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Old and underused council properties could be up for sale
Two worn and “underutilised” City of Melbourne-owned properties in Kensington and North Melbourne are expected to go on the open market, following a community engagement process.
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West Melbourne set to have the nation’s first solar-powered façade office tower
West Melbourne will be home to Australia’s first-ever office building to have a solar panel façade system under a $40 million project.
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Getting hooked on salami
Salami season has opened and that means buying supplies so that friends can gather over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend to socialise and create their own traditions.
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Greens state MP will re-contest seat in November election
The recent Federal Election saw the Australian Labor Party gain seats in the Lower House allowing it to govern with a majority.
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One Kensington local doing his part for the community and planet
A new sustainability forward idea has been initiated at the McCracken St Food Share Pantry in the form of blue towels, with Kensington local Joseph Tubon at the forefront of the addition.
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COVID Madness in our neighbourhood
There wasn’t much real action during the pandemic for people in lockdown and they had to find it wherever they could.
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New chapter for Wayward Books
People might be missing Wayward Books and worrying that one of their favourite local personalities was doing it hard.
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Melbourne Zoo director Michelle Bruggeman resigns
Michelle Bruggeman stepped downed from her role as director at the Melbourne Zoo at the end of May to take on a significant new position in the aged care and retirement sector.
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Greens romp home for a fifth consecutive term in Melbourne; Shorten reclaims Maribyrnong
Greens leader and Melbourne MP Adam Bandt enjoyed his best Federal Election yet on May 21, winning a fifth consecutive term with an increased percentage of the primary vote, while his party expanded its presence in the House of Representatives. For Kensington residents, who are a new addition to the seat of Maribyrnong, long-serving local MP and former Labor leader Bill Shorten will lead them for the next three years after a comfortable victory.
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New harvest for Citywide
Sometimes at about noon there will be a long line of street sweepers arriving from the CBD to offload their “harvest” at a large, rather complex wash plant at the Dynon Rd depot.
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A new feel for an old favourite
Empowering women through the written word
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