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Our three-year ritual … here we are again: another Federal election
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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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Southbank’s future begins now
The title of this piece could be “believe it, achieve it”, “build it and they will come” or “dreams do come true.”
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Dianne takes a step closer to Mars
Southbank resident Dianne McGrath has progressed to the final 100 candidates around the world to be selected to travel to Mars.
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Sign up today for solar panel grants for apartment buildings
If you live in an owners’ corporation (OC) with between three to 50 residential units, your building can sign up for a grant of up to $140,000 to fund the installation of solar panels on the building’s rooftop.
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Vital open space at the Kings Way undercroft
Southbankers need more open space. And we’re delivering that, underneath the Kingsway overpass.
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Mac.Robertson Girls High School – corner Kings Way and Albert Rd
On the fringe of Southbank stands Mac.Robertson Girls High school, Victoria’s premier girls’ high school.
Read MoreConnections
I feel strangely nostalgic for the Coronavirus years of 2020-21. While the disease threatened and terrified us, and some institutional responses were adverse, good things also happened.
Read MoreThe cost-of-living crisis: corporate greed is driving Australians to the brink
Our Southbank survey received so many responses, so, thank you to everyone who took time to respond. Cost of living was a consistent concern, and you’re not alone.
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Southbank Neighbourhood Watch officially launched
Boyd Park update
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