May 12, 2025 • 58 mins
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Melbourne Magazine, Summer 2025. Your City of Melbourne magazine. This
audio recording lasts for approximately one hour. Overall, here's what's inside.
Message from the Lord mayor. Meet our new council. Make room.
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Landmark supportive housing opening soon. Street smart Melburnian of the year.
Puts people and planet first. Supporting reconciliation across Melbourne. Events. Calendar.
Shaping local streets. Start up sectors thrive in the city
of Melbourne. Foodie trails made more accessible. Community heroes who
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make a difference. Contact. City of Melbourne. Closing announcement. A
message from the Lord mayor, councillor Nick Reece. It is
an absolute honour and a privilege to be elected your
105th Lord Mayor of Melbourne. To all the residents and
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businesses that voted in the recent election, thank you. Melbourne
is the best and fairest city in the world and
I can't wait to work with the new councillor Group
to make it even better. I commit to working hard
alongside you every day to make our neighbourhoods greener, our
streets cleaner and our cities safer and more prosperous. I
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believe that Melbourne's best days are ahead of us. My
council will make it a priority to deliver enhanced community
services and quality affordable housing. We want to make it
easier to do business in Melbourne by supporting our traders
and hospitality industry. This edition of Melbourne Magazine really speaks
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to these priorities and the amazing work that council and
our community are already doing in these areas. Find out
more about our incredible Melburnian of the year Rebecca Scott OAM.
Rebecca founded the immensely successful Street Social Enterprise, which has
helped more than 2000 young people experiencing disadvantage through its cafes,
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bakeries and catering companies. Alongside outreach programs and short courses,
there's also an update on our landmark Make Room supportive
housing project. This unique initiative opens soon and will provide
supported accommodation for more than 50 people experiencing homelessness. We
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also showcase a fascinating start up industry snapshot and share
the latest details about how we're improving local streetscapes. I'm
so proud that in this issue, we're also announcing the
City of Melbourne's new Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan. This significantly
strengthens the city's reconciliation commitments so we can deliver positive
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outcomes for traditional owners and the broader Aboriginal community, enriching
the whole city. I look forward to meeting as many
of you as I can in the coming weeks. I
can't be all things to all people, but I will
be a Lord mayor for everyone. Please reach out to
me if I can help you. Again, thank you so
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much for the opportunity of a lifetime. Enjoy this edition
of Melbourne magazine. Nick Reese, Lord mayor. The picture caption
reads Lord mayor Nick Reese and his family. The City
of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners of the land
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we govern the Wurundjeri, Woiwurrung and Bunurong Boonwurrung peoples of
the Kulin nation and pays respect to their elders, past
and present. We acknowledge and honor the unbroken spiritual, cultural
and political connection they have maintained to this unique place
for more than 2000 generations. We accept the invitation in
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the Uluru Statement from the heart, and are committed to
walking together to build a better future. Meet our new council.
Melbourne City Council is the local government body responsible for
the Municipality of Melbourne. The council consists of a Lord mayor,
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a deputy Lord mayor and nine councillors. More than 90,000
residents and business owners recently voted in our local government
elections to appoint the following team to lead the City
of Melbourne for the next four years. The group will
work on a new council plan setting our vision for
the future of Melbourne. Nearly 72% of eligible people cast
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their vote, which is the highest participation rate in at
least 20 years. We thank you for sharing your vote
to help shape the future of our city. To find
the dates and times of the upcoming Council and future
Melbourne Committee meetings or for more information, visit Melbourne. Council.
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Lord Mayor Nick Reece email Lord Mayor at Melbourne vic.gov
deputy Lord Mayor Rowena Campbell email Ross h e a
dot b e at Melbourne Government. Councillor Kevin Lewis Email
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k v I dot l o u e y at Melbourne.
Councillor Gladys Liu email g d dot l I u
at Melbourne. Councillor Owen Guest email o w e n
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dot g e t at Melbourne. Dot councillor Rafael Camillo
email R.A.F. h e. I o at Melbourne dot o
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councillor Mark Scott email m a r k dot. At
Melbourne dot. Councillor David Griffiths, MLA Davi Y double d
dot g I f I t h at. Councillor Olivia
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Ball email olive I a. At Melbourne dot councillor Philip
Li Liu email p I dot e I at Melbourne.
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Councillor Andrew Rouse email a d w dot I. At
Melbourne government. Postal address for all councillors. City of Melbourne
GPO box one 603 Three. Melbourne, Victoria 3001. To find
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more ways to contact the City of Melbourne, go to
the section. Contact the City of Melbourne at the end
of this recording. Make room landmark supportive housing opening soon.
Homelessness is something that people experience. It is not who
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they are. Being without secure and affordable accommodation can devastate
a person's life, whether it lasts a very short time,
several months or years. The City of Melbourne is committed
to addressing homelessness, so we're delivering a flagship supportive housing
project known as Make Room. This major project has been
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made possible through partnerships with Victorian Government registered community housing
provider Unison Housing, Cohealth and Key philanthropic and corporate donors.
Opening Make Room will be a landmark day for the
city of Melbourne, and a testament to the tireless work
of many people who have turned an idea into a
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reality that will change and save lives. A But Make Room.
Located on Little Bourke Street, Make Room contains 50 studio
apartments with wraparound support to help people on their pathway
out of homelessness. Make room was co-designed by people with
lived experience of homelessness to ensure the housing and services
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meet the diverse needs of residents. The construction was delivered
by builder Harris HMC and Reshape Development when Make Room opens.
Unison housing will take ownership of the building to deliver
its day to day operations on site. Wraparound social and
health support services will be delivered by Cohealth. Key features
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of the Make Room building include. 50 studio apartments. Mental health,
housing and legal services for make room residents. Allied health
services for make room residents like dentistry, podiatry and women's
health specialists. 24 over seven front desk security the Phoenix
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Floor as a safe and affirming space for women who
have experienced family violence. A focus on cultural safety. First
Nations artwork A rooftop garden. Tenants will soon begin gradually
moving into make Room, and they will call it home
for up to 12 months or until they can secure
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access to appropriate long term secure housing. The total project
cost for make room is $24.9 million, with $16.1 million
raised thanks to the Victorian Government, Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation,
the Ian Potter Foundation, Gandel Foundation, Portland House Foundation, and
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Helen Macpherson Smith Trust. For more information, visit Melbourne's. Streetsmart
Melburnian of the year puts people and planet first. How
does a scrappy country kid go on to be melburnian
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of the year? It's a long and winding road for
social entrepreneur Rebecca Scott OAM. While travelling in Vietnam, science
communicator Rebecca Scott found a stone in her shoe the
type of stone that compels you to change your life
and strive to make life better for those around you.
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In a fairly stark way. I saw the issue of
youth homelessness in Vietnam. And you know how once you've
seen something, you can't unsee it? Rebecca said youth homelessness
became a thing I couldn't unsee. I came to think
of it as the stone in my shoe. I couldn't
keep walking along with that stone in my shoe, even
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after I returned home to Canberra and went back to
my job at the CSIRO. It felt like such a
foundational thing that every human needs a safe, affordable, loving home.
It's so critical to a life of wellbeing. It's so
much more than a home. In her downtime, Rebecca researched
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the complex youth homelessness sector and eventually found a missing
piece of the puzzle training, education and a sense of belonging.
You can't afford a house to live in if you
don't have a job, Rebecca said. It made me and
my partner Kate think we needed to build a holistic
solution to homelessness that included training and employment pathways. So
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they took a leap, quit their Canberra jobs, and moved
to Melbourne in 2009 to set up Hospitality Enterprise. Street
spelt s t e t. Since welcoming its first class
of trainees, Street has now supported more than 5210 young
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people and offered 351,753 hours of training, support and work experience.
I'm a really unexpected social entrepreneur. My training was in
science as a plant biologist and then a science communicator.
I stumbled into being a social innovator, Rebecca said. And yet,
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it feels like she was somehow destined to lead a
life of purpose, buoyed by her enthusiasm, generosity and curiosity.
