Ninety schools across Melbourne’s west have planted 3,911 native trees through Greater Western Water’s (GWW) Trees for Schools program, helping to create cooler, greener school environments and a more climate-resilient future. Trees for Schools aims to increase tree canopy cover, reduce stormwater run-off to waterways, improve green spaces and educate students about the environmental benefits…
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BUS ADVOCATES IN MELBOURNE’S WEST WELCOME ‘FAST, FREQUENT GRID’ ANNOUNCEMENT FROM VICTORIAN GREENS
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Western Suburbs communities wait for Liberal and Labor response as Victorian Greens announce election commitment to grid-based bus reform across suburban Melbourne. Yesterday the Greens released their Victorian state election platform, promising to spend $270 million to ‘progressively reform buses into a fast, frequent grid, across suburban Melbourne, and upgrade local buses in regional Victoria’.…
Tickets on Sale For Vision Australia’s Carols by Candlelight
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From today October 9, Christmas lovers from across the state can purchase tickets to this year’s Vision Australia’s Carols by Candlelight, presented by Specsavers. Held at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl, the event will play host to an array of Australia’s biggest musical stars, while raising vital funds for children who are blind or have…
Brady Group Opens Brady Hotel Elizabeth Street
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Brady Group has officially opened Brady Hotel Elizabeth Street, a 211-room hotel designed to give business and leisure travellers a comfortable, well-connected base and a more local introduction to Melbourne.
Fewer than one in four homes across Greater Melbourne are connected to their local public school
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Fewer than one in four homes across Greater Melbourne are connected to their local public school by a safe cycling route, a new study has found.Melbourne is often considered one of Australia’s most bike-friendly cities, with its relatively flat landscape and conditions favourable to cycling. But a new study suggests having cycling infrastructure does not…
More than 1,000 visitors toured the Rock Posters factory
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More than 1,000 visitors toured the Rock Posters factory in Thornbury during Open House Melbourne 2026, and the biggest queue formed around a printing method the industry has largely abandoned. Rock Posters has been screen printing street posters since 1986. The refurbished SIAS automatic clamshell press at its Thornbury workshop still runs commercial jobs today,…
HOYTS Partners With Distributor Pacific Lantern
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HOYTS Cinemas has partnered with newly established film distributor Pacific Lantern to bring a broader range of Chinese-language cinema to audiences across Australia and New Zealand, beginning with the Australian premiere of Once Upon a Time in the Middle East. The partnership will support the distribution and exhibition of Chinese-language films across the HOYTS circuit,…
BIG Live’s “Dracula: Ballet at its Darkest” will return to Australia for 65 performances
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Following sold-out seasons in London’s West End and the United States, and a record-breaking tour across Australia and New Zealand in 2025, BIG Live’s critically acclaimed Dracula: Ballet at its Darkest will return home for 65 performances across Sydney and Melbourne: 35 in Melbourne and 30 in Sydney. The Australian-born production will play 35 performances…
2026 MIFF Award Winners Announced
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The winners of the 2026 MIFF Awards have been announced, celebrating the very best of this year’s festival program across a prize pool of more than $300,000 – from bold new voices in world cinema, to trailblazing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander screen creatives, to the local directing talent shaping the future of Australian film.…
MIFF’s 2026 Industry programs wrap up
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Melbourne International Film Festival’s industry programs have closed out its 2026 edition on a high, with Friday night’s world premiere of Mad Rush – directed by MIFF Accelerator Lab alumna Maddelin McKenna – providing a fitting finale to a buzzy period of dealmaking, mentorship and discovery across 37°South Market and the Accelerator Lab program. This…