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Southbank Evening Walking Group steps out for safety and connection

November 12th, 2025 - Sean Car

What began as a small fitness idea among neighbours has quickly grown into one of Southbank’s most positive community movements.

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Southbank bookshop hosts local conversation on body image

August 26th, 2025 - Sean Car

Mary Martin Bookshop at Southgate will play host to an important community discussion on body image this September, as Australian author Chi Chi Wang brings her story and message of self-acceptance to Southbank.

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NDIS misconceptions: what you can actually access in Southbank

July 21st, 2025 - Southbank News

According to data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, around one in six (18 per cent) of people in Australia live with a disability. This means that out of the total population, approximately 4.4 million Australians have a disability.

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GURNER unveils luxury wellness club SAINT Black in Southbank

June 11th, 2025 - Southbank News

Developer GURNER Group has announced the launch of SAINT Black, its newest luxury wellness and private social club, opening this July within its recently completed Madison Grand build-to-rent development at 344 City Rd in Southbank.

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“A little world of health and wellness”: The Brace Shop opens in Port Melbourne

October 9th, 2024 - Sean Car

After operating his family business out of Abbotsford for 35 years, Erez Baron has brought Melbourne’s best sports and medical goods retail service to Port Melbourne, right on Southbank’s doorstep. 

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Kidney Health Australia rallies the community to raise funds with the Red Socks Run

September 4th, 2024 - Sabrina Caires

The not-for-profit organisation, which moved its office to Southbank in July, is encouraging the community to run, walk or ride 60 km throughout October to raise funds for people living with kidney disease.

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“Lives will continue to be lost”: lobby group calls for safe injecting room in City of Port Phillip

June 4th, 2024 - Brendan Rees

A lobby group advocating for a safe injecting room in the CBD has shifted its focus to the City of Port Phillip after facing resistance from the state government.

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Southbank dads empowered by innovative Dadfit program

May 8th, 2024 - Georgie Atkins

On a mission to “make dadding a team sport”, Dadfit’s five-week program kicked off in Southbank on May 6 at Boyd Community Hub.

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Measles exposure site at Woolworths Melbourne Square

October 4th, 2023 - Brendan Rees

A “high alert” has been issued after a measles case was detected in a returned overseas traveller who visited a Southbank supermarket on September 20.   

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Puppy dies after suspected of eating poisonous mushroom

June 7th, 2023 - Brendan Rees

A Southbank woman has been left heartbroken after her beloved one-year-old Cavalier King Charles died after being suspected of eating a poisonous mushroom.

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Have you had your flu shot yet?

June 7th, 2023 - Southbank News

Southbank residents: as the flu season approaches MyClinic Southbank want to ensure the health and wellbeing of our valued residents.

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The free service reducing the stigma of managing periods

January 13th, 2023 - Kaylah Joelle Baker

The City of Melbourne has extended its free period care pilot program until June 30, after it was successfully launched in September 2021.

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Exercising your options 

September 7th, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

Some high-rise residents have decided not to return to gyms because of concerns about viral infections. 

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Council backs “BINS4Blokes” men’s health campaign

June 8th, 2022 - Brendan Rees

An initiative to install incontinence product disposal bins in men’s public toilet facilities across the municipality will be piloted by the City of Melbourne – the first capital city council to adopt such a campaign.

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Labor pledges to open a South Melbourne Headspace facility

May 11th, 2022 - Kaylah Joelle Baker

As the Australian federal election approaches, Labor is promising to deliver on providing a new Headspace facility in South Melbourne if elected.

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Harvest cladding works underway

October 6th, 2021 - David Schout

Rectification works are underway at one of Melbourne’s most dangerous buildings containing flammable cladding.

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COVID road map offers “glimmer of hope” as traders gear up to reopen

October 6th, 2021 - Southbank News

Traders in Southbank have expressed relief for Victoria’s COVID road map, but many are holding their breath as to whether the city will reopen in late October.

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South Melbourne Market welcomes back visitors after COVID scare

August 5th, 2021 - Southbank News

South Melbourne Market has welcomed back all its non-food traders and visitors after the state was freed from last month’s lockdown.

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Arts precinct bouncing back after another lockdown blow

August 5th, 2021 - Katie Johnson

As Melbourne shakes itself off from the fifth lockdown, the Arts Precinct is attempting to recover from yet another blow.

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Lockdown hits business recovery

July 8th, 2021 - Brendan Rees

Southbank traders have been dealt a “major psychological blow” after enduring its fourth lockdown, with many saying the road to recovery had been slow and frustrating.

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