Street has expanded to run 12 cafes, a coffee roastery,
an artisan bakery and a catering and events business. The
whole thing is engineered to support young people who might
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otherwise fall through the gaps. How a sense of belonging
can transform a life. Twice a year, a class of
young people assembles at street through referrals from the prison system,
detox facilities, homelessness and mental health services. Many have been
in out-of-home care from a very young age. I love
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watching a new class start, Rebecca said. They've come to
the programme because they've got lots of barriers, and we'll
walk alongside them for the next year to give them
a bunch of skills and confidence and most importantly, a
sense of belonging. As the team begins to address those barriers,
such as drug and alcohol addiction or homelessness. The person
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underneath begins to shine. Something magical happens when a young
person starts to see that those hopes and dreams might
be possible. Rebecca said. You see this incredible transformation and
a peer support network grows around a young person who
might have been quite isolated before. One of the things
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that comes up again and again when talking to the
young people at Street and graduates is the sense of belonging,
Rebecca said. It's such a core thing as a human.
We're social animals. We're so hardwired to be in a
community of people, to be included and recognised and loved
for who we are in a broader sense. This philosophy
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has led Rebecca to a life of purpose. The first
thing we need in a community is to feel safe.
But there's this gaping chasm between feeling safe and feeling
like we belong, she said. Each of us as citizens
have a role in making our neighborhoods feel friendly and inviting.
Belonging comes from lots of micro actions. I feel so
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strongly about our collective role of making people feel welcome.
Creating more than Hospo heroes. Nearly 15 years after the
first graduate class at Street, many participants have flourished in
varied careers, using hospitality as a stepping stone to follow
their passions. We're not here to create hospo heroes. We're
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teaching you a bunch of transferable life and employability skills.
It just happens to be that Hospo is a good
industry to get those skills. Rebecca said some graduates have
gone to TAFE and become electricians or childcare workers. Another
is completing a PhD in English literature after coming to
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street from a period of rough sleeping in Melbourne's CBD.
In the future, all businesses will be social enterprises. A
collaborator at heart, Rebecca is always looking for ways to
connect with other social innovators and inspire the next generation
of citizens into living a purposeful life. When Street was
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off to a flying start, she turned her mind to
building an ecosystem to support nascent social enterprises. I spend
a lot of my time these days trying to help
aspiring change makers find their tribe and navigate their way
around the city, Rebecca said. Right at the very beginning
when we arrived in Melbourne. It took so much work
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to find other social innovators. There wasn't a front door
you could go in and find everyone. The purpose precinct
at Queen Victoria Market is the new front door for
a sector that has more than 3000 social enterprises across Victoria.
It's a collaboration between street goods cycles and other businesses
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that put the planet and people before profit. Here you'll
find shops, a cafe, a workshop space and the new
Moving Feast Kitchen, which brings together social enterprise farms and kitchens,
caterers and hospitality providers. We're all working together as this
little ecosystem thinking about food systems, Rebecca said. The Moving
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Feast Kitchen is designed not only to rescue lots of
unsold produce from the market, but also create new products
in the kitchen. One of the shops at the purpose
precinct is a pop up shop for kids social enterprises.
It stocks products from innovative kids across Victoria. Everything from
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dog toys to wooden chopping blocks and clothing, upcycled toys
and other creations. It's just so wondrous what comes out
of all those little brains, Rebecca said. I hope that
in the future, every business is a social business. The
picture captions read Rebecca Scott OAM chats at streets East
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Melbourne cafe. A worker at one of streets network of cafes,
training program participants and street at Queen Victoria market. Young
Melburnian of the Year Alex Decker is a dedicated social
entrepreneur and community leader, best known as the founder of
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Alex Makes Meals, a not for profit established in 2020,
in response to the Covid 19 pandemic. What began as
a small initiative has grown into a large scale charity
that provides over 3000 nutritious meals a week to people
and families across Melbourne through a network of more than
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40 charity partners. Alex Makes Meals, has cooked and distributed
over 600,000 meals, addressing food insecurity for those who need
it most. About the Melbourne Awards The Melbourne Awards are
our highest accolades, celebrating the inspirational Melburnians dedicated to making
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this city a world leader. The awards program is now
in its 22nd year, alongside Melburnian of the Year and
Young Melburnian of the year. We also named eight category winners.
These remarkable individuals and groups are committed to making our
city inclusive, creative and forward thinking. Meet the winners at Melbourne. Melbourne. Awards.
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Supporting reconciliation across Melbourne. Reconciliation is essential to our community
and it benefits everyone. Reconciliation is about promoting an understanding
of the history between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, ensuring everyone
has the same chances and choices in life, and developing
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better relationships that allow us to move forward together. The
City of Melbourne has worked with the community to create
a new Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan. This is our sixth
reconciliation action plan. We are proud of the work we've
done over time to deliver outcomes for traditional owners and
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the broader Aboriginal community, and to provide opportunities for our
organisation and community to engage. It's now time for the
next steps. Our vision for reconciliation is to work alongside
First Nations, enabling true self-determination and ensuring Aboriginal peoples have
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the freedom to live well according to their own values
and beliefs. Our new Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan speaks to
respect relationships, good governance and opportunities. We have also committed
to a process of truth telling to enable learning, healing
and change. Our new caring for country framework will help
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us apply First Nations knowledge and practices across our work
and our city, and our new Aboriginal City framework will
help us embrace Aboriginal peoples culture, knowledge and heritage as
a core element of Melbourne's identity. Our progress towards delivering
this vision will be monitored and reported annually to the community.
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The Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan is based on the following
five pillars. Pillar one. Truth telling. Truth telling creates opportunities
for Aboriginal people to share their history and experiences, including
those of injustice and wrongdoing. Some of our work in
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this space includes holding public truth telling conversations, delivering national
sorry day activities, and progressing a project to build a
permanent marker for the Stolen Generations. The Stolen Generations marker
will feature a significant artwork that reflects the resilience of
the Stolen Generations and their families, acknowledging the injustices and
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inviting us to move along the path to reconciliation together.
Our ever evolving Mapping Aboriginal Melbourne project also contributed to
truth telling by marking places of significance on an interactive map.
Pillar two relationships. Building strong, inclusive relationships between the Aboriginal
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and non-Aboriginal community is at the heart of reconciliation. Each
year during National Reconciliation Week, we bring people together for
an oration. The 2024 oration was given by co-chairs of
the First Peoples Assembly of Victoria, Rueben Berg and Nara Murray.
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We also provide funding and grants to support First Nations
people delivering great business and community projects. We are working
with traditional owner groups to establish formal partnerships that enable self-determination,
and we also have dedicated community engagement protocols to guide
our work. Pillar three respect. Deepening people's understanding of and
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respect for Aboriginal culture and identity is integral to building
meaningful and lasting relationships between communities. We deliver cultural awareness,
training and tours to our staff members. We embed cultural
protocols in our daily business and events. And we celebrate
NAIDOC across the city. Aboriginal culture is strongly embedded in
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the design of the new Nam Nag Library and Family services,
and we aspire to carry this approach forward into more
civic spaces. Cultural safety is also front and centre of
our Make Room project, a project providing supportive housing to
people experiencing homelessness. Pillar for opportunities providing cultural, social and
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economic development opportunities for Aboriginal people. Supports equitable recruitment, supplier
diversity and business growth. The City of Melbourne supports Aboriginal
businesses through our memberships to Supply Nation and Kennoway, and
through our sustainable procurement framework that guides how our staff
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choose suppliers. We will also be creating opportunities for and
raising the profile of Aboriginal businesses within the municipality. We
engage Aboriginal artists and designers to shape our community spaces,
and we will deliver the next edition of the epic
Yarram Festival in 2025, with the aim to make this
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an annual festival. Pillar five governance. Good governance helps ensure
the City of Melbourne includes First Nations voices in decision making,
and that we take accountability. We have established a First
Nations committee to elevate diverse voices from the Aboriginal community
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and ensure they have a say in decisions and priorities.
Our partnerships with traditional owner groups, including the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung
Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation and the Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation,
are also critical. We have systems in place to report
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on and measure reconciliation achievements, and we will continue to
build a robust outcomes framework with key performance indicators. For
more information, visit Melbourne. Action plan. The picture captions read
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community members gather for a smoking ceremony. A meeting of
the First Nations Committee. Day of mourning and Naydock rally.
Urine boy returns from the 1st to the 11th of May.
Urinboy Festival celebrates the interconnectedness and diversity of First Nations
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creatives locally, nationally and internationally. Expect to see emerging, mid-career
and established First Nations creatives taking back space to crack
open the heart of Melbourne, revealing the hum of country beneath.
