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Haig St snapped up
One of the last key remaining Southbank sites at 65-71 Haig St was purchased by a Malaysian developer last month.
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Montague development driving Fishermans Bend
The Montague Precinct continues to provide optimism for future development in Fishermans Bend, with another sod turned on a new development in Thistlethwaite St last month.
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Calls for climate action
Climate change is at the top of a list of issues the City of Melbourne will present to the major parties contesting the up-coming federal election.
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Students move in!
More than 1000 students and staff moved into the new state-of-the-art Ian Potter Southbank Centre last month, home to the new Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
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A priority precinct
The Minister for Priority Precincts, Gavin Jennings, and Fishermans Bend Development Board chair, Meredith Sussex, have reinforced the government’s intentions for a world-class employment and innovation cluster in Fishermans Bend.
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A more accessible Arts Centre
Southbank’s Arts Precinct has recently become home to the latest Changing Places facility located at Hamer Hall in Arts Centre Melbourne.
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Magic at the lunch table
The Welcome Dinner Project held an international student welcome lunch on March 10 at the Boyd Community Hub, attracting more than 30 participants.
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Cycle speed study
The City of Melbourne is conducting a cycle speed study along Southbank Promenade in April that will run for five weeks.
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Heritage protected
The Port Phillip Council has endorsed the inclusion of the pair of shops and residences at 588-590 City Rd in the Montague Precinct into its planning scheme heritage overlay.
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Erections!
Now that we have your attention, there is a new exhibition currently taking place at a Southbank gallery, which explores man’s love of high-rise.
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Meet the Coffee Zombie
Born in Southbank, the Coffee Zombie is a character that can’t function without coffee.
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Friends to local felines
“The naming of cats is a difficult matter” T.S. Eliot said, but choosing the business name A Cat Above for their cat-minding business was easy for Southbank residents Paula and Craig Scher, as most of their clients and their feline friends live in high-rise buildings.
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YIRRAMBOI Festival 2019
Australia’s premier first peoples’ art and cultural event, YIRRAMBOI Festival, will fill Southbank and the city with close to 100 events across 25 different venues from May 2 to 12.
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Connection to culture
Martika Shakoor connects with her culture through her photography.
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Yothu Yindi & The Treaty Project
Eight-time ARIA Award winner Yothu Yindi returns to Hamer Hall on May 4 in a new electronica-driven formation called Yothu Yindi & The Treaty Project.
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Two years of lectures to define Australian art moments
The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) is launching a two-year lecture series focused on the defining moments of Australian art.
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When dog becomes family
For some of us, dogs are probably no more than our playful companions or road trip buddies on our day off.
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The new Advantage Gym Sports (AGS) gymnasium has recently opened to the community on Turner St in Fishermans Bend.
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