speed ahead
Now that we can meet again, there are so many activities our group has been waiting to bring to Southbank, so we are coming back full speed ahead!
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Southbank and the Olympic Games
President, Art Deco and Modernism Society 2020 was supposed to be an Olympic year, due to be held in Tokyo – but the COVID-19 virus forced the games to be deferred
Read MorePolice Station back open!
Southbank Police Station Finally, after months of being closed, I am very pleased to announce that Southbank Police Station is open to the public again
Read MorePassive-aggressive behaviour
Clinical psychologist There is so much more to passive-aggressive behaviour than we usually see.
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Metro Tunnel mega machine sets course for State Library
Work has started on the latest section of the Metro Tunnel – a one-kilometre stretch from Parkville to the new State Library Station at the northern end of Swanston St. Tunnel boring machines (TBM) Joan and Meg have been relaunched to begin their journey into the heart of Melbourne’s CBD
Read MoreThe asterisk
Pastor Earlier in the year, it was suggested that due to COVID, the 2020 AFL Premiership would forever have an asterisk over it
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Retailers announced at Melbourne Square
In what will be music to the ears of many locals, Southbank will welcome its first full-line supermarket with the opening of Woolworths at Melbourne Square on December 10
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Building boom brought into sharp focus for Montague residents
Residents of a Montague apartment building have complained about being encircled by construction sites without warning. They said incursions into their lives caused by the precinct’s construction boom were unacceptable.
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Big tick for Promenade park, but development concerns remain
While plans for a new 30-storey Riverside Quay development include a large public park along Southbank Promenade, Eureka Tower residents have expressed concern about overshadowing.
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Movement for two major Queensbridge St sites
Permitted plans for a major development on Queensbridge St have been scrapped, with a new owner undertaking a redesign of the key site, while another site with an approved permit has been put on the market.
Read MoreResidents still concerned about short-stay
When Melbourne, and then Victoria, re-entered lockdown in July and August, some residents hoped that short-stay operators had been put out of business for at least the medium term, if not for good.
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Retail reopens ahead of Christmas trading
Southbank retailers finally got their wish in late October as Premier Daniel Andrews gave the green light to reopen two months out from Christmas.
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Recycling revamp sees great results
A Southbank local’s initiative to revamp her building’s recycling area, with lights, signs and common sense, has had hugely successful results.
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