Keep an eye out for the launch of the packed program,
which will once again invite audiences to immerse themselves in
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First Nations stories, truths and resilience in the local languages
of the Boonwurrung and Woiwurrung peoples. Urinboy means tomorrow. For
more information, visit Melbourne. For. A b hyphen festival. The
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picture caption reads future's Past by Shireen Stewart with Sage
Wright and Emily Wells. Events calendar. What's on in magnetic Melbourne?
Event dates and details may change. Check online for updates
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at What's On. The 3rd to the 23rd of December.
Christmas at Marvel Stadium. Head to Marvel Stadium to take
a ride in the sky with Santa at Melbourne's only
Christmas themed 360 degrees Cinema Dome. Explore the free live
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site to find a giant nine metre Christmas tree alongside
18 AFL club themed trees and do it yourself Santa
photography with your club colours, then feast on tasty burgers,
salads and lobster rolls. Find all this and more at
Stadium Square. Gates two and three, from 10 a.m. to
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6 p.m. until the 25th of December. Christmas festival. The
city is set to light up with dazzling decorations, joyful
events and family friendly fun. Visit the giant Christmas tree
at Fed Square. Marvel at the spectacular Christmas River show
in Southbank. Enjoy a festive thrill ride at the Christmas
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Carnival at Alexandra Gardens and more. What's on Melbourne? For.
The 31st of December. New year's Eve celebrate New Year's
Eve in the city with glittering rooftop fireworks and laser
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displays that will light up the night sky. Book into
one of the many venues or events, or visit one
of the official celebration zones that exclusively offer early evening
9 p.m. fireworks as well as the midnight moment Melbourne
vic.gov/ny the 6th to the 26th of January Australian Open.
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Take your seat for thrilling singles, doubles, wheelchair juniors, legends
and exhibition tennis matches. Head to Melbourne Park to catch
all the action or soak up the atmosphere from Fed
Square and Birrarung Marr. The 14th to the 24th of
January signal summer. Young people aged 12 to 25 are
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invited to enjoy two weeks of art, creativity and inspiration,
working alongside professional artists to develop skills and create new work.
Workshops will include street art, installation, weaving and sound art.
On the final day, there'll be a celebration to share
the works created the 16th of January to the 27th
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of April reign at Artplay. Experience an intimate and interactive
installation with your little one. Find your reflection in puddles,
arrange fuzzy felt pieces and dive into a moment of
rest as you are immersed in the generosity of rain.
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Open Thursday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. no
bookings required. The 18th to the 19th of January. Backyard
at artplay. Children and families will be gently guided by
the artists theme and materials to inspire childhood creativity. You
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could make a nature mandala, build sculptures with recycled and
natural materials, or dream up your own mini landscape or cubby.
It's all about free play. Drop in any time between
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.. Don't forget your hat and sunscreen.
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The 19th of January to the 9th of February. Midsummer festival.
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Pride March. Enjoy live
performance and community spirit at the Midsummer Carnival and dive
into a packed programme of events. Take your pick from theatre,
live music, visual arts, cabaret, film and public forums that
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reflect on three decades of progress, unity and resilience within
the LGBTQIA+ community. February concerts under the stars. Pack a
picnic and bring your friends and family along for a free,
relaxed evening under the stars with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
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These beloved concerts are held at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
Keep an eye out for the announcement of the full program,
the 1st to the 28th of February. National Sustainability Festival.
Be part of the largest and longest running sustainability themed
event in Australia. The festival aims to inspire and provide
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solutions to sustainability and climate challenges now and into the future.
Hear critical insights from local and international thought leaders and
engage the whole family in community events. The 1st to
the 14th of February Chinese Lunar New Year Festival. Welcome
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the year of the snake with a vibrant showcase of
live performance and delicious food in Melbourne's historic Chinatown. The
main event will take place on the 2nd of February
with the Millennium Dragon Parade. Lion and dragon dancers and
lighting displays. The Chinese Lunar New Year Festival is among
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many festivities taking place across the city, as diverse Asian
communities come together to celebrate Lunar New Year, the 20th
of February to the 10th of March. Shadows in twin cities.
Children from Chungju, Korea and Melbourne will connect and converse
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without words through large scale video installations. Delicate hanji paper
shadows and the city landscape. This Asia Topa experience will
be spread out across Fed Square and Artplay, which is
located at Birrarung Marr, Melbourne. Vic Dot gov forward slash artplay.
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The 22nd to the 23rd of February Antipodes Festival, head
to Lonsdale Street for this epic event. Renowned as the
world's largest celebration of Greek culture outside of Greece, a
testament to Melbourne's large and vibrant Greek community, this event
brings together artists, community groups and businesses through more than
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90 market stalls and on three stages in the city's
Greek Quarter. Community corner East Melbourne barbecue and picnic get
in the festive spirit at a community Christmas barbecue at
East Melbourne Library on Saturday the 7th of December from
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10:30 a.m., then join an annual residence community picnic in
the gardens of Bishops Court on Sunday the 15th of December.
BYO picnic hamper and blanket. Carlton Carlton Community Grocer, come
to the base of the Carlton Housing Estate to buy
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affordable fresh produce every Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m..
Kensington Fresh Food Market Come to Bellair Street Reserve Skinny
Park to connect with local people and enjoy affordable, locally
grown food for free or by donation. On the first
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Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to midday. Southbank
A Very merry, friendless Southbank 3006 is inclusive. Annual festive
celebration is back bigger, brighter and better. Enjoy a wide
range of family and pet friendly fun with many new
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surprise attractions at Boyd Park on Saturday, the 14th of
December from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.. South Yarra weekly
last post service. Head to the northern forecourt of the
Shrine of Remembrance to remember those who have served and sacrificed.
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Every Sunday at 4:45 p.m. for more information, visit what's
on.gov dot. Shaping local streets. A beloved laneway repaved with
iconic bluestone, a historic bridge restored by expert stonemasons and
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a theatre forecourt upgraded to enhance your night out. These
are just a few of the projects the City of
Melbourne is delivering to restore and improve local streetscapes for
future generations. We've upgraded 86,000m² of footpaths and roads across
the municipality. In the past year, this involved replacing rundown asphalt,
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upgrading footpaths with new bluestone and improving kerbs, tree plots
and crossings. This year we're getting on with making our
streets safer, greener and more accessible. Read on to discover
more about local streetscape improvements happening across the city. Hardware
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Lane Visitors to Melbourne flocked to this vibrant laneway, which
is stacked with restaurants, bars and shops, to keep it thriving.
We've refreshed the streetscape with a new bluestone surface, jacaranda
trees and safety barriers. We've also made Hardware Lane more
accessible for people with disability. Little Lonsdale Street wider footpaths,
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new trees, raised pedestrian crossings, speed humps and more safety
features are being installed to make this popular little street
safer and leafier. Like a lot of our projects, this
work is being delivered in stages. We are currently completing
the final stage between Queen and Elizabeth Streets Franklin Street.
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Imagine Franklin Street transformed into a leafy precinct that connects
the new State Library station to Queen Victoria market with
1800m² of garden beds and rain gardens and a target
of 40% tree canopy cover. The new Franklin Street will
provide a cooler environment with more places to relax. The
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transformation will create better connections between the CBD and Queen
Victoria market and new pedestrian crossings. Lighting and reduced traffic
flow will mean a safer street for all users. Along
with the future Market Square and Queens Corner building. The
transformation of Franklin Street will continue the City of Melbourne's
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investment in the Queen Victoria market precinct. Exhibition Street theatre precinct.
See a show at the Comedy Theatre or Her Majesty's Theatre.
With more room to move thanks to streetscape upgrades between
Little Lonsdale and Bourke Streets. We've been busy installing wider
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bluestone footpaths, a safer bike lane, new street furniture and
more drop off bays for cars and buses. New shady
trees and plants are also in the works. Princes bridge
Large scale vintage postcards and historic images of Princes Bridge
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adorn the site, as the iconic Melbourne landmark undergoes its
biggest restoration upgrade yet. Expert stonemasons continue to restore and
conserve the arches of this iconic gateway to the city.
Built in 1888, they have been busy replacing, cleaning and
resetting the bridge's bluestone blocks. We've also fixed up weathered
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bluestone in the pedestrian zone and repaired and repainted heritage
ironwork like crests, lampposts and balustrades. Getting around the city.
