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Is Southbank about to lose its secret rainforest?
Hidden behind glass walls at 12 Riverside Quay – right opposite the Evan Walker Bridge – is a genuine rainforest, complete with a mini waterfall feeding a burbling creek.
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Melbourne Fringe in search of truth
This year the Melbourne Fringe has turned to truth, 37 years into its life.
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Clarendon St is “dreadful” for cyclists
Committee members of the Southbank Residents’ Association (SRA) have raised concerns over the lack of clear direction for cyclists at the Clarendon St, Normanby Rd intersection.
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Walkway STILL closed
The wood-decked extension of the Spencer Street Bridge remains closed due to issues relating to an engineering assessment, according to its owner.
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The next Silicon Valley in Fishermans Bend
Since forming 18 months ago, the Fishermans Bend Business Forum (FBBF) has provided a voice to some 400 forward-thinking businesses already operating in the urban renewal precinct.
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Sally meets SRA
Sally Capp continued to cement her reputation as a “Lord Mayor of the people” on August 7 after attending the Southbank Residents’ Association’s (SRA) first committee meeting of its new term.
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Action taken on dangerous ramp
Arts Centre Melbourne divided opinion last month after installing yellow barriers on the ramp from St Kilda Rd to Southgate Ave alongside Hamer Hall.
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Moray office proposal
A striking $14.5 million project may soon appear in South Melbourne in place of a two-storey office building as part of regenerating the area next to Southbank.
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La Camera turns 20!
La Camera is celebrating 20 years as a Southgate, and Melbourne, institution with a month-long OctoberFESTA!
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“Different musicians with different ideas”
This month, the Melbourne Recital Centre (MRC) is collaborating with Melbourne jazz royalty The Sedergreens, international classical pianist Paul Lewis, and Ludovico’s Band, who will be performing Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610.
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Orchestra Victoria celebrates 50 years
Orchestra Victoria’s year-long anniversary celebrations continue next month with a new show coming to Joan Hammond Hall on Southbank Boulevard on October 5.
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Testing Grounds to close for upgrades
Having got the most out of its cubic arts spaces for a variety of creative uses since its last renovation in 2015, Southbank’s Testing Grounds is temporarily shutting for three weeks for an internal renovation.
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New face at ACCA
The new executive director of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) was named as Claire Richardson last month, four months after the position was made vacant.
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A patch of green
A patch of green grass in front of Eureka tower was supposed to provide some visual pleasure
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Unrivalled inner-city living
Nestled impeccably between city and sea, the streets of South Melbourne are set to welcome Lenny – a unique six-level luxury development in the heart of the buzzing South Melbourne
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New home, new inner-city lifestyle!
Central Equity’s newest Southbank apartment tower, Southbank Place has recently finished and is welcoming residents
Read MoreEmotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence, or EI/EQ, describes a person’s ability to recognise emotions, to understand their powerful effect, and to use that information to guide thinking and behaviour to influence that of others
Read MoreState government follows UK lead on cladding
Daniel Andrews’ pledge of $600 million to fix half of the 1000-plus buildings in Victoria with flammable cladding is welcome news for some “lucky” owners
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High-pressure building boom hits Southbank!
In the 1950s, corporations seeking to construct new buildings in Melbourne began facing difficulties in finding large plots of land in the city and began to look south across the river.
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