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Question: What hobbies have been getting you through lockdown?
"I’ve been painting. It’s been mediative and helps me to unwind. I usually do portraits of friends, it’s been my personal joy."
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Supporting our local schools in Carlton
While parents around the city have been tearing our hair out, working out how on earth to home-school children while also working and maintaining our own mental health in the middle of a pandemic, thousands of us are realising again just how valuable our local teachers and schools are.
Read MoreKlea benefits from the Rotary Youth Leadership Award
Klea Atallah is the youngest member of the Atallah family who migrated from Lebanon in 1992 after the Civil War had ended.
Read MoreCreating connections to nature in the heart of Melbourne
What do gardens mean to you? Are they a place to relax, or to escape, or to explore, or to get dirty in?
Read MoreLatest from Parkville
Walking the streets of Parkville and Carlton during lockdown (while exercising!) I am amazed at the state of bicycle lanes constructed quickly and becoming accidents waiting to happen.
Read MoreThe great love story of Tofu and Bruno
When Tofu the Japanese Spitz and Bruno the Jack Russell cross locked eyes at Royal Park some years ago, they knew they were going to be friends.
Read MoreEnding homelessness in our city
Homelessness Week has been on our calendars for many years now. It runs from August 1 to 7 this year and you will probably be in that week when you are reading my column.
Read More“You’re never, ever going to get bored”; Greens councillor
Elected in 2012 at the age of just 27, Greens councillor Rohan Leppert is a Town Hall veteran of sorts. But he admits that in his third term, the role is harder than ever.
Read More“Looked after by a father of four” at Donnini’s
Despite his innate flair for hospitality, Marco Donnini didn’t always want to go into the family business.
Read MoreChildhood in the studio leads to the Metro Tunnel’s art program
Raised by a father who had oil paints and old trains close to his heart, it’s no surprise Mary Parker has become the woman behind turning the Metro Tunnel’s construction sites into canvases.
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Books, books, books … 7000! Bargain basement prices
Inner city facing unprecedented mental health crisis

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