Visit Melbourne, Vic for getting around Hyphen City. For the
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latest information about major works happening across our city and neighbourhoods,
including timely updates about construction, major events, road closures and
other disruptions. For more information, visit Melbourne. Project's. Start up
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sectors thrive in the city of Melbourne. Groundbreaking cancer treatments.
Free roaming virtual reality gaming and global exchange programs for
young entrepreneurs. Melbourne startups produce amazing innovations. We spoke to
some of the movers and shakers behind Melbourne's booming life sciences,
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gaming and edtech sectors. These people are passionate about their
jobs and working out of the best city in the world.
To read our full interviews with each of these businesses,
search for startups at news.com.au. Life Sciences sector Melbourne is
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the life sciences capital of Australia, with more than 70%
of the nation's leading biotech and medtech companies based here,
the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct in Parkville is a key area
of activity. Here. Local research institutions attract about $500 million
in medical research funding per year, paving the way for
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breakthrough innovations at the Bionics Institute in East Melbourne. An
expert team works to solve some of the world's most
challenging medical conditions, including Alzheimer's disease, chronic pain and Parkinson's
with technology. The thing that sets us apart from other
medical research institutes is that we have a laser focus
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on translating our research concepts as quickly as possible into
medical devices that will benefit patients, said Chief Operating Officer
Karen Campitelli. Many of the medical devices under development at
the Bionics Institute provide drug free alternatives to current treatments
and more accurate diagnostic tools, which could lead to huge
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savings in health costs. Gaming sector, expansive world building games,
atmospheric mystery games, games where you shoot zombies in a
free roaming virtual reality experience. Top creatives are making all
these and more in Melbourne. Melbourne is Australia's game development
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capital and home to 170 of Australia's 200 digital game studios.
We also host premier global gaming events for fans and creators.
Scott Van Donselaar started. Zero latency VR, a Melbourne made
company offering immersive free roam virtual reality experiences. More than
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ten years ago, the team's district Docklands player site is
now just one of numerous locations in 27 countries. So
many cities don't have the ecosystem we have in Melbourne.
I can't imagine what it would have been like going
through that early start up phase anywhere else, Scott said.
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Melbourne International Games Week was massive for us because suddenly
we could go and in one week meet so many
people and get such a good understanding of the local community,
what people are doing and what's possible. Ed Tech Sector
Melbourne is also Australia's ed tech capital, home to one
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third of the nation's education and technology providers. Ed tech
is forecast to grow rapidly by more than 10% in 2025.
Education technology combines the latest digital tools with innovative education
practices to facilitate and enhance learning. It's a booming industry,
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not least due to the rise of AI hex. The
Hacker Exchange has helped thousands of students launch startups get
funding or kick start tech and innovation careers. We're partnering
with hex to deliver an entrepreneur exchange between Melbourne and
Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. My personal passion is
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helping to evolve leadership, so we see a more representative
group of people in charge of business, technology and other sectors,
said hex CEO and co-founder Janette Chia. Multiculturalism neurodivergence people
of different ages. Our differences can bring fresh new perspectives
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and create amazing impact in the world. Start up support.
The City of Melbourne supports entrepreneurs on their journey from
concept to commercialisation, locally and on the world stage. We
do this through our Invest Melbourne and Business Concierge teams
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partnerships with organizations like Austrade and through a program of
industry networking events. Have you got a business idea? Get
support to start, grow and go global. For more information,
visit Melbourne. Hyphen and hyphen innovation. The picture captions read
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the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct in Parkville. Players get set for
a session at zero latency VR. Jeannette Chia from Hex
in Melbourne. Hex team members and team members in the
Bionics Institute lab. Foodie trails made more accessible before joining
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a walking tour in his hometown of Melbourne. Disability advocate
Jeffrey Limb felt a familiar apprehension. It can be scary
as a disabled person in an unfamiliar place. You tend
to shut down. You stick to what you know, the
places you have memorized, Jeffrey said. Jeffrey is no stranger
to pushing outside his comfort zone. A seasoned traveler, this deaf,
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blind melburnian signs up for walking tours the world over
as a not for profit arts leader. He holds his
own in street dance battles with the city's best poppers
and rockers, as he advocates for more diversity in street
dance culture. He's even won hearts across the nation as
a contestant on So You Think You Can Dance Twice,
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sharing lived experience to amplify access as a member of
our Disability Advisory Committee. Jeffrey recently lent his expertise to
the City of Melbourne funded pilot business capacity program Amplify
Access CIS over six months. The Amplify Access program worked
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with 14 city businesses in the visitor economy sector to
reach new customers by improving their accessibility. One of the
businesses was Foodie Trails. Geoffrey joined its Melbourne Foodie Culture
Walking tour and shared tips to make the visitor experience
more accessible. It was amazing. It was my favourite city
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walking experience around the world. It was really easy. The
tour guide was amazing and almost all the venues were accessible.
Geoffrey said the biggest adjustment he recommended to Foodie Trails
was a refresher on road safety. We were in high
alert mode when crossing the road, so try to wait
until we're settled and safe on the other side of
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the road before sharing new information on the tour, Geoffrey said.
I also showed them which streets to avoid when they
are crowded. How to cut through the city using plazas
and arcades, and where to find smooth flooring. Jeffrey also
suggested website improvements, including a change in the font and
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text size and the use of high contrast between text
and background. Small changes make a big difference. When Melbourne
foodie Culture founder Himanshi Munshi joined the pilot program, she
suspected her business would need to make big adjustments. The
four hour Foodie Trails tour leads visitors to iconic destinations
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and hidden gems across the city, sharing how each wave
of migration has changed the culinary, historical and architectural landscape
of the city. We are a walking tour, and it's
not the first thing people would think of as an
experience to do in the city of Melbourne if you
have accessibility requirements, Himanshi said. However, most of the changes
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were really small things that can make an even better experience.
On Geoffrey's advice. Himanshi created a new accessibility guide to
give potential customers a fuller picture of what to expect
on the four hour tour. Amplify access has been instrumental
in giving us the confidence to say yes, we can
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cater effectively to this community, Himanshi said. Now that we've
had the lived experience, feedback to say we are on
the right track. It gives us the confidence to go
out to this cohort and tell them we can give
them an experience of Melbourne they might not have considered before.
For more information, visit Melbourne. Melbourne. The picture caption reads
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Himanshi Mansher Luhar and Jeffrey Lim at Big Esso by
Mabu Mabu in Fed Square. Community heroes who make a difference.
From preparing nutritious meals for children to catering for our
urban forest and supporting new parents, the City of Melbourne
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offers diverse roles for people who care about their community.
Read on to meet some of the team members who
look after important elements of neighbourhood life. Feeding the future
Wihan Turner has been preparing fresh meals for the children
at Lady Huntingfield Early Learning Centre for 15 years. This
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is more than just a job for Wihan. It's a
way to contribute to the wellbeing and development of the children.
She believes that introducing children to fresh, appealing, wholesome foods
at an early age can set the foundation for healthy
eating habits later in life. Everything is made on the
premises and we don't just mash everything together, Y Han explained.
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This is a time for children to taste, sense and
learn what food is. It's a lifelong experience, and it's
very important at this early stage for them to actually
understand what it's about. In the treetops, arborist Miranda Allen
spends her days caring for the trees in Melbourne's parks.
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It's such a rewarding job, Miranda said. When you finish work,
you can step back and say, I fixed that tree.
It's going to be happy for years. Miranda originally wanted
to be a zoologist, but found another passion in arboriculture,
enjoying the hands on work and contributing to Melbourne's green
spaces such as Royal Park with her crew from Citywide
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Tree Care. Working around the zoo is really, really fun,
Miranda said. sometimes if you're up close to the zoo
fence and up really high, you can see into the
animal enclosures. Midwives on bikes look out for our maternal
and child health nurses zipping around your neighborhood by bike
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to provide free support to families with newborn babies and
children aged up to six. The merry band of biking
baby experts might remind you of TV's Call the Midwife,
with a few modern day twists like top notch e-bikes
and bright blue backpacks to carry baby scales. Biking is
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the easiest way to move around the city. Even with
road closures and works, it's still faster by bike, said
maternal and child health nurse Jacqueline Byrne. As a bonus,
it's also good for my health, body, mind and soul.
