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Needless new record set for declaring conflicts of interest
While former Federal sports minister Bridget McKenzie and City of Casey councillors put on a masterclass when it comes to failing to declare or act upon conflicts of interest, the City of Melbourne councillors have gone to the other extreme.
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Tallest tower a step closer
The City of Melbourne is likely to endorse a proposal to build Australia’s tallest tower – at 40 metres higher than the unfinished Australia 108 – in Southbank.
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Protecting nature in our city
Did you know that the City of Melbourne is home to fluffy-pawed spiders, pobblebonk frogs and matchbox-sized microbats?
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A look at Fishermans Bend in 2020
Southbank News caught up with Fishermans Bend Development Board chair Meredith Sussex last month to check in on how things in Australia’s largest-ever urban renewal precinct were shaping up for the year ahead.
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Fears over helipad removal
Helicopter operators have spoken out against the City of Melbourne’s Yarra River Strategy, which looks to phase out the helipad at Batman Park to provide for greater amenity along the Northbank.
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Council unhappy with Gurner plans
A proposal by property developer Gurner to build three towers and a “town square” in Fishermans Bend has been criticised due to a lack of detail and concerns regarding sea level rise and flooding.
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Philanthropic and media identity given AO
Recently departed CEO of the Pratt Foundation, Southbank’s Sam Lipski was earlier this year made an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia.
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Out on the frontier
Down on Munro St a little patch of blue-green leaves set against a modest hacienda-style entrance says welcome in an industrial frontier land that is changing slowly.
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Clean-up confusion on bridge
Graffiti on the infamous Montague Street Bridge will be removed by the Department of Transport and Yarra Trams after a local resident alleged that “no one wanted to take responsibility” for it.
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Researching Australia’s smallest bat
“Citizen scientists” were enlisted by the City of Melbourne and the University of Melbourne to help survey populations of microbats in Southbank in February.
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Preparing to go out: the story of Japanese Modernism
The National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) free-entry art spaces are now showing the major new exhibition Japanese Modernism.
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Buxton’s exclusive Xenogenesis premiere
Buxton Contemporary will launch the Australian premiere of a new Afrofuturist art exhibition by London-based collective The Otolith Group on March 6.
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Welcome to campus
It was O-week in February and the art students were back in town to begin their long and tortuous journey towards a career.
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Unremembered
With a career in the arts already under his belt, Simon Dow was still enticed to enrol in a Photography Studies College (PSC) course.
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Some shade for Lashie
The heat has been hitting pets badly and owners have been taking care to stay out of the sun
Read MoreSelf-soothing: First Aid for when you’re stressed and burned out
Whenever you’re anxious, sad or overwhelmed or simply need some soothing, it helps to have a collection of comforting and healthy tools to turn to
Read MoreShort-stay abuse despite resident’s VCAT win
Residents in a prestige Melbourne apartment tower report that they are living in fear of abuse and violent threats from out-of-control short-stay guests – despite a VCAT ruling in favour of a resident who complained
Read MoreVertical living views – an agent’s perspective
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for” - John Lubbock. And what we look for in vertical villages is largely related to the role we play in the vertical living sector
Read MoreWelcome to 2020!
President I hope our community was able to have a break with their families across the festive season, which sadly, wasn’t so pleasant for many in the bushfire affected areas of our country.
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What we each do matters
The start of this year challenged us all by bringing climate change and its devastating effects front-of-mind for all of us with the ongoing bushfires, as smoke enveloped Melbourne to remind us of what is happening hundreds of kilometres away
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