Future Melbourne
A JOBS bonanza may create up to 200,000 jobs in the next 15 years. But to which sectors are the jobs expected to flow?
Access all areas for MCC members
FUTURE Melburnians could use their MCC membership to put their kids in creche, pay for coffee, visit the gym or play tennis on courts used for the Australian Open.
Sports city to be built in Melbourne’s north
A NEW sports city will be built in Melbourne’s northern suburbs with a $150 million precinct to combine elite and grassroots competition, research and rehabilitation.
Docklands shakes off its ugly tag
DOCKLANDS is powering ahead as one of the city’s most important jobs centres, despite the waterfront suburb being only two-thirds developed.
$305m push for exhibition expansion
A $305 MILLION redevelopment will transform the city’s convention and exhibition centre into the nation’s biggest and boost the Victorian economy.
Train, tram passengers to be watched live
PASSENGERS on every train and tram carriage will be monitored live in the future in a bid to make Melbourne’s public transport network safer.
Why Melbourne is still number one
IN ITS heyday it was called “Marvellous Melbourne’’, and at other times “Smell-bourne’’ but now it’s simply the world’s most liveable city.
Biggest danger to our major events crown
THE man who helped bring the F1 Grand Prix, Commonwealth Games and Cricket World Cup to Melbourne has forecast the biggest danger to our major events crown.
Bid to tap energy in the north
MELBOURNE’S north would become a major jobs hub under a strategy to lure private and public investment.
Vibrant esplanade to play key Docklands role
A VIBRANT waterfront activity area with ferries, cafes and entertainment spaces is the key to ensuring Docklands’ future viability and livability, city planners say.
Self-driving cars a terrorist risk
AUTOMATIC self-driving cars, which will be seen on the streets in Melbourne in the coming decades, could be sabotaged and used as weapon by terrorists.
Fancy squeezing in a car with strangers?
UBER’S quest for more bums on back seats will see the ride sharing app’s passengers carpool with each other “in fewer cars” to avoid congestion.
What direction will Melbourne grow?
THE futurists imagine a hi-tech Melbourne where a city reaches for the sky and a chain of suburbs that spread effortlessly in every direction.
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Kicking goals Worst club’s fight to be top dog
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Third shutdown Probe into Melbourne train network fail
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Inquiry launched City Council election thrown into chaos
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Packs a punch Punchbowl Canteen flys good food flag
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Early present Xmas ads are here and they are adorable
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