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The gall of North Melbournites

September 14th, 2022 - Howard Birnstihl

If you’re a gardener, or just wandering North Melbourne’s parks, you’ll have seen many galls in your time, although you may not know a lot about them. Non-gardeners can mistake these often colourful and attractive little baubles for a natural part of the plant, which of course they are not.

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Our nature

September 14th, 2022 - Jacqui van Heerden

According to the ancient science of Ayurveda and Chinese medicine, all the elements that are contained in nature are in us. In nature there is a rhythm, a pulse that keeps things in harmony. When this rhythm is broken, either through man’s intervention or a disturbance, there is discord – nature bounces back and always starts building again, if we allow her.

How I’m fighting the cost-of-living crisis

September 14th, 2022 - Adam Bandt

Many people across Melbourne are doing it tough.

Why wait? We can change the date ourselves

September 14th, 2022 - Rebecca Smith

Did you know that organisations and businesses all over the country are changing the date themselves?

Working to keep our wildlife safe, including Melbourne’s famous peregrine falcons!

September 14th, 2022 - Ellen Sandell

We’re incredibly lucky in Melbourne to share our city home with some amazing wildlife, including the charismatic peregrine falcons which nest each year high on the top of a building in the CBD.

QVM Trader Profile

New group of refugee traders live their dreams at QVM

September 14th, 2022 - Brendan Rees

A man who fled civil war in East Africa more than two decades ago is among a new group of refugees realising their dreams at the Queen Victoria Market (QVM).

Tourism sector calls for short-stay day limit

September 13th, 2022 - Barbara Francis & Rus Littleson

Tourism industry groups want Victoria to follow other states, including NSW, and impose a limit on the number of days per year that properties can be let as short stays.