Abandoned buildings in the CBD are creating controversy in the wake of many newly approved developments. While planning goes ahead for new skyscrapers such as “Tower Melbourne”, many buildings lay decaying in the heart of our state capital. “12 to 14 of buildings are currently listed as abandoned in the Central Business District” says Joe [...]
Tony Burke is the new Arts Minister following Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s reshuffle yesterday Mr Burke will continue to carry out former Arts Minister Simon Crean’s National Cultural Policy Heidi Victoria is Victoria’s new Arts Minster after former premier and arts minister Ted Baillieu resigned Yesterday’s announcement of Tony Burke as the new federal Arts [...]
Traders and Residents say Boroondara’s historic dry-zone laws should be repealed, as Camberwell residents prepare to vote in another liquor license application. The laws requiring a postal vote of the neighbourhood each time a restaurant or cafe applies for a liquor license, will be enacted again as locals give the ‘yes or no’ to Burke [...]
Cyclist by Gigantic Robot is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. Poor infrastructure is preventing many Australian women from cycling, a new survey has revealed. The ‘Women and Cycling 2013′ survey, conducted by the National Heart Foundation and Cycling Promotion Fund, found 60 per cent of women would like to cycle more [...]
Suggestions made in the Grattan Institute report, Australia’s Bad Drug Deal, would lead to bad health outcomes for Australians, a leading industry body says. The chief executive of Medicines Australia Dr Brendan Shaw said the report was one sided. “It only looks at the cost curve, and I can tell you from the New Zealand [...]
