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How does it feel to live in the nocturnal natural world?
Tyama: A deeper sense of knowing, a digital multi-sensory exhibition taking visitors on a journey into Victoria’s vibrant nocturnal world, is opening at the Melbourne Museum on Friday, July 22.
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July is documentary film month
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (MDFF) proudly presents its seventh edition, Punks, Rebels, Mavericks and Renegades, at Cinema Nova in Carlton and online.
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Raptor in Royal Park
Ken Tay, a self-taught amateur photographer, started photographing in Royal Park two to three years ago for two hours of freedom and sanity each day during lockdown.
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An emotional beat
Gigs at the Curtin Hotel in Carlton feel special with the threat of closure on the horizon.
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From Brazil to Mordialloc, and finally, at Melbourne General Cemetery
In 2001 author Caroline Petit toured the house and grounds of Mayfield, a 12-room mansion in Mordialloc, built by François Louis Nompar de Caumont La Force, the Count of Castelnau. He was appointed Consul-General to France in Melbourne in 1864.
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“Hope isn’t a strategy for us”: Carlton community calls for action after teenager stabbed at gelato shop
The Carlton community has reignited its call for immediate action on crime after yet another violent incident saw a teenager attacked in an alleged stabbing outside an ice-cream shop.
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Royal Park “death-trap” crossing gets budget funding for much-needed upgrade
In January 2022, the Royal Park Stakeholders Network called for improvements to the dangerous “S-bend” on Poplar Rd at the Royal Park Railway Station and tram intersection.
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Re-elected Greens leader vows to help curb aircraft noise for East Melbourne
East Melbourne residents who have been lobbying for a decade against aircraft noise have welcomed a promise by re-elected Melbourne MP Adam Bandt to help provide a voice for their campaign.
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Wedding crasher charged after stealing gifts
A Carlton man who posed as a wedding guest to allegedly steal thousands of dollars’ worth of wedding gifts has been charged with several offences.
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Greens romp home for a fifth consecutive term in Melbourne
Greens leader and Melbourne MP Adam Bandt enjoyed his best Federal Election yet on May 21, winning a fifth consecutive term with an increased percentage of the primary vote, while his party expanded its presence in the House of Representatives.
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Twenty-four refugees now detained in Carlton’s Park Hotel
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