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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.
Read MoreNew local gymnastics facility
The new Advantage Gym Sports (AGS) gymnasium has recently opened to the community on Turner St in Fishermans Bend.
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Boutique Southbank real estate
Long-time friends and now business partners Mel McLennan and David Gay have established a new real estate agency at Clarendon Towers on Haig St. Southbank Residential provides what both gentlemen described as “boutique” and “old-fashioned” real estate service especially tailored to the needs of Southbankers.
Read MoreThe powerful psychology behind tidying up
As you read this article, take a second to think about the state of your home.
Read MoreCladding, short-stays and rooming
As evacuees trudged out of the CBD high-rise building that caught fire in February, the media stepped in to interview the victims of this alarming incident that has been blamed on combustible cladding.
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