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Local stalwart and workers’ rights devotee honoured with Queen’s Birthday award
A North Melbourne resident who has worked tirelessly representing the rights of blue and white-collar unions has been awarded a Queen’s Birthday honour.
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Your Melbourne Greens team continues (and grows by one!)
I have some news: at the time of writing (early June), my baby is due in one week! And before I embark upon a short period of maternity leave, I wanted to ‘officially’ announce that I’m putting up my hand to continue as your state MP for Melbourne at the Victorian election in November.
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Congratulations to 300 cladding winners!
The latest figures from Cladding Safety Victoria (CSV) website show that about 35 per cent of cladding-affected apartment buildings have been selected for financial assistance for remediation works. Only “extreme risk” or “high risk” buildings qualify for state government funding.
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Apartment living – the new normal
In contrast to most European and Asian cities, other than for social housing, Australian cities have not been characterised by apartment blocks, but this is changing in places like Kensington and North Melbourne.
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A suspicious death
There has been a murder in the garden. The whole of North Melbourne is buzzing and the renowned Italian Detective Ento Mologist, more lately of the yard [the backyard], has been brought in to investigate.
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Barring – Nganjin: an exhibition of Stolen Generations survivors
An Aboriginal art exhibition capturing the stories of grief, loss, and resilience from Stolen Generations survivors will be held at Federation Square as part of National Reconciliation Week.
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Creating calm
During the endless lockdowns, I started stitching. Nothing fancy, just simple embroidery to start with. Now a patchwork quilt is slowly taking shape. However, it is not the end result that’s important. It’s the quiet daily act of sitting and stitching that is beneficial. My eyes following the thread, my hands busy, mind calm.
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Metro Tunnel artwork brings colour to Kensington childcare service
Panels from a Metro Tunnel Project mural have found a new home at a Kensington childcare service, giving a splash of colour to the early childhood education and care service’s garden.
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An interview with Henry von Doussa: The Pink Book
Henry von Doussa is Satellite Foundation’s family and community engagement person, and a social researcher at The Bouverie Centre. His second published book, The Pink Book, is a memoir that speaks to sexuality, gender, grief, and loss, and growing up as a gay man in Australia.
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What does the world need right now?
Three years ago, Rawcus artistic director Kate Sulan asked the 14 members of the Rawcus Ensemble to explore, and re-explore, the question: “what does the world need right now?”
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Electric motorcycle company revs ahead after revolutionary motorbike wins top honours
West Gate Tunnel moving ahead
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