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Safety, inclusion address at public housing community meeting

Safety, inclusion address at public housing community meeting

August 16th, 2023 - Brendan Rees

The North Melbourne public housing community has gathered in solidarity with the City of Melbourne to discuss critical issues of safety, inclusion, discrimination, and other concerns.

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It’s Now or Never

August 16th, 2023 - Jack Hayes

Melbourne will soon be transformed with large-scale outdoor sculptural installations and projections, an immersive 360-degree pop-up dome cinema and a slew of boundary-breaking performances that explore the realm where technology and art converge, as the City of Melbourne debuts its newest digital art and future thinking festival, Now or Never, this month.

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West Melbourne Office Returns 307% for Australian Chiropractors Association

July 19th, 2023 - North West City News

The city headquarters of the Australian Chiropractors Association (ACA) at 38-40 Dudley Street, West Melbourne, has sold under the hammer for $2.49 million to an undisclosed local buyer in the professional services sector.

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Council consults on Power Melbourne

July 17th, 2023 - Sean Car

The City of Melbourne and two other neighbouring councils have identified 16 proposed locations for new neighbourhood batteries that will help deliver more renewable energy to inner-city locals, with consultation kicking off this month.

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West Melbourne residents outraged over hotel redevelopment plans

July 12th, 2023 - Brendan Rees

A proposal to redevelop the Miami Hotel in West Melbourne into a five-storey building over four parcels of land has angered locals who believe it will have a detrimental impact to the area’s amenity.

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Calls mount for safety fix at new school campus

July 12th, 2023 - Brendan Rees

Growing numbers of concerned parents are voicing alarm over unsafe road conditions they say are putting lives at risk amid the opening of North Melbourne Primary’s School’s new campus.   

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A new feel for an old favourite

July 12th, 2023 - Jack Hayes

Since being handed the keys in early 2022, business partners Phil Gijsbers and Neil Mills (Green Acre, Rusty’s, East End), the duo behind North Melbourne modern bistro, Bobbie Peels, have quietly forged a following among industry experts and locals alike.

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Report condemns police lockdown behaviour

July 12th, 2023 - Rhonda Dredge

Lingering impacts of the lockdown are still being sorted by Inner Melbourne Community Legal, which has a shopfront on Queensberry St opposite North Melbourne Town Hall.

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Sublime Stim’s exploration into autistic culture creates “a safer space for generations to come”

July 12th, 2023 - Kaylah Joelle Baker

Arts House season two launched on June 30, and starting off the program in August is Sublime Stim, which has been commissioned through the performance space’s The Warehouse Residency program.

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Historic North Melbourne church sold for first time in 170 years

July 12th, 2023 - Brendan Rees

A large property site in North Melbourne that has been home to a 170-year-old bluestone church has been sold to an offshore buyer.

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Raptor in Royal Park

June 15th, 2022 - Carol Saffer
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