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WEBThe City of Melbourne’s officially endorsed business precinct association for Chinatown has secured the rights to host the Lunar New Year Festival following years of changing hands. Pellegrini’s stalwart server Rocco Eliche retires after 50 years of service. The server who became emblematic of the iconic Pellegrini’s Espresso Bar has ...
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WEBOct 1, 2024 · Council frees up car spaces for QVM amid federal heritage review. September 26th, 2024 - Jon Fleetwood. While the construction of Lendlease’s Gurrowa Place remains on hold pending the outcome of a federal heritage review, the City of Melbourne will free up more car spaces at Queen Victoria Market (QVM). Read More.
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WEBJun 18, 2024 · Council responds to Lay report. City of Melbourne councillors have unanimously supported the Victorian Government’s Statewide Action Plan to reduce drug harm following the long-awaited release of a report into a proposed CBD safe injecting room. The Proposed Medically Supervised Injecting Service trial consultation: City of Melbourne report ...
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WEBSep 26, 2024 · An update on the Victoria St garden. August 21st, 2024 - CBD News. The small Drill Hall garden park between Therry and Victoria streets is a City of Melbourne accessibility project, originally advocated by local social …
Five key questions for the CBD in 2023
WEBNov 23, 2022 · Here’s the five key questions facing the CBD in the next 12 months. 1. Will the safe injecting room finally open? One of the most prominent CBD topics in recent years, the state government originally said it would have an …
Melbourne reacts with mixed emotions to injection room scrap
WEBMay 22, 2024 · Fight to save lives continues as community reacts with mixed emotions to injection room scrap. Brendan Rees | 22nd May, 2024. Community members have expressed disappointment over the state government’s decision to reject a supervised drug injection room in the CBD while others, including traders, say it has been met with relief.
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WEBAug 21, 2024 · Community members have expressed disappointment over the state government’s decision to reject a supervised drug injection room in the CBD while others, including traders, say it has been met with relief.
More residents could be key to CBD’s future: Premier
WEBMar 23, 2022 · Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said Melbourne CBD’s future vibrancy could depend on increased resident numbers and converting office space into dwellings, as the central city grapples with “permanent” changes.
CBD safety and injecting room on the agenda as candidates make …
WEBOct 26, 2022 · Candidates vying for the seat of Melbourne in the upcoming Victorian State Election spoke with CBD residents in October about a number of key local and wider issues.
Spike in heroin deaths but CBD injecting room still in limbo
WEBNov 21, 2023 · The new mental health minister has conceded there is “significant drug harm going on in the CBD” but the government had to consider “amenity for both residents and business owners”.