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• Rethinking Melbourne's 'missing middle'

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Melbourne's most liveable suburbs revealedFrom the coast to the CBD Melbourne has it all. Video by Alistair Walsh.PT0M48S620349As John Lennon once wrote, "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans", so there may be good reason for Melburnians to be feeling Planning Policy Fatigue. Over the course of 16 years we've had four Melbourne Plans:Melbourne 2030,Melbourne @5 Million,Plan Melbourne, and the recently launchedPlan Melbourne Refresh. That equates to..

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• Paul Little makes a $10 million donation to Melbourne University | afr

  

  Paul Little and his wife Jane Hansen hope their record-breaking donation will boost teaching standards in the arts faculty of Melbourne University.Josh RobenstoneBRWRich Lister Paul Little and his wife Jane Hansen will donate $10 million to the University of Melbourne to boost teaching standards for history studies in the Arts Faculty.The donation is claimed to be the most significant gift to the advancement of history at an Australian university and will be the first of many in the arts sector..

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• Bulk-billing IVF clinic opens in Melbourne, amid industry concerns women could be putting themselves at risk - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Bulk-billing IVF clinic opens in Melbourne, amid industry concerns women could be putting themselves at riskUpdatedNovember 23, 2015 12:34:06 Women who use low-cost or bulk-billed IVF (in vitro fertilisation) clinics could be putting themselves at increased risk of health complications, the peak association of IVF doctors says.Key points:Primary IVF, which offers bulk-billed treatment in Sydney, is opening its second clinic, in MelbourneIVF doctors are concerned by health risks of low-cost c..

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• Uber Melbourne: Ride-sharing app wins approval in NSW, ACT, but still illegal in Victoria | HeraldSun

  

  NSW to legalise car sharing service Uber0:22Controversial car sharing service Uber is set to be legalised in NSW.PUBLIC Transport Minister Jacinta Allan has warned commuters to think carefully before using ride-sharing services such as Uber that are still an “illegal activity” in Victoria.TheNSW Government has revealed it will move to regulate ride-sharing services, and compensate taxi licence owners in the process, after describing an industry shake-up as “inevitable”.MP TRAVEL: Uber bid to sla..

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• Slack secures Melbourne launch pad

  

  Slack secures Melbourne launch padCLIONA O’DOWDThe AustralianNovember 23, 2015 9:57AMSavePrintGroup messaging app Slack.Slack, the group messaging app and current Silicon Valley darling, will launch in Australia in just a few short weeks, having secured a lease on a property in Melbourne.The US tech company’s founder Stewart Butterfield, in an exclusive interview withThe Australian, confirmed the Melbourne office would be open by mid-January.“We looked at a lot of places for our first office in ..

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• Telstra and City of Melbourne partner for IoT challenge | afr

  

  Connected street lamps, cars that communicate with the city and smart garbage bins – Telstra hopes all of these things and more will be created in a new internet of things challenge it is hosting with the City of Melbourne.About 100 creatives and developers will gather at the telecommunication giant's Melbourne-based Gurrowa Innovation Lab on November 28 as part of a week-long challenge to design solutions for some of the city's biggest problems, including traffic congestion.The winning team wil..

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  But there were more properties cleared in Melbourne than Sydney for the 11th straight week, with NSW's capital recording a preliminary clearance rate of 60.8 ...

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• Melbourne United expect Hakim Warrick's return to full fitness will end losing run

  

  Melbourne United import Hakim Warrick in contemplative mood during a time out.Photo: Mick ConnollyMelbourne United expects the return of a fully fit Hakim Warrick will play a key role in ending the side's three-game losing streak.United lost to the New Zealand Breakers 80-69 in Auckland on Sunday but are still on top of the NBL ladder due to their nine-game winning streak at the start of the season.Warrick missed six games with a groin strain and struggled in limited minutes against the Breakers..

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• Anti-Islam, anti-racism protesters clash at violent Melton rallies

  

  Hundreds at anti-Islam and counter rally3:30Reclaim Australia and Rally Against Racism are holding rival rallies in Melton north west of Melbourne.UPDATE:RECLAIM Australia says there’s a “good reason” why some anti-Islamic protesters wore masks to conceal their identity at the Melton rally yesterday.John Bolton, spokesman for the far right-wing group, admitted that while some people who wore face masks were “thugs”, he denied the group was out to provoke violence.Seven people were arrested at th..

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• Police air pursuit of car ends at Melbourne Airport

  

  Police air pursuit of car ends at Melbourne AirportThe man was pursued to Melbourne Airport.Photo: Paul RoverePolice are using a plane to pursue an erratic driver north of Melbourne, who appears to have fled to Melbourne Airport.There are few details available about the pursuit, but a Victoria Police spokeswoman confirmed a driver had been tracked driving north on the Tullamarine Freeway before stopping at Melbourne Airport after reports the car had been driven "erratically".The driver of the da..

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