Columns

Arts venues at risk: we must save the Nicholas Building and The Curtin

May 4th, 2022 - Ellen Sandell

Arts and culture is central to Melbourne’s identity. Personally, it’s one of the main reasons I love to live here.

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Parco Canteen takes its coffee seriously

May 4th, 2022 - Carol Saffer

Jarrod Balme and Adrian Pagano, co-owners of that funky looking building adjacent to Argyle Square on Lygon St Carlton, are hospitality professionals.

Parkville walkway marks end of Metro tunnelling

May 4th, 2022 - Metro Tunnel

A vital Metro Tunnel connection linking the future Parkville Station to Victoria’s world leading education and health precinct beneath one of Melbourne’s busiest arterials is now complete.

Council meets in Parkville

May 4th, 2022 - Rob Moore

On Tuesday, April 12, Melbourne City Council held its first ever Future Melbourne Meeting in Parkville at the Treacy Centre.

Parkville resident and Professor Emeritus at the University of Melbourne Jaynie Anderson’s love of Venetian art began on her 15th birthday when she danced in the moonlight in the Piazza San Marco in Venice.

Barak Beacon public housing estate in Port Melbourne

May 4th, 2022 - Cory Memery

Estate residents continue to campaign on Homes Victoria’s plan to relocate them, demolish and redevelop the estate and the lack of clear advice on their future housing security.

Sex parties on short-stay platforms

May 4th, 2022 - Barbara Francis & Rus Littleson

The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) is about to be exposed to sordid details of drug- and alcohol-fuelled sex parties and strippers enriching a short-stay operator in a Melbourne apartment complex.

Fitzroy arts graduate wins prestigious Rotary scholarship

May 4th, 2022 - Keith Ryall

Carlton Rotary is very proud to announce that the club’s nomination for a Postgraduate Global Grant Scholarship has been successful; Antonia Kent from Fitzroy and a graduate of the University of Melbourne was one of two selected.

Jewish Carlton

May 4th, 2022 - Jeff Atkinson

There has always been a Jewish community in Melbourne from the time of the earliest settlement. They were mainly immigrants from London and other parts of England, that is, English-speaking and part of the general British population of Melbourne at the time.