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| UpdatedMelbourne now has 10 pedestrian lights depicting female figures as part of a push for gender equality, but it's not the first time the little green man has been transformed to make a point.
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| UpdatedPedestrian traffic lights depicting female figures will be installed at a Melbourne CBD intersection as part of a lobby group's push for gender equality, but some see the move as an example of misplaced priorities.
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Some of the first Australian Indigenous songs to be written in English are set to fill the air at Federation Square.
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| UpdatedA man who allegedly carried out a series of carjackings in Melbourne has been charged with extortion, false imprisonment and making threats to kill.
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A patch of green appears in Melbourne's Federation Square as BirdLife Australia installs a pop-up garden to launch National Bird Week.
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| UpdatedAn event at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival aims to turn your preconceptions of cinema on their head or, more accurately, on their side.
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| UpdatedA police officer undergoes surgery for severe facial injuries after the front windscreen of the van he was driving was speared by a pole in a collision in Melbourne's CBD.
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| UpdatedAustralian of the Year Rosie Batty says "enough is enough" as she addresses hundreds of people at a candlelight vigil in Melbourne's Federation Square in remembrance of women and children who died as a result of domestic violence.
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Police divide the Reclaim Australia rally and counter-protesters at Melbourne's Federation Square.
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Radius the storytelling robot will entertain children at Artplay these school holidays
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A homeless teenager who abducted a child from Federation Square in central Melbourne avoids jail, and is instead sentenced to a two-year community corrections order.
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| UpdatedA homeless teenager abducted a child at Federation Square in central Melbourne because it made her feel happy, a court hears.
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| UpdatedThousands of people gather in cities around Australia to remember the victims of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris.
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| UpdatedFederation Square will host a special pop-up playground for those without family to celebrate the holiday period.
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| UpdatedVictorian Government defends plan to transfer ownership of Federation Square East site to private sector.
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| UpdatedThree well-dressed robots are greeting visitors to the NGV Studio at Federation Square
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| UpdatedFood charity serves public free meals made with 'rescued' food to highlight problem of food waste.
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| UpdatedA Melbourne festival dedicated to web series features shows that are too weird for television.
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It's a Chinese tradition, hundreds of years old.
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Melbourne's annual Light in Winter exhibition is due to open today.
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