Wiping the ducks clean?
9 Sep 2021A mural of ducks in Kensington has seen a second instance of vandalism during Melbourne’s extended lockdowns, reigniting a hearty discussion about street art.
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River Nile Learning Centre receives 56k grant to educate young refugee mothers
12 Aug 2021The River Nile Learning Centre has been awarded $56,000 over two years as part of the City of Melbourne’s social partnerships program.
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“Justice delayed is justice denied”
29 Jul 2021For more than 10 years now, 74-year-old Ian Cunliffe has been offering legal advice and services to public housing residents, but he refuses to take a cent for his work.
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Arts House production explores cultural fear
15 Jul 2021Indigenous performance group Marrugeku is bringing a dance theatre production, which explores the connection to high Aboriginal incarceration rates and detention of asylum seekers, to North Melbourne’s Arts House.
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Public housing residents 16 and above eligible for vaccine
17 Jun 2021Vaccination hubs have opened up at public housing towers across Melbourne in a bid to protect vulnerable residents from COVID-19, but the announcement has caused confusion about accessibility and eligibility for the vaccine.
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Low-earning sole traders lose again
17 Jun 2021Arts practitioners and some sole traders are again left without support as lockdown restrictions in greater Melbourne eased and the Victorian Government announced additional support for businesses that continue to be affected.
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Recovering stolen bikes – a wheel chain in the butt
17 Jun 2021A recent incident of a stolen bike being found has not quite turned out how the owner might have hoped as they were left to cut the lock the thief placed on their own bike and were offered no support from the police.
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Youth advocate has eye to fight homelessness
9 Jun 2021Twenty-five-year-old Elvis Martin has recently returned to Melbourne after winning a Young Community Achiever of the Year 2021 award, as part of the India Australia Business & Community Awards (IABCA).
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