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Domain Road’s outdoor dining parklets set to stay
Domain Road’s outdoor dining “parklets” – installed and maintained by the Metro Tunnel Project – will become a permanent feature of the popular strip in a win for local business owners.
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Betting on harm: Australia can’t afford to gamble on inaction
For too long gambling companies have profited off the misery of everyday people. The Greens say enough is enough.
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Boost for a cleaner Yarra
The Federal Government has announced that it will pitch in $1 million over four years towards efforts to help clean up the Yarra River.
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Council elections: who are you voting for?
Yet again, council elections are upon us. It seems like only yesterday our Southbank Residents’ Association (SRA) committee was planning its last “Meet the Candidates” event giving the community the opportunity to ask their questions and hear directly from the candidates.
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The joy of Southbank
As spring is enveloping us all (along with the challenges of all the plane trees), Southbank is splendidly coming back to life.
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Earth care, people care and nurture to share
It’s finally spring after a bitterly cold winter and the neighbourhood is buzzing with the hum of bees, and dragonflies warming themselves on the garden bed signal rocks (looks like they favour red).
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Understanding your apartment building
Inside every building is a story that is told from many different perspectives. Life within apartment living is complex so join us as we discuss the roles and responsibilities of the key stakeholders.
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Mr Tango is slowly coming back
Following his emergency spinal surgery, Mr Tango met Southbank News on the steps of the Red Stair amphitheatre at Queensbridge Square in October.
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Sturt St ‘Shocker’
Melbourne City councillors lined up to express their disgust at a planning proposal submitted for 248 Sturt St at the October 7 Future Melbourne Committee meeting.
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Lithium-ion battery safety
Southbank is one of the most densely populated suburbs in Victoria. The majority of people live in residential towers, some as high as 108 stories, and each apartment will have multiple portable devices such as laptop computers, mobile phones, children’s toys, e-scooters and e-cigarettes.
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Amendments to short-stay legislation a welcome relief to owners’ corporations
The government’s stunning decision to empower owners’ corporations (OCs) to choose for themselves about whether to permit short-term letting in their buildings is a game-changer for owner occupiers and tenants alike across Melbourne.
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Metro Tunnel celebrates third station milestone
It’s officially three down, two to go on the Metro Tunnel Project.
Read MoreRemembered
Following the death of his wife, C S Lewis wrote, “Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything” (page 8, Kindle: Tingle Books). While beautifully expressed, his words are achingly sad and familiar.
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Everyone deserves a better deal at the supermarket
I know from speaking with our community right across Macnamara that people are doing it tough. Mortgages have gone up, rents too, and everyday expenses have been piling up.
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Dismay over council’s e-scooter backflip
Last month council made the surprise decision to cancel the contracts of the two e-scooter operators, Neuron and Lime.
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10 Years On: Southbank snubbed on overshadowing
The City of Melbourne has gone against its own planning advice to support overshadowing of the “sacrosanct” south bank of the Yarra, in return for open space in the CBD.
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Bring on spring in Southbank
September is always a welcome time of the year in our business community.
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The importance of attending your building’s AGM
Inside every building is a story that is told from many different perspectives. Life within apartment living is complex and join us as we answer all your questions so we can better understand that world a little bit better.
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Coco the spoodle
Coco is a cocker-spaniel x poodle with refined taste buds.
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Sally Capp: one last chat as Lord Mayor of Melbourne
Eureka’s sister site up for sale
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