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Melbourne Magazine, Summer 2025. Your City of Melbourne magazine. This
audio recording lasts for approximately one hour. Overall, here's what's inside.
Message from the Lord mayor. Meet our new council. Make room.
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Landmark supportive housing opening soon. Street smart Melburnian of the year.
Puts people and planet first. Supporting reconciliation across Melbourne. Events. Calendar.
Shaping local streets. Start up sectors thrive in the city
of Melbourne. Foodie trails made more accessible. Community heroes who
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make a difference. Contact. City of Melbourne. Closing announcement. A
message from the Lord mayor, councillor Nick Reece. It is
an absolute honour and a privilege to be elected your
105th Lord Mayor of Melbourne. To all the residents and
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businesses that voted in the recent election, thank you. Melbourne
is the best and fairest city in the world and
I can't wait to work with the new councillor Group
to make it even better. I commit to working hard
alongside you every day to make our neighbourhoods greener, our
streets cleaner and our cities safer and more prosperous. I
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believe that Melbourne's best days are ahead of us. My
council will make it a priority to deliver enhanced community
services and quality affordable housing. We want to make it
easier to do business in Melbourne by supporting our traders
and hospitality industry. This edition of Melbourne Magazine really speaks
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to these priorities and the amazing work that council and
our community are already doing in these areas. Find out
more about our incredible Melburnian of the year Rebecca Scott OAM.
Rebecca founded the immensely successful Street Social Enterprise, which has
helped more than 2000 young people experiencing disadvantage through its cafes,
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bakeries and catering companies. Alongside outreach programs and short courses,
there's also an update on our landmark Make Room supportive
housing project. This unique initiative opens soon and will provide
supported accommodation for more than 50 people experiencing homelessness. We
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also showcase a fascinating start up industry snapshot and share
the latest details about how we're improving local streetscapes. I'm
so proud that in this issue, we're also announcing the
City of Melbourne's new Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan. This significantly
strengthens the city's reconciliation commitments so we can deliver positive
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outcomes for traditional owners and the broader Aboriginal community, enriching
the whole city. I look forward to meeting as many
of you as I can in the coming weeks. I
can't be all things to all people, but I will
be a Lord mayor for everyone. Please reach out to
me if I can help you. Again, thank you so
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much for the opportunity of a lifetime. Enjoy this edition
of Melbourne magazine. Nick Reese, Lord mayor. The picture caption
reads Lord mayor Nick Reese and his family. The City
of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners of the land
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we govern the Wurundjeri, Woiwurrung and Bunurong Boonwurrung peoples of
the Kulin nation and pays respect to their elders, past
and present. We acknowledge and honor the unbroken spiritual, cultural
and political connection they have maintained to this unique place
for more than 2000 generations. We accept the invitation in
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the Uluru Statement from the heart, and are committed to
walking together to build a better future. Meet our new council.
Melbourne City Council is the local government body responsible for
the Municipality of Melbourne. The council consists of a Lord mayor,
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a deputy Lord mayor and nine councillors. More than 90,000
residents and business owners recently voted in our local government
elections to appoint the following team to lead the City
of Melbourne for the next four years. The group will
work on a new council plan setting our vision for
the future of Melbourne. Nearly 72% of eligible people cast
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their vote, which is the highest participation rate in at
least 20 years. We thank you for sharing your vote
to help shape the future of our city. To find
the dates and times of the upcoming Council and future
Melbourne Committee meetings or for more information, visit Melbourne. Council.
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Lord Mayor Nick Reece email Lord Mayor at Melbourne vic.gov
deputy Lord Mayor Rowena Campbell email Ross h e a
dot b e at Melbourne Government. Councillor Kevin Lewis Email
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k v I dot l o u e y at Melbourne.
Councillor Gladys Liu email g d dot l I u
at Melbourne. Councillor Owen Guest email o w e n
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dot g e t at Melbourne. Dot councillor Rafael Camillo
email R.A.F. h e. I o at Melbourne dot o
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councillor Mark Scott email m a r k dot. At
Melbourne dot. Councillor David Griffiths, MLA Davi Y double d
dot g I f I t h at. Councillor Olivia
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Ball email olive I a. At Melbourne dot councillor Philip
Li Liu email p I dot e I at Melbourne.
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Councillor Andrew Rouse email a d w dot I. At
Melbourne government. Postal address for all councillors. City of Melbourne
GPO box one 603 Three. Melbourne, Victoria 3001. To find
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more ways to contact the City of Melbourne, go to
the section. Contact the City of Melbourne at the end
of this recording. Make room landmark supportive housing opening soon.
Homelessness is something that people experience. It is not who
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they are. Being without secure and affordable accommodation can devastate
a person's life, whether it lasts a very short time,
several months or years. The City of Melbourne is committed
to addressing homelessness, so we're delivering a flagship supportive housing
project known as Make Room. This major project has been
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made possible through partnerships with Victorian Government registered community housing
provider Unison Housing, Cohealth and Key philanthropic and corporate donors.
Opening Make Room will be a landmark day for the
city of Melbourne, and a testament to the tireless work
of many people who have turned an idea into a
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reality that will change and save lives. A But Make Room.
Located on Little Bourke Street, Make Room contains 50 studio
apartments with wraparound support to help people on their pathway
out of homelessness. Make room was co-designed by people with
lived experience of homelessness to ensure the housing and services
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meet the diverse needs of residents. The construction was delivered
by builder Harris HMC and Reshape Development when Make Room opens.
Unison housing will take ownership of the building to deliver
its day to day operations on site. Wraparound social and
health support services will be delivered by Cohealth. Key features
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of the Make Room building include. 50 studio apartments. Mental health,
housing and legal services for make room residents. Allied health
services for make room residents like dentistry, podiatry and women's
health specialists. 24 over seven front desk security the Phoenix
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Floor as a safe and affirming space for women who
have experienced family violence. A focus on cultural safety. First
Nations artwork A rooftop garden. Tenants will soon begin gradually
moving into make Room, and they will call it home
for up to 12 months or until they can secure
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access to appropriate long term secure housing. The total project
cost for make room is $24.9 million, with $16.1 million
raised thanks to the Victorian Government, Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation,
the Ian Potter Foundation, Gandel Foundation, Portland House Foundation, and
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Helen Macpherson Smith Trust. For more information, visit Melbourne's. Streetsmart
Melburnian of the year puts people and planet first. How
does a scrappy country kid go on to be melburnian
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of the year? It's a long and winding road for
social entrepreneur Rebecca Scott OAM. While travelling in Vietnam, science
communicator Rebecca Scott found a stone in her shoe the
type of stone that compels you to change your life
and strive to make life better for those around you.
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In a fairly stark way. I saw the issue of
youth homelessness in Vietnam. And you know how once you've
seen something, you can't unsee it? Rebecca said youth homelessness
became a thing I couldn't unsee. I came to think
of it as the stone in my shoe. I couldn't
keep walking along with that stone in my shoe, even
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after I returned home to Canberra and went back to
my job at the CSIRO. It felt like such a
foundational thing that every human needs a safe, affordable, loving home.
It's so critical to a life of wellbeing. It's so
much more than a home. In her downtime, Rebecca researched
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the complex youth homelessness sector and eventually found a missing
piece of the puzzle training, education and a sense of belonging.
You can't afford a house to live in if you
don't have a job, Rebecca said. It made me and
my partner Kate think we needed to build a holistic
solution to homelessness that included training and employment pathways. So
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they took a leap, quit their Canberra jobs, and moved
to Melbourne in 2009 to set up Hospitality Enterprise. Street
spelt s t e t. Since welcoming its first class
of trainees, Street has now supported more than 5210 young
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people and offered 351,753 hours of training, support and work experience.
I'm a really unexpected social entrepreneur. My training was in
science as a plant biologist and then a science communicator.
I stumbled into being a social innovator, Rebecca said. And yet,
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it feels like she was somehow destined to lead a
life of purpose, buoyed by her enthusiasm, generosity and curiosity.
