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ACCA gets new executive director
For the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art’s (ACCA’s) new executive director, a return to the arts precinct – and specifically Sturt St – has been a long time coming.
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New face at MRC
Meet Melbourne Recital Centre’s (MRC’s) new chair, Andrea Hull AO.
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A seasoned traveller
Students Sarah Nikolayson (25) and Liam Butler (32) are proud owners of Skadi – a two-year-old purebred red brindle whippet.
Read MoreHow to connect with your grown-up child
Connecting with grown-up children can be difficult
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Anzac construction update
To enable the next stage of construction to build the new Anzac Station, buses will replace trams on St Kilda Rd between the Shrine of Remembrance and Commercial Rd from October 13 to 27
Read MoreSmall print shrinks state cladding fund
Small print shrinks state cladding fund
Read MoreAn inspiring legacy
At dawn on April 9, 1945, after one-and-a-half years of imprisonment, Dietrich Bonhoeffer – the German pastor and anti-Nazi dissident – was hanged at Flossenbürg concentration camp.
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Fashion and Southbank
Among the many galvanised iron factories along Sturt St in the 1930s was a stylish new factory for Lucy Secor fashion designers.
Read MoreTravelling safely in Southbank
After a record low road toll in 2018, when 214 people lost their lives in Victoria, there have already been 192 lives lost, an increase of 56 compared to the same time last year
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Highs and lows, yet always in action
It’s impressive how many highs and lows a month can pack
Read MoreAre you getting to know us?
We hope so. Over the last few years we have been introducing you, dear readers, to members of our community – Montaguans
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The Lord Mayor visits
We were delighted that the Lord Mayor Sally Capp was able to join us at our first committee meeting post our annual general meeting (AGM) last month
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It’s time to return river to Birrarung
“We renamed Uluru from Ayers Rock. I would love us to rename it [Yarra River] Birrarung, but that’s my personal view” - Kate Nagato, Melbourne Water.
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Reece: key precinct needs a plan
The City of Melbourne’s chair of planning Cr Nicholas Reece has started an important discussion around the future management of Southbank’s riverfront precinct between Southbank Promenade and City Rd.
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50 car parks to go
The City of Melbourne is proposing to remove all diagonal car parking from Kavanagh St and replace it with parallel parking – a move questioned by the Southbank Residents’ Association (SRA).
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Security works
Preliminary works to improve public security on Southbank Promenade have commenced, after the City of Melbourne conducted “service proving” this month.
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Crown takeover
Crown Resorts has confirmed that it has purchased now former development partner Schiavello’s 50 per cent stake in the site of its controversial Queensbridge Tower proposal.
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Faine flags Fischer for veterans’ art
ABC Melbourne radio presenter Jon Faine got a local conversation started last month in the aftermath of former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer’s death on August 22.
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Council creates special committee to progress new gambling policy
Robert Doyle has been gone from Town Hall for more than 18 months but the impact of some of his decisions lives on – particularly in relation to conflicts of interest arising from campaign donations.
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Domain Precinct vision a step closer
The City of Port Phillip will adopt its new masterplan for the Domain Precinct at a council meeting at St Kilda Town Hall on September 18.
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