Friday, April 22, 2016

Why Melbourne is the design capital of Australia and other top stories.

  • Why Melbourne is the design capital of Australia

    Why Melbourne is the design capital of Australia
    The Wiltshire Staysharp knife, designed in Australia. Photo: Lindy Percival  Peter Russell-Clarke is no fan of "shouty design". "I've always been a big fan of the anonymity of design," he says. "It just goes about its business and gets the job done." Melbourne can genuinely claim to be a design city.  Ian Wong, industrial designer Quiet Australian innovations like the Black Box flight recorder and the polymer bank notes are the stars in Russell-Clarke's fir..
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  • Construction to start on Melbourne's controversial skyrail 'within weeks'

    Construction to start on Melbourne's controversial skyrail 'within weeks'
    The Victorian government says work will start "within weeks" on the controversial sky rail project that will elevate Melbourne’s busiest train line to remove nine dangerous level crossings.Preliminary works are scheduled to begin at the end of April on the $1.6 billion project between the city and Dandenong, after contracts were signed today with an alliance including Lendlease and Metro Trains Melbourne.The government hopes the work will be complete within two and a half years with all level c..
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  • Melbourne Rebels post 36-14 victory over Cheetahs in Super Rugby

    Melbourne Rebels post 36-14 victory over Cheetahs in Super Rugby
    Melbourne Rebels post 36-14 victory over Cheetahs in Super Rugby Updated April 22, 2016 22:53:16 Melbourne centre Reece Hodge has scored two tries for the Rebels to post a 36-14 Super Rugby win over the Cheetahs at AAMI Park.In his first start in the number 13 jersey following an injury-forced backline reshuffle, Hodge continued his impressive debut season. SCOREBOARD: REB 36-14 CHE 36-14 at AAMI Park, April 22, 20161Pens conceded056Time in opp half (%)4414/14Line-out..
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  • Calvin Klein photo: Melbourne photographer Jack Hawkins accuses ...

    Calvin Klein photo: Melbourne photographer Jack Hawkins accuses ...
    Calvin Klein photo: Melbourne photographer Jack Hawkins accuses fashion giant of copying his work Updated April 22, 2016 18:13:31 A Melbourne photographer has accused a major international fashion retailer of copying one of his images in an advertising campaign.Photographer Jack Hawkins said a photo he took more than a year ago and circulated on social media bares a striking likeness to an image used in a Calvin Klein advertisement.The two images each showed a woman lyi..
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  • Hollywood stars Pacino, Baldwin and Garcia embroiled in ...

    Hollywood stars Pacino, Baldwin and Garcia embroiled in ...
    No appearance, your honour: Al Pacino was the first-choice guest for this year's La Dolce Italia Festival. An New Yorker, an Irishman and a Cuban head to Melbourne for an Italian festival. Sadly, it's not the start of a joke. It's the tale of Melbourne's La Dolce Italia Festival and its organiser, EventCepts, which tried to book Hollywood star Al Pacino to host its charity fundraiser this year.EventCepts is suing Hollywood talent broker ONE Entertainment over ..
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Melbourne named world's sporting capital .Conor McGregor pulled from Nate Diaz rematch after retirement talk .
First signs of coral bleaching in Sydney Harbour: scientists .Melbourne teen Patrick Cronin dies after punch from brawl .

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