Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Last Top Stories: Melbourne's most expensive park: public pays $19m to developer who paid $4m

  • Melbourne's most expensive park: public pays $19m to developer who paid $4m

    Melbourne's most expensive park: public pays $19m to developer who paid $4m
    Video will begin in5seconds.Fly through a reimagined Fishermans BendPlanning experts at RMIT have released an alternative vision for the Fishermans Bend urban renewal area that could be rolled out across Melbourne - and there's not a skyscraper in sight.PT2M9S620349Welcome to Melbourne's most expensive park: a one-acre playground to be created in South Melbourne that, thanks to Opposition leader Matthew Guy's rezoning of the Fishermans Bend urban renewal area, will cost taxpayers $14 million mor..
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  • Melbourne councillor stripped of transport responsibilities over unpopular car-free plan

    Melbourne councillor stripped of transport responsibilities over unpopular car-free plan
    Lord Mayor Robert Doyle and councillor Richard Foster haven't always seen eye to eye.Melbourne's Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has ousted outspoken councillor Richard Foster from the council's transport portfolio in a closed-room decision, after the Labor maverick surprised his colleagues by briefing the media about a CBD car-free day.Other councillors were angry that Cr Foster had given an interview to media proposing that cars be banned in a one-day experiment without consulting them.Richard Foster ..
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  • Woman arrested after running onto tarmac at Melbourne Airport

    Woman arrested after running onto tarmac at Melbourne Airport
    Woman arrested after running onto tarmac at Melbourne AirportVideo will begin in5seconds.Woman sparks airport security scareAfter reportedly stealing a uniform and running onto the tarmac at Melbourne Airport Tuesday night, a woman has now been arrested. First reported to 3AW's rumour file.PT0M46S620349A woman has been arrested after reportedly stealing a uniform and running onto the tarmac at Melbourne Airport on Tuesday night.Australian Federal Police officers arrested the woman after respondi..
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  • Melbourne is Getting a Bacon-delivery Service | Broadsheet Melbourne - Broadsheet

    Melbourne is Getting a Bacon-delivery Service | Broadsheet Melbourne - Broadsheet
    You can literally wake up and smell the bacon.We live in a world where companies willdeliver alcohol, condoms and even fresh socks and underwear, straight to your door. Life has never been this easy.Tervey, Australia’s first bacon-subscription service, will be in Melbourne soon. Because, according to Bryan Robertson (founder of Tervey and creator ofcereal pop-up, Cereal Anytime), breakfast efficiency can always be improved.“You can’t beat the smell of bacon cooking on a lazy Sunday morning,” Rob..
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  • Toorak mansion secretly sells for Melbourne 2015 record house price

    Toorak mansion secretly sells for Melbourne 2015 record house price
    A trophy home hunter has splashed about $20 million on a Toorak mansion – believed to be the largest sum paid for a house in metropolitan Melbourne this year.The Toorak village and property circles are abuzz that the Yar Orrong Road manor, in a prestigious pocket of Melbourne’s most elite suburb, has sold for a mega sum.Marshall White director Marcus Chiminello is rumoured to have inked a confidential, off-market agreement.Toorak village is abuzz with rumors of a $20 million sale of a property i..
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  • Melbourne actually has its own flag, and it features a dead sheep | HeraldSun

    Melbourne actually has its own flag, and it features a dead sheep | HeraldSun
    Kids wave the flag of Melbourne during a Melbourne Day celebration.THE flag of Melbourne, which has apparently been the official banner of our city since the early 20th Century, has got a few weird bits.Designed around the English St George Cross with a crown at its centre, the first quadrant features a dead sheep hoisted on a ring as a salute to our wool-producing heritage.There’s also a bull, a big sailing ship and a whale, which our forebears hunted.It’s time for a rethink.WHAT’S YOUR DESIGN?..
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    Sucuri WebSite Firewall - CloudProxy - Access Denied
    What is going on?You are not allowed to access the requested page.If you are the site owner, please open a ticket in our support page if you think it was caused by an error:https://support.sucuri.net. If you are not the owner of the web site, you can contact us at cloudproxy@sucuri.net. Also make sure to include the block details (displayed below), so we can better troubleshoot the error.Block detailsYour IP:Loading...URL:Loading...Your Browser:Loading...Block ID:BNP005Block reason: Invalid brow..
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  • Catholic building and court defaced in Vic

    Catholic building and court defaced in Vic
    Graffiti calling for Cardinal George Pell to be jailed has appeared on a building in Melbourne.A Melbourne court and a Catholic Archdiocese building have been defaced with graffiti accusing Cardinal George Pell of covering up child sexual abuse by priests.Graffiti scrawled in black paint across the windows and pillars of the Catholic Archdiocese building in East Melbourne said:"child molester Pell" and "put Pell in jail for cover up"."Put Pell in jail" has also been sprayed on the Victorian Coun..
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  • NBL: Melbourne United, Hakim Warrick ready for hard clash with Townsville Crocs

    NBL: Melbourne United, Hakim Warrick ready for hard clash with Townsville Crocs
    If Melbourne United NBA import Hakim Warrick is any indication, the NBL ladder leader is giving Townsville Crocs their full attention heading into their clash on Thursday night.The Crocs knocked off United at Hisense Arena last Friday night but with Warrick now back after a six-game injury absence, Melbourne expect to put on a much stronger performance as they look to end a three-game losing streak.The 33-year-old power forward has recovered from a groin injury, his first major injury since high..
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  • Bushfire stops trains in Melbourne | SBS News

    Bushfire stops trains in Melbourne | SBS News
    A small bushfire on the outskirts of Melbourne has suspended train services with 12 fire trucks at the scene to quell the blaze. Source: AAP. 25 Nov 2015 - 1:29 ...
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