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21 November 2016
Heritage Bill 2016 to be Debated in Parliament
Following a review of the Heritage Act 1995 undertaken in 2015 ( click here to read the National Trust submission), Planning Minister Rich..
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18 October 2016
The Life and Death of the Carlton Inn
If you want to get away with murder, it’s probably unwise to attempt it in the shadow of a law faculty. But that’s exactly what the owners..
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26 July 2016
Melbourne Council Courts Controversy with QVM Plan
Queen Victoria Market is set to dominate tonight’s City of Melbourne Council meeting, with three items on the agenda, including a confiden..
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7 July 2016
Melbourne Metro Rail Project
The Trust has responded the the Environmental Effects Statement (EES) released by the Melbourne Metro Rail Authority (MMRA).
The EES pr..
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26 May 2016
Urgent calls for a new heritage study of the London Hotel to determine local significance
The campaign to stop the demolition of the London Hotel continues this week, with the City of Port Phillip voting unanimously at the counc..
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19 May 2016
London Hotel to be replaced by an 8-storey development
As highly publicized in the media in the past few days, the London Hotel in Port Melbourne is currently under threat. Developers have lodg..
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19 April 2016
9 Melbourne CBD Modernist buildings receive interim heritage protection
In 2011 the City of Melbourne proposed to expand local heritage protection to an additional 99 buildings in Melbourne’s CBD under Planning..
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27 January 2016
Pentridge process highlights lack of transparency
The fight against a 19-storey development at the former Pentridge Prison in Coburg was strengthened this week, with Councillors at the Cit..
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3 August 2015
Fisherman’s Bend: former Rootes car factory, and…tank research depot
The former Rootes car factory is set to be demolished. As the Age reported in June, the site will be redeveloped for townhouses. There is ..
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22 June 2015
Heritage Act Review
The Heritage Act has remained fundamentally unchanged for nearly 20 years. Whilst there are some simple reforms of the Act that have been ..
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