South Melbourne
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What's happening to St Kilda Road?
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Get ready Melbourne. The massive $10.9 billion Metro rail project will deliver two nine-kilometre rail lines from South Kensington to South Yarra via the CBD, and five new stations. But what will it mean for the grand southern entrance to the city?
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, st-kilda-road-melbourne-3004, melbourne-3000, south-yarra-3141, south-melbourne-3205
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Blue chip to building site: Locals fear Metro rail construction chaos (photos)
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Businesses and residents around part of Melbourne's St Kilda Road are nervous about the impact of the city's Metro rail project, which will see trees ripped out, trams re-routed and a giant construction pit dug in the ground.
Topics: states-and-territories, state-parliament, community-and-society, urban-development-and-planning, st-kilda-road-melbourne-3004, south-melbourne-3205, south-yarra-3141, melbourne-3000
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Catholic schools and homes with the most child abuse claims revealed
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The Catholic Church reveals which schools and children's homes had more than 20 claims of child sexual abuse — one institution alone faced 219 accusations.
Topics: catholic, schools, child-abuse, sexual-offences, royal-commissions, australia, hamilton-2303, new-norcia-6509, box-hill-3128, cheltenham-3192, goodwood-5034, bathurst-2795, wandering-6308, engadine-2233, hunters-hill-2110, ballarat-3350, morisset-2264, marion-5043, sunbury-3429, westmead-2145, adamstown-2289, tardun-6628, pearce-2607, nudgee-4014, geelong-3220, south-melbourne-3205, bindoon-6502, wilson-6107, waterford-6152, beaudesert-4285
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Lawyer Angela Sdrinis image
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Dr Vivian Waller image
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Dr Vivian Waller image
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Lawyers reveal trauma of representing child sex abuse survivors
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For lawyers representing institutional abuse survivors, a career of being exposed to the most horrific stories can take its toll.
Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, community-and-society, laws, south-melbourne-3205, collingwood-3066
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Market rings in 150 years as lost historic bell replaced
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When the South Melbourne Market began operating 150 years ago, a large brass bell was tolled each day to signal the beginning and end of trade. Today that tradition was reinstated.
Topics: history, people, human-interest, south-melbourne-3205, melbourne-3000
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Melbourne playgrounds closed after discovery of arsenic, other contaminant
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Arsenic and another contaminant are detected in the soil at playgrounds in South Melbourne and St Kilda, forcing their temporary closure.
Topics: children, family-and-children, community-and-society, safety, local-government, environmental-health, south-melbourne-3205, st-kilda-3182
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Builder 'in a panic' when he started fire in hotel co-owned by former AFL star
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Builder Andrew McMahon was "in a panic" when he started a what was meant to be a "small" fire that burned down a South Melbourne hotel part-owned by former AFL star Dane Swan, a Melbourne court is told.
Topics: australian-football-league, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, fires, south-melbourne-3205
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Bus driver charged over smash at notorious Melbourne bridge
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A bus driver faces charges including negligently causing injury and dangerous driving after a smash left 12 people injured in February.
Topics: road, police, law-crime-and-justice, south-melbourne-3205, ballarat-3350
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'Crufts for food': Judging Australia's best produce of 2016
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It is said you can't compare apples and oranges, but what about comparing marmalade with a rack of lamb?
Topics: food-and-cooking, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-shows, human-interest, south-melbourne-3205
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Interior of new South Melbourne Primary School image
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Artist's impression of new South Melbourne Primary School exterior image
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Sod turned on Melbourne's first 'vertical' public school
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews turns the sod to begin construction on a five-storey primary school with a netball court on top — Melbourne's first "vertical" public school.
Topics: state-parliament, primary-schools, schools, education, south-melbourne-3205
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Fallen fence in South Melbourne image
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Shots fired at gym in South Melbourne
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Staff at a gym in South Melbourne arrive this morning to find shots fired into the side of the building and roller door.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, south-melbourne-3205
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Montague Street bridge claims another victim despite safety measures
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Another truck wedges itself under the Montague Street rail bridge in South Melbourne, only weeks after new safety gantries are installed to stop accidents.
Topics: road, south-melbourne-3205
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Safety measures installed at crash-prone Melbourne bridge
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A new gantry with reflective rubber paddles is installed near the Montague Street bridge in an attempt to prevent future accidents.
Topics: road, accidents, offbeat, human-interest, south-melbourne-3205, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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South Melbourne strip club targeted in daylight drive-by shooting
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A number of shots are fired from a passing car at Kittens strip club in the latest in a series of drive-by shootings at the adult entertainment venue.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, south-melbourne-3205
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Montague St bridge to get new gantry in effort to prevent crashes
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VicRoads is installing large rubber flaps on an overhead gantry to try and prevent trucks from running into the Montague Street bridge in South Melbourne.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, road, south-melbourne-3205
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