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Dip into the festive season at Afloat
There are few better places to spend your summer days than along the Yarra-Birrarung River in the heart of Melbourne, but there’s only one spot you can enjoy the stunning atmosphere while taking a dip.
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Montague gets its first supermarket
In a welcome sign of the new precinct’s growth, supermarket giant Coles opened a new “Local” store in Montague last month.
Read MoreBest places to eat and drink: November
Make the most of the warmer weather and longer days. Whether it’s pre-theatre snacks, a fiesta floating on the river or Sunday sessions at Fed Square, here are just a few to tide you over until summer.
Read MoreVisitor numbers back on track at South Melbourne Market
Visitation levels at the South Melbourne Market have jumped in the past year, reaching near pre-pandemic levels, according to the annual report released in October.
Read MoreCome for Wakuda’s dining, and stay for the karaoke
There is a new venue calling Melbourne’s Midcity Centre home promising to deliver a dining and entertainment experience that “fosters connections and creates lasting memories through the universal pleasure of good food and fun times”.
Read MoreStaff at Uni Melb’s art school plead for better working conditions
Following an historic, week-long staff strike at the University of Melbourne’s (UoM) Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) bargaining team walked out of negotiations on September 4 after university management failed to acknowledge the union’s core demands.
Read MoreIncome solutions for today’s investor
In a world that is always changing, investors are constantly searching for high-quality, consistent income solutions.
Read MoreSouthbank’s only community pharmacy, hidden in plain sight
For one of Australia’s most densely populated suburbs, it’s peculiar to realise Southbank’s clear absence of pharmacies in general, but more particularly community pharmacies.
Read MoreHolidaying owner-occupier scrolling social media drops $6.56m on South Melbourne office
Clarke House – a multi-storey 1,025sqm commercial building at 101 Clarke Street, South Melbourne – owned by former Piping Hot managing director Mark Johannsen sold 24 hours before its scheduled auction.
Read MoreBusinesses fight against “bed tax” as government seeks to curb short stays
The state government is considering a tax on short-stay accommodation in a bid to curb the state’s housing crisis, but Victoria’s peak tourism body and local businesses say the proposal would be a major impediment to the sector’s post-pandemic recovery.
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Australian first hits DFO South Wharf

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