Street has expanded to run 12 cafes, a coffee roastery,
an artisan bakery and a catering and events business. The
whole thing is engineered to support young people who might
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otherwise fall through the gaps. How a sense of belonging
can transform a life. Twice a year, a class of
young people assembles at street through referrals from the prison system,
detox facilities, homelessness and mental health services. Many have been
in out-of-home care from a very young age. I love
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watching a new class start, Rebecca said. They've come to
the programme because they've got lots of barriers, and we'll
walk alongside them for the next year to give them
a bunch of skills and confidence and most importantly, a
sense of belonging. As the team begins to address those barriers,
such as drug and alcohol addiction or homelessness. The person
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underneath begins to shine. Something magical happens when a young
person starts to see that those hopes and dreams might
be possible. Rebecca said. You see this incredible transformation and
a peer support network grows around a young person who
might have been quite isolated before. One of the things
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that comes up again and again when talking to the
young people at Street and graduates is the sense of belonging,
Rebecca said. It's such a core thing as a human.
We're social animals. We're so hardwired to be in a
community of people, to be included and recognised and loved
for who we are in a broader sense. This philosophy
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has led Rebecca to a life of purpose. The first
thing we need in a community is to feel safe.
But there's this gaping chasm between feeling safe and feeling
like we belong, she said. Each of us as citizens
have a role in making our neighborhoods feel friendly and inviting.
Belonging comes from lots of micro actions. I feel so
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strongly about our collective role of making people feel welcome.
Creating more than Hospo heroes. Nearly 15 years after the
first graduate class at Street, many participants have flourished in
varied careers, using hospitality as a stepping stone to follow
their passions. We're not here to create hospo heroes. We're
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teaching you a bunch of transferable life and employability skills.
It just happens to be that Hospo is a good
industry to get those skills. Rebecca said some graduates have
gone to TAFE and become electricians or childcare workers. Another
is completing a PhD in English literature after coming to
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street from a period of rough sleeping in Melbourne's CBD.
In the future, all businesses will be social enterprises. A
collaborator at heart, Rebecca is always looking for ways to
connect with other social innovators and inspire the next generation
of citizens into living a purposeful life. When Street was
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off to a flying start, she turned her mind to
building an ecosystem to support nascent social enterprises. I spend
a lot of my time these days trying to help
aspiring change makers find their tribe and navigate their way
around the city, Rebecca said. Right at the very beginning
when we arrived in Melbourne. It took so much work
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to find other social innovators. There wasn't a front door
you could go in and find everyone. The purpose precinct
at Queen Victoria Market is the new front door for
a sector that has more than 3000 social enterprises across Victoria.
It's a collaboration between street goods cycles and other businesses
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that put the planet and people before profit. Here you'll
find shops, a cafe, a workshop space and the new
Moving Feast Kitchen, which brings together social enterprise farms and kitchens,
caterers and hospitality providers. We're all working together as this
little ecosystem thinking about food systems, Rebecca said. The Moving
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Feast Kitchen is designed not only to rescue lots of
unsold produce from the market, but also create new products
in the kitchen. One of the shops at the purpose
precinct is a pop up shop for kids social enterprises.
It stocks products from innovative kids across Victoria. Everything from
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dog toys to wooden chopping blocks and clothing, upcycled toys
and other creations. It's just so wondrous what comes out
of all those little brains, Rebecca said. I hope that
in the future, every business is a social business. The
picture captions read Rebecca Scott OAM chats at streets East
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Melbourne cafe. A worker at one of streets network of cafes,
training program participants and street at Queen Victoria market. Young
Melburnian of the Year Alex Decker is a dedicated social
entrepreneur and community leader, best known as the founder of
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Alex Makes Meals, a not for profit established in 2020,
in response to the Covid 19 pandemic. What began as
a small initiative has grown into a large scale charity
that provides over 3000 nutritious meals a week to people
and families across Melbourne through a network of more than
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40 charity partners. Alex Makes Meals, has cooked and distributed
over 600,000 meals, addressing food insecurity for those who need
it most. About the Melbourne Awards The Melbourne Awards are
our highest accolades, celebrating the inspirational Melburnians dedicated to making
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this city a world leader. The awards program is now
in its 22nd year, alongside Melburnian of the Year and
Young Melburnian of the year. We also named eight category winners.
These remarkable individuals and groups are committed to making our
city inclusive, creative and forward thinking. Meet the winners at Melbourne. Melbourne. Awards.
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Supporting reconciliation across Melbourne. Reconciliation is essential to our community
and it benefits everyone. Reconciliation is about promoting an understanding
of the history between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, ensuring everyone
has the same chances and choices in life, and developing
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better relationships that allow us to move forward together. The
City of Melbourne has worked with the community to create
a new Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan. This is our sixth
reconciliation action plan. We are proud of the work we've
done over time to deliver outcomes for traditional owners and
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the broader Aboriginal community, and to provide opportunities for our
organisation and community to engage. It's now time for the
next steps. Our vision for reconciliation is to work alongside
First Nations, enabling true self-determination and ensuring Aboriginal peoples have
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the freedom to live well according to their own values
and beliefs. Our new Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan speaks to
respect relationships, good governance and opportunities. We have also committed
to a process of truth telling to enable learning, healing
and change. Our new caring for country framework will help
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us apply First Nations knowledge and practices across our work
and our city, and our new Aboriginal City framework will
help us embrace Aboriginal peoples culture, knowledge and heritage as
a core element of Melbourne's identity. Our progress towards delivering
this vision will be monitored and reported annually to the community.
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The Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan is based on the following
five pillars. Pillar one. Truth telling. Truth telling creates opportunities
for Aboriginal people to share their history and experiences, including
those of injustice and wrongdoing. Some of our work in
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this space includes holding public truth telling conversations, delivering national
sorry day activities, and progressing a project to build a
permanent marker for the Stolen Generations. The Stolen Generations marker
will feature a significant artwork that reflects the resilience of
the Stolen Generations and their families, acknowledging the injustices and
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inviting us to move along the path to reconciliation together.
Our ever evolving Mapping Aboriginal Melbourne project also contributed to
truth telling by marking places of significance on an interactive map.
Pillar two relationships. Building strong, inclusive relationships between the Aboriginal
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and non-Aboriginal community is at the heart of reconciliation. Each
year during National Reconciliation Week, we bring people together for
an oration. The 2024 oration was given by co-chairs of
the First Peoples Assembly of Victoria, Rueben Berg and Nara Murray.
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We also provide funding and grants to support First Nations
people delivering great business and community projects. We are working
with traditional owner groups to establish formal partnerships that enable self-determination,
and we also have dedicated community engagement protocols to guide
our work. Pillar three respect. Deepening people's understanding of and
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respect for Aboriginal culture and identity is integral to building
meaningful and lasting relationships between communities. We deliver cultural awareness,
training and tours to our staff members. We embed cultural
protocols in our daily business and events. And we celebrate
NAIDOC across the city. Aboriginal culture is strongly embedded in
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the design of the new Nam Nag Library and Family services,
and we aspire to carry this approach forward into more
civic spaces. Cultural safety is also front and centre of
our Make Room project, a project providing supportive housing to
people experiencing homelessness. Pillar for opportunities providing cultural, social and
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economic development opportunities for Aboriginal people. Supports equitable recruitment, supplier
diversity and business growth. The City of Melbourne supports Aboriginal
businesses through our memberships to Supply Nation and Kennoway, and
through our sustainable procurement framework that guides how our staff
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choose suppliers. We will also be creating opportunities for and
raising the profile of Aboriginal businesses within the municipality. We
engage Aboriginal artists and designers to shape our community spaces,
and we will deliver the next edition of the epic
Yarram Festival in 2025, with the aim to make this
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an annual festival. Pillar five governance. Good governance helps ensure
the City of Melbourne includes First Nations voices in decision making,
and that we take accountability. We have established a First
Nations committee to elevate diverse voices from the Aboriginal community
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and ensure they have a say in decisions and priorities.
Our partnerships with traditional owner groups, including the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung
Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation and the Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation,
are also critical. We have systems in place to report
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on and measure reconciliation achievements, and we will continue to
build a robust outcomes framework with key performance indicators. For
more information, visit Melbourne. Action plan. The picture captions read
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community members gather for a smoking ceremony. A meeting of
the First Nations Committee. Day of mourning and Naydock rally.
Urine boy returns from the 1st to the 11th of May.
Urinboy Festival celebrates the interconnectedness and diversity of First Nations
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creatives locally, nationally and internationally. Expect to see emerging, mid-career
and established First Nations creatives taking back space to crack
open the heart of Melbourne, revealing the hum of country beneath.
