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Reducing our food waste in Southbank
As we as a community consider ways to reduce our environmental footprint and associated environmental damage, we may want to take a closer look at food waste. The 2021 National Food Waste Strategy Feasibility Study reported:
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Metro Tunnel prepared for any scenario ahead of 2025 opening
Emergency services staff have descended into the Metro Tunnel to get to know the new stations and practice response procedures in case of any future emergencies.
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The lessons for all from the Miles and Dodds pocket park
Southbankers will be aware that the City of Melbourne decided to return for a third round of consultation about its proposal to refurbish and expand the pocket park at the Miles and Dodds Street Reserve.
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Pedestrian bridge to receive a facelift
The Southbank Pedestrian Bridge will close for two weeks in June for major maintenance works.
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“Rough on Rats” in Southbank
The combination of a river location servicing numerous ships (many from Europe), large warehouses, and heavily used drains meant that the area now known as Southbank was a haven for rats in the 19th century.
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Our federal election is over
By the time this article is published Australia’s political landscape is changed, albeit by degrees. Who governs us? How will they govern? Will much change?
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Council continues to labour on Southbank Promenade
It is disappointing that once again the Southbank Residents’ Association (SRA) needs to be reminding the City of Melbourne of past promises.
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Our three-year ritual … here we are again: another Federal election
We would like to remind you all, dear readers, that as a community group Southbank3006 is apolitical.
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Fighting for our next generations in Macnamara
For the first time, Gen Z and millennials outnumber baby boomers in the upcoming election. Some political commentators fear this shift, but I believe it can only be a good thing.
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Driving down power prices, and cutting emissions in Victoria
Our Labor Government created the Victorian Default Offer (VDO), which slashed power prices for households, and continues to push power prices down today.
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Easter at St Johns Southgate
Easter celebrations in most Christian communities will soon begin. For many communities those celebrations include Palm Sunday (April 13), Maundy Thursday (April 17), Good Friday (April 18) and Easter Day (April 20).
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Autumn vibes in our Southbank
After an exceptionally hot summer, the current cooler weather is a relief for high-rise residents.
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New future beckons for Queensbridge St
Southbank Residents’ Association (SRA) was delighted to receive a sneak-peek into what is proposed for the recently purchased One Queensbridge site by PDG, formerly owned by Crown.
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Terminator’s shock visit
Flocked by his large entourage, Mr Schwarzenegger dropped in unexpectedly to Designer Chandelier at Eureka Tower, much to the excitement of Daniel and staff member Shanan Fehrmann.
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Melbourne’s beloved Campbell Arcade set to reopen
Melbourne’s much-loved Campbell Arcade is set to reopen later this year, with a process now under way to fill the arcade’s iconic shopfronts with tenants.
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Coffee with a Cop
On Sunday, March 30, Southbank Police along with the Crime Prevention Officers from the Melbourne Proactive Policing Unit and Southbank Neighbourhood Watch got together to host “Coffee with a Cop”.
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Eleanor Roosevelt comes to Melbourne and Southbank
In 1943, during World War Two, Eleanor Roosevelt (wife of the then US President Franklin D. Roosevelt) undertook a long, dangerous and arduous trip across the South Pacific, heading to Australia.
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A free BBQ – and a government that’s gutting our nature laws
During late March, we hosted another of our free community BBQs in Southbank.
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An opportunity for a park?
The announcement last week that Beulah International has put the project manager of its STH BNK project at the old BMW site on the City Rd into administration was a massive surprise.
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The latest from Southbank Sustainability Group
Sunflowers have been blooming in several of the raised garden beds in the community garden in front of the Boyd Community Hub. You can’t miss the bright yellow flowers that follow the sun during the day. They are very attractive to bees as well.
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