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78 Seniors: friendship, support and loving thy neighbour
“Loneliness is the biggest disease on the pensioner.”
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Melbourne Music Week dives into Kensington
Soul-searching insights into Kensington’s identity, culture, and sense of community were on display in Melbourne Music Week’s (MMW’s) new podcast Narratives of Neighbourhood.
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Curran St apartments approved
A proposed block of apartments in North Melbourne has been given the green light by the City of Melbourne despite more than 40 objections from neighbouring residents.
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No Wurundjeri Way sound barrier
“Terrible resonance.” That’s how West Melbourne residents describe the noise from countless heavy freight trains rumbling by their front doors every day.
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Landmark LGBTIQ+ report documents local history
On March 1 the Australian Queer Archives and Heritage Victoria launched A History of LGBTIQ+ Victoria in 100 Places and Objects, a ground-breaking study of queer people, places, objects and stories in Victoria.
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What goes best with coffee?
Small Batch in Little Howard St is expanding and opening a place in the CBD following the successful launch of its pastries during the pandemic.
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Community housing for Parkville Gardens
A new 16-storey community housing building is now in the pipeline for a vacant lot in Parkville Gardens.
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Developer acquires third Kensington site
Make Ventures (MAKE), the parent company of build-to-rent developer Assemble, has acquired 402 Macaulay Rd – its third development site in Kensington – for $30 million.
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“Lessons have been learned”: Fourth time lucky for bike share?
In the past three years, three share bike operators have packed up and left Melbourne. Will the newest company to take the plunge prove more successful?
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With office workers returning to the city and traffic becoming a reality again, the City of Melbourne has joined forces with RACV to encourage commuters to consider cycling as a convenient, healthier way of getting around.
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Council budget “big on delivery”
It’s time for reform of Victoria’s criminal justice system
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