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Community life is back and bustling with chatter and activities!
How wonderful it is to be meeting and sharing activities together after such an uncertain year full of stops then starts.
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Dating in broad daylight
Romance blossomed in the parks of the inner city during lockdown but it wasn’t of the whitewashed wedding kind.
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Big baby news for Melbourne Zoo
The pitter-patter of not so small feet will be heard at Melbourne Zoo next year with three of the zoo’s endangered Asian elephants pregnant.
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Vaccinated international students set to return without quarantine
In preparation for the 2022 academic year, fully vaccinated international students will be allowed to return to Melbourne from December without having to endure a quarantine period.
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Old Dan O’Connell Hotel to become a primary school
After paying more than $3.2 million to purchase Carlton’s historic Dan O’Connell Hotel, Fitzroy Community School (FCS) has secured a permit from the City of Melbourne to build a new primary school for 85 students.
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Music fans turn out for gigs
Melbourne’s music scene broke out of its COVID bonds during the last weekend of November with gigs scheduled for all of the major venues.
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$2.5 million snapped up in dining vouchers as visitors “pour back” into city
Restaurants, cafes, and bars across the inner city are “reaping the rewards” of a discount scheme designed to lure diners back to the city.
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We’re back!
After such an uncertain year, full of stops then starts, online then in-person activities, it looks like we are going to end it with a flurry of face-to-face gatherings and activities.
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Indigenous artist creates jewellery to unite community
Indigenous artist Cassie Leatham’s exhibition at the Koorie Heritage Trust’s (KHT) Blak Jewellery – Finding Past Linking Present weaves together her experiences as a Taungurung woman in more ways than one.
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Rotary news for November
This month, we begin with an update on the Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Resources Network (RIMERN).
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High-rise public housing residents’ welcome new community health program
City of Melbourne CEO resigns
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