Keep an eye out for the launch of the packed program,
which will once again invite audiences to immerse themselves in
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First Nations stories, truths and resilience in the local languages
of the Boonwurrung and Woiwurrung peoples. Urinboy means tomorrow. For
more information, visit Melbourne. For. A b hyphen festival. The
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picture caption reads future's Past by Shireen Stewart with Sage
Wright and Emily Wells. Events calendar. What's on in magnetic Melbourne?
Event dates and details may change. Check online for updates
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at What's On. The 3rd to the 23rd of December.
Christmas at Marvel Stadium. Head to Marvel Stadium to take
a ride in the sky with Santa at Melbourne's only
Christmas themed 360 degrees Cinema Dome. Explore the free live
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site to find a giant nine metre Christmas tree alongside
18 AFL club themed trees and do it yourself Santa
photography with your club colours, then feast on tasty burgers,
salads and lobster rolls. Find all this and more at
Stadium Square. Gates two and three, from 10 a.m. to
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6 p.m. until the 25th of December. Christmas festival. The
city is set to light up with dazzling decorations, joyful
events and family friendly fun. Visit the giant Christmas tree
at Fed Square. Marvel at the spectacular Christmas River show
in Southbank. Enjoy a festive thrill ride at the Christmas
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Carnival at Alexandra Gardens and more. What's on Melbourne? For.
The 31st of December. New year's Eve celebrate New Year's
Eve in the city with glittering rooftop fireworks and laser
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displays that will light up the night sky. Book into
one of the many venues or events, or visit one
of the official celebration zones that exclusively offer early evening
9 p.m. fireworks as well as the midnight moment Melbourne
vic.gov/ny the 6th to the 26th of January Australian Open.
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Take your seat for thrilling singles, doubles, wheelchair juniors, legends
and exhibition tennis matches. Head to Melbourne Park to catch
all the action or soak up the atmosphere from Fed
Square and Birrarung Marr. The 14th to the 24th of
January signal summer. Young people aged 12 to 25 are
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invited to enjoy two weeks of art, creativity and inspiration,
working alongside professional artists to develop skills and create new work.
Workshops will include street art, installation, weaving and sound art.
On the final day, there'll be a celebration to share
the works created the 16th of January to the 27th
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of April reign at Artplay. Experience an intimate and interactive
installation with your little one. Find your reflection in puddles,
arrange fuzzy felt pieces and dive into a moment of
rest as you are immersed in the generosity of rain.
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Open Thursday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. no
bookings required. The 18th to the 19th of January. Backyard
at artplay. Children and families will be gently guided by
the artists theme and materials to inspire childhood creativity. You
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could make a nature mandala, build sculptures with recycled and
natural materials, or dream up your own mini landscape or cubby.
It's all about free play. Drop in any time between
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.. Don't forget your hat and sunscreen.
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The 19th of January to the 9th of February. Midsummer festival.
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Pride March. Enjoy live
performance and community spirit at the Midsummer Carnival and dive
into a packed programme of events. Take your pick from theatre,
live music, visual arts, cabaret, film and public forums that
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reflect on three decades of progress, unity and resilience within
the LGBTQIA+ community. February concerts under the stars. Pack a
picnic and bring your friends and family along for a free,
relaxed evening under the stars with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
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These beloved concerts are held at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
Keep an eye out for the announcement of the full program,
the 1st to the 28th of February. National Sustainability Festival.
Be part of the largest and longest running sustainability themed
event in Australia. The festival aims to inspire and provide
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solutions to sustainability and climate challenges now and into the future.
Hear critical insights from local and international thought leaders and
engage the whole family in community events. The 1st to
the 14th of February Chinese Lunar New Year Festival. Welcome
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the year of the snake with a vibrant showcase of
live performance and delicious food in Melbourne's historic Chinatown. The
main event will take place on the 2nd of February
with the Millennium Dragon Parade. Lion and dragon dancers and
lighting displays. The Chinese Lunar New Year Festival is among
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many festivities taking place across the city, as diverse Asian
communities come together to celebrate Lunar New Year, the 20th
of February to the 10th of March. Shadows in twin cities.
Children from Chungju, Korea and Melbourne will connect and converse
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without words through large scale video installations. Delicate hanji paper
shadows and the city landscape. This Asia Topa experience will
be spread out across Fed Square and Artplay, which is
located at Birrarung Marr, Melbourne. Vic Dot gov forward slash artplay.
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The 22nd to the 23rd of February Antipodes Festival, head
to Lonsdale Street for this epic event. Renowned as the
world's largest celebration of Greek culture outside of Greece, a
testament to Melbourne's large and vibrant Greek community, this event
brings together artists, community groups and businesses through more than
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90 market stalls and on three stages in the city's
Greek Quarter. Community corner East Melbourne barbecue and picnic get
in the festive spirit at a community Christmas barbecue at
East Melbourne Library on Saturday the 7th of December from
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10:30 a.m., then join an annual residence community picnic in
the gardens of Bishops Court on Sunday the 15th of December.
BYO picnic hamper and blanket. Carlton Carlton Community Grocer, come
to the base of the Carlton Housing Estate to buy
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affordable fresh produce every Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m..
Kensington Fresh Food Market Come to Bellair Street Reserve Skinny
Park to connect with local people and enjoy affordable, locally
grown food for free or by donation. On the first
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Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to midday. Southbank
A Very merry, friendless Southbank 3006 is inclusive. Annual festive
celebration is back bigger, brighter and better. Enjoy a wide
range of family and pet friendly fun with many new
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surprise attractions at Boyd Park on Saturday, the 14th of
December from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.. South Yarra weekly
last post service. Head to the northern forecourt of the
Shrine of Remembrance to remember those who have served and sacrificed.
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Every Sunday at 4:45 p.m. for more information, visit what's
on.gov dot. Shaping local streets. A beloved laneway repaved with
iconic bluestone, a historic bridge restored by expert stonemasons and
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a theatre forecourt upgraded to enhance your night out. These
are just a few of the projects the City of
Melbourne is delivering to restore and improve local streetscapes for
future generations. We've upgraded 86,000m² of footpaths and roads across
the municipality. In the past year, this involved replacing rundown asphalt,
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upgrading footpaths with new bluestone and improving kerbs, tree plots
and crossings. This year we're getting on with making our
streets safer, greener and more accessible. Read on to discover
more about local streetscape improvements happening across the city. Hardware
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Lane Visitors to Melbourne flocked to this vibrant laneway, which
is stacked with restaurants, bars and shops, to keep it thriving.
We've refreshed the streetscape with a new bluestone surface, jacaranda
trees and safety barriers. We've also made Hardware Lane more
accessible for people with disability. Little Lonsdale Street wider footpaths,
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new trees, raised pedestrian crossings, speed humps and more safety
features are being installed to make this popular little street
safer and leafier. Like a lot of our projects, this
work is being delivered in stages. We are currently completing
the final stage between Queen and Elizabeth Streets Franklin Street.
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Imagine Franklin Street transformed into a leafy precinct that connects
the new State Library station to Queen Victoria market with
1800m² of garden beds and rain gardens and a target
of 40% tree canopy cover. The new Franklin Street will
provide a cooler environment with more places to relax. The
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transformation will create better connections between the CBD and Queen
Victoria market and new pedestrian crossings. Lighting and reduced traffic
flow will mean a safer street for all users. Along
with the future Market Square and Queens Corner building. The
transformation of Franklin Street will continue the City of Melbourne's
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investment in the Queen Victoria market precinct. Exhibition Street theatre precinct.
See a show at the Comedy Theatre or Her Majesty's Theatre.
With more room to move thanks to streetscape upgrades between
Little Lonsdale and Bourke Streets. We've been busy installing wider
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bluestone footpaths, a safer bike lane, new street furniture and
more drop off bays for cars and buses. New shady
trees and plants are also in the works. Princes bridge
Large scale vintage postcards and historic images of Princes Bridge
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adorn the site, as the iconic Melbourne landmark undergoes its
biggest restoration upgrade yet. Expert stonemasons continue to restore and
conserve the arches of this iconic gateway to the city.
Built in 1888, they have been busy replacing, cleaning and
resetting the bridge's bluestone blocks. We've also fixed up weathered
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bluestone in the pedestrian zone and repaired and repainted heritage
ironwork like crests, lampposts and balustrades. Getting around the city.
