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Inner North-West, start your engines!

September 13th, 2023 - Edmund Coleman

After the roaring success of the inaugural Queensberry Cup, the Billycart Challenge is set to return to the corner of Errol St and Queensberry streets on October 21.

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Housing crisis prompts council action on short-stays

September 13th, 2023 - Sean Car

The City of Melbourne is the latest Victorian local council looking at doing what it can to mitigate the growing number of short-stay apartments in its municipality in a bid to open the market to more long-term renters in the city.

Around the galleries

September 12th, 2023 - Rhonda Dredge

Foot traffic has dropped and the galleries of North and West Melbourne are keen to get people back out on a Saturday afternoon visiting.

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Local fashion brand launches Circular Sourcing

August 16th, 2023 - North & West Melbourne Precinct Association

As part of its goal to create systems change for a circular economy in fashion, Melbourne circular fashion brand, A.BCH, has launched Circular Sourcing – a marketplace for surplus textiles with the goal of keeping Australian surplus fabrics in use and out of landfill.

Regenerate nature – a hopeful path forward

August 16th, 2023 - Jacqui van Heerden

In the face of environmental challenges, our community is embracing the call to regenerate nature, breathing new life into our local ecosystems.

Transition or transformation?

August 16th, 2023 - Simon Harvey

In the July edition of North West City News Brendan Rees reported on the sale of the iconic church on the corner of Queensbury and Curzon streets in North Melbourne. Apparently a Uniting Church leader said that “such a substantial landholding … no longer met their missional goals”.