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Carnage at Parkville car crash
A mother and two children were killed in a high-speed car crash outside the Royal Women’s Hospital in Parkville on August 20.
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Former Park Hotel detainee sues federal government
After over a year in hotel detention Kurdish asylum seeker and musician Mostafa “Moz” Azimitabar is suing the federal government for damages.
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Toy libraries risk closure after funding cut
Toy libraries in Carlton, Kensington and Docklands are facing closure after the City of Melbourne chose not to fund their Social Innovations Grant application.
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Royal Exhibition Building buzzing after Pfizer announcement
The Royal Exhibition Building’s state-run vaccination hub was teaming with people after the state government’s announcement that the Pfizer vaccine would be available to people aged between 16 and 39 years from August 31.
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Forza Italia: A melting pot of Italian culture
From humble beginnings as a small store in Perth, Forza Italia has blossomed into an iconic Lygon St institution and Australia’s largest Italian megastore.
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Quiet achiever is as passionate as ever
While he may have been around Town Hall for more than 20 years, Cr Kevin Louey said that the pandemic had meant “throwing the rule book out” when it came to being on council.
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The local impact of the Afghanistan crisis
Carlton resident Fahima Iria was a long way from home when she heard the news of the Taliban’s take-over of her birthplace in Afghanistan.
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Melbourne’s first buses were horse-drawn
In the late 19th century, the only forms of public transport available to people living in the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne were horse-drawn cabs and omnibuses. Suburban rail lines and cable trams to those suburbs were not established until the late 1880s.
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There has been something strange about East Melbourne this footy season.
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Keeping positive
The need to stay flexible and responsive is the most basic requirement for any community group during the constantly changing restrictions we have all faced during COVID-19.
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