Visit Melbourne, Vic for getting around Hyphen City. For the
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latest information about major works happening across our city and neighbourhoods,
including timely updates about construction, major events, road closures and
other disruptions. For more information, visit Melbourne. Project's. Start up
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sectors thrive in the city of Melbourne. Groundbreaking cancer treatments.
Free roaming virtual reality gaming and global exchange programs for
young entrepreneurs. Melbourne startups produce amazing innovations. We spoke to
some of the movers and shakers behind Melbourne's booming life sciences,
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gaming and edtech sectors. These people are passionate about their
jobs and working out of the best city in the world.
To read our full interviews with each of these businesses,
search for startups at news.com.au. Life Sciences sector Melbourne is
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the life sciences capital of Australia, with more than 70%
of the nation's leading biotech and medtech companies based here,
the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct in Parkville is a key area
of activity. Here. Local research institutions attract about $500 million
in medical research funding per year, paving the way for
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breakthrough innovations at the Bionics Institute in East Melbourne. An
expert team works to solve some of the world's most
challenging medical conditions, including Alzheimer's disease, chronic pain and Parkinson's
with technology. The thing that sets us apart from other
medical research institutes is that we have a laser focus
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on translating our research concepts as quickly as possible into
medical devices that will benefit patients, said Chief Operating Officer
Karen Campitelli. Many of the medical devices under development at
the Bionics Institute provide drug free alternatives to current treatments
and more accurate diagnostic tools, which could lead to huge
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savings in health costs. Gaming sector, expansive world building games,
atmospheric mystery games, games where you shoot zombies in a
free roaming virtual reality experience. Top creatives are making all
these and more in Melbourne. Melbourne is Australia's game development
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capital and home to 170 of Australia's 200 digital game studios.
We also host premier global gaming events for fans and creators.
Scott Van Donselaar started. Zero latency VR, a Melbourne made
company offering immersive free roam virtual reality experiences. More than
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ten years ago, the team's district Docklands player site is
now just one of numerous locations in 27 countries. So
many cities don't have the ecosystem we have in Melbourne.
I can't imagine what it would have been like going
through that early start up phase anywhere else, Scott said.
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Melbourne International Games Week was massive for us because suddenly
we could go and in one week meet so many
people and get such a good understanding of the local community,
what people are doing and what's possible. Ed Tech Sector
Melbourne is also Australia's ed tech capital, home to one
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third of the nation's education and technology providers. Ed tech
is forecast to grow rapidly by more than 10% in 2025.
Education technology combines the latest digital tools with innovative education
practices to facilitate and enhance learning. It's a booming industry,
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not least due to the rise of AI hex. The
Hacker Exchange has helped thousands of students launch startups get
funding or kick start tech and innovation careers. We're partnering
with hex to deliver an entrepreneur exchange between Melbourne and
Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. My personal passion is
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helping to evolve leadership, so we see a more representative
group of people in charge of business, technology and other sectors,
said hex CEO and co-founder Janette Chia. Multiculturalism neurodivergence people
of different ages. Our differences can bring fresh new perspectives
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and create amazing impact in the world. Start up support.
The City of Melbourne supports entrepreneurs on their journey from
concept to commercialisation, locally and on the world stage. We
do this through our Invest Melbourne and Business Concierge teams
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partnerships with organizations like Austrade and through a program of
industry networking events. Have you got a business idea? Get
support to start, grow and go global. For more information,
visit Melbourne. Hyphen and hyphen innovation. The picture captions read
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the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct in Parkville. Players get set for
a session at zero latency VR. Jeannette Chia from Hex
in Melbourne. Hex team members and team members in the
Bionics Institute lab. Foodie trails made more accessible before joining
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a walking tour in his hometown of Melbourne. Disability advocate
Jeffrey Limb felt a familiar apprehension. It can be scary
as a disabled person in an unfamiliar place. You tend
to shut down. You stick to what you know, the
places you have memorized, Jeffrey said. Jeffrey is no stranger
to pushing outside his comfort zone. A seasoned traveler, this deaf,
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blind melburnian signs up for walking tours the world over
as a not for profit arts leader. He holds his
own in street dance battles with the city's best poppers
and rockers, as he advocates for more diversity in street
dance culture. He's even won hearts across the nation as
a contestant on So You Think You Can Dance Twice,
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sharing lived experience to amplify access as a member of
our Disability Advisory Committee. Jeffrey recently lent his expertise to
the City of Melbourne funded pilot business capacity program Amplify
Access CIS over six months. The Amplify Access program worked
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with 14 city businesses in the visitor economy sector to
reach new customers by improving their accessibility. One of the
businesses was Foodie Trails. Geoffrey joined its Melbourne Foodie Culture
Walking tour and shared tips to make the visitor experience
more accessible. It was amazing. It was my favourite city
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walking experience around the world. It was really easy. The
tour guide was amazing and almost all the venues were accessible.
Geoffrey said the biggest adjustment he recommended to Foodie Trails
was a refresher on road safety. We were in high
alert mode when crossing the road, so try to wait
until we're settled and safe on the other side of
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the road before sharing new information on the tour, Geoffrey said.
I also showed them which streets to avoid when they
are crowded. How to cut through the city using plazas
and arcades, and where to find smooth flooring. Jeffrey also
suggested website improvements, including a change in the font and
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text size and the use of high contrast between text
and background. Small changes make a big difference. When Melbourne
foodie Culture founder Himanshi Munshi joined the pilot program, she
suspected her business would need to make big adjustments. The
four hour Foodie Trails tour leads visitors to iconic destinations
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and hidden gems across the city, sharing how each wave
of migration has changed the culinary, historical and architectural landscape
of the city. We are a walking tour, and it's
not the first thing people would think of as an
experience to do in the city of Melbourne if you
have accessibility requirements, Himanshi said. However, most of the changes
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were really small things that can make an even better experience.
On Geoffrey's advice. Himanshi created a new accessibility guide to
give potential customers a fuller picture of what to expect
on the four hour tour. Amplify access has been instrumental
in giving us the confidence to say yes, we can
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cater effectively to this community, Himanshi said. Now that we've
had the lived experience, feedback to say we are on
the right track. It gives us the confidence to go
out to this cohort and tell them we can give
them an experience of Melbourne they might not have considered before.
For more information, visit Melbourne. Melbourne. The picture caption reads
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Himanshi Mansher Luhar and Jeffrey Lim at Big Esso by
Mabu Mabu in Fed Square. Community heroes who make a difference.
From preparing nutritious meals for children to catering for our
urban forest and supporting new parents, the City of Melbourne
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offers diverse roles for people who care about their community.
Read on to meet some of the team members who
look after important elements of neighbourhood life. Feeding the future
Wihan Turner has been preparing fresh meals for the children
at Lady Huntingfield Early Learning Centre for 15 years. This
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is more than just a job for Wihan. It's a
way to contribute to the wellbeing and development of the children.
She believes that introducing children to fresh, appealing, wholesome foods
at an early age can set the foundation for healthy
eating habits later in life. Everything is made on the
premises and we don't just mash everything together, Y Han explained.
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This is a time for children to taste, sense and
learn what food is. It's a lifelong experience, and it's
very important at this early stage for them to actually
understand what it's about. In the treetops, arborist Miranda Allen
spends her days caring for the trees in Melbourne's parks.
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It's such a rewarding job, Miranda said. When you finish work,
you can step back and say, I fixed that tree.
It's going to be happy for years. Miranda originally wanted
to be a zoologist, but found another passion in arboriculture,
enjoying the hands on work and contributing to Melbourne's green
spaces such as Royal Park with her crew from Citywide
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Tree Care. Working around the zoo is really, really fun,
Miranda said. sometimes if you're up close to the zoo
fence and up really high, you can see into the
animal enclosures. Midwives on bikes look out for our maternal
and child health nurses zipping around your neighborhood by bike
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to provide free support to families with newborn babies and
children aged up to six. The merry band of biking
baby experts might remind you of TV's Call the Midwife,
with a few modern day twists like top notch e-bikes
and bright blue backpacks to carry baby scales. Biking is
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the easiest way to move around the city. Even with
road closures and works, it's still faster by bike, said
maternal and child health nurse Jacqueline Byrne. As a bonus,
it's also good for my health, body, mind and soul.
Read the full stories at news. Dot gov.org. Contact. City
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