Do you live in an area going easy on parking fines in lockdown?
Sydney councils are divided, with Bondi residents copping fines if they overstay their welcome while people in Randwick, the CBD and the inner west might be shown a little leniency.
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‘It’s our path out’: Relief as Sydney CBD mass vaccination hub opens
Sydneysiders were excited to get their first COVID-19 jab as a new mass vaccination clinic opened in the CBD on Monday morning.
‘End of my tether’: Two-thirds of CBD kiosks won’t be back
The pandemic is the final blow for some kiosk operators whose future had been uncertain even before office workers deserted the CBD.
Which MPs have the most spin doctors to massage the message
Prime Minister Scott Morrison now has six press secretaries – which is more than CBD can ever remember any PM having.
Victoria races to control ‘flying embers’ as eight new cases identified, exposure sites swell
Victorian health authorities are on the alert after eight new cases were announced and the MCG, Highpoint shopping centre and a CBD pub were listed as exposure sites.
CBD economy faces years on the road to recovery
A report commissioned by the City of Melbourne projects the CBD will return to its pre-COVID-19 peak of about $74 billion gross regional product by the second half of 2024.
Safe injecting room in CBD makes sense for city’s recovery
A safe injecting service would ensure that a city recovery also means supporting vulnerable people who often see drugs as the only answer.
Mask rules in offices may be lifted as authorities weigh easing restrictions
In a move that would spur some workers to return to the CBD, Victoria’s health team met on Monday to discuss removing masks in offices as well as rules around […]
‘We heard this bang’: Concrete pump explosion in CBD leaves workers injured
Four people have been taken by ambulance from the LU Simon Builders building on Bourke Street.
Gangster Bilal Hamze laid to rest funeral following CBD death
Police were a highly visible presence at the funeral at Lakemba Mosque amid concerns about gangland conflict and the safety of senior family members.
Investors ditch the CBD for improved value and yields
New office space offering flexible working practices and better long-term value for money is dragging investors out of the CBD.
Hamze relatives warned they face the same threat as gangster gunned down in CBD
Police are preparing to suppress any violent tit-for-tat reprisals that might stem from the brazen CBD shooting of gangland “mover and shaker” Bilal Hamze.
Underworld figure shot dead in Sydney CBD
Underworld figure Bilal Hamze has reportedly been gunned down in the middle of Sydney’s CBD on Thursday night
Map reveals the ‘unsafe’ CBD hotspots women avoid
The state government is funding a crime prevention project in the CBD, as a study has found almost half of women don’t return alone to areas they feel unsafe in.
Push for more public transport linking CBD and airport before Olympics
A CityGlider bus service and the Brisbane Metro network could better connect the city to the airport before the 2032 Games.
Nod for trucks full of soil on Sundays leaves Brisbane council dirty
Queensland’s Coordinator-General has allowed soil from the underground Cross River Rail project to be driven through the CBD on Sundays, despite Brisbane City Council’s objections.
Riding a bike is sweet freedom, even if it might kill me
A relatively small upgrade to the CBD that has people like me feeling more confident to leave their car at home and ride to work.
‘Look around, the city’s dead’: CBD businesses on the brink after lockdown
As the city reopened on Friday with the easing of restrictions, Pellegrini’s Espresso Bar owner David Malaspina said one more lockdown could ruin his business. “They’re killing us.”
To CBD or not to CBD? COVID’s question for the future of Melbourne
Politicians talk about reviving the city centre but there’s a view that COVID has achieved the decentralisation agenda that years of policy could not. Some say this is a good […]
Exposure sites back above 300 as CBD tram, fast food outlets added
The number of official COVID-19 exposure sites has jumped back above 300 after health authorities added 18 new tier-2 sites late on Monday.
Small business owners being “destroyed’ during lockdown
Victoria small businesses are continuing to struggle under the weight of another lockdown, with owners taking to the streets of Melbourne’s CBD on Saturday.
CBD injecting room a disaster for a city on the brink
It is hard to imagine a worse time and place to put an injecting room in the centre of Melbourne.
Smoke haze hangs over Brisbane CBD
A smoke haze hanging over Brisbane’s CBD on Wednesday evening was the result of two planned burns in the region.
Will flexible working kill the CBD? Not likely, Productivity Commission says
As lines blur between living and working, the head of the Productivity Commission says planning laws need to keep up, but he warns of more “cleansing” effects of the recession.
After furious debate, Melbourne council votes to support safe-injecting room in CBD
The council gave the go ahead for a second safe injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD joining the controversial centre in Richmond.
CBD braced for economic impact of new restrictions
Mask rules are predicted to keep office workers at home, and diners are tipped to stay away in droves.
Melbourne cluster grows to nine as new restrictions announced, northern suburbs hospital deep cleaned
The coronavirus cluster in Melbourne’s north has grown to nine cases, as a Clifton Hill McDonald’s and a CBD restaurant were added as exposure sites.
Man allegedly received almost $100,000 for 23 puppies ‘that never existed’
A 53-year-old man was arrested at a unit in Sydney’s CBD on Tuesday morning after allegedly acting as a money mule for a multinational puppy scam.
Memorial to David Jones founder no longer past its best before date
On Monday the memorial will be unveiled after extensive restoration, 183 years to the day after Welsh-born immigrant David Jones opened his first premises in Sydney’s CBD.
Taxes waived on some city apartments to get buyers back to CBD
In a bid to prop up CBD apartment construction and sales, the government has waived stamp duty on new city apartments that have languished for more than a year on […]