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NO GOBy ShaneZONE Scanlan them in the course of their duties.” Mr Tidy contacted CBD News street art The City of Melbourne (CoM) columnist Adrian Doyle to express his surprise at the council’s assessment. has declared a public lane “I am astounded with this declaration of off-limits for its compliance Rutledge Lane as 'unsafe' due to the fact that officers because they feel school children, international and domestic tourists, residents, locals, workers in threatened by rough-sleepers. adjoining restaurants, the public in general visit and pass through this laneway every In an email to a local resident, local laws single day and yet the City of Melbourne has team supervisor Kosmo Kanatsidis said he declared the laneway 'unsafe' for its staff,” Mr had determined Rutledge Lane was too risky Tidy said. for his staff to enter. “Even more astounding is the fact that “It is my determination that any work the City of Melbourne seems to be doing undertaken in the laneway is of high risk,” absolutely nothing in order to make this Mr Kanatsidis said to resident Mark Tidy on laneway ‘safe’.” September 20. In his email to Mr Tidy, Mr Kanatsidis said his staff had also been verbally abused by Mr Tidy was seeking council assistance on a graffiti artists in Rutledge Lane. waste management matter. He said he was astounded by the council’s declaration that “As a team supervisor I ensure all staff the lane was unsafe. eliminate any risk to their safety while executing the function of their role,” he Mr Kanatsidis wrote: “On-street compliance wrote. “Your patience is appreciated staff have attended the above-mentioned while we continue to explore the safest, location on multiple occasions and most effective means of addressing your have observed individuals behaving in concerns, however we are also mindful that a disorderly and potentially threatening an achieved outcome may not occur in the manner.” near future due to all of the reasons I’ve “As frontline staff, our on-street compliance mentioned.” staff are required to make risk assessments A City of Melbourne spokesperson said it to preserve their safety.” was incorrect to characterise Rutledge Lane “On these occasions staff have actioned their as a "no go zone". best judgement and decided the area was The spokesperson said: “City of Melbourne unsafe for investigation.” staff do conduct regular proactive and “The rough sleepers (homeless) that occupy reactive customer service outreach and the laneway have also made it difficult for operations, including compliance patrols, in staff to enter as our staff have felt threatened. Rutledge Lane and Hosier Lane." One staff member had coffee projected onto Continued on page 2.

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Disgruntled Melburnians gathered in Federation Square on September 19 to protest the Apple flagship store planned to replace one of the square’s buildings.

The rally was organised by Citizens for new Victorian Socialists, have taken the Melbourne and guest speakers included community’s side. National Trust CEO Simon Ambrose, Greens “It is an election year, and we’ve had 100,000 councillor Rohan Leppert and Victorian people sign a petition saying that they don’t Socialist candidate Stephen Jolly. want their square turned over to Apple,” The state government provoked outrage Matthew Smith said. in late 2017 when it announced plans for “We’re coming up to an election in the store. There is strong public sentiment November, so we are optimistic that at this against giving the multinational giant space stage anything is possible.” in Federation Square. Melbourne City Council has taken a swipe The fact that the plans were made in secret at the plans, with councillors calling them inflamed the outrage. Since then, Citizens for “appalling”. Melbourne has run a community-focused campaign against the proposal. The September 4 Future Melbourne Committee meeting received 850 Brett De Hoedt, the rally emcee, began by submissions this year from the public airing asking the audience, “If I was going to ask their grievances on the issue. you whose city this was, what would you Lianna Ginnis, Farhanah Azhari, Si Theng - Volunteers for Citizens for Melbourne and students of one of the campaign say?” A forceful reply answered, “Our city”. organisers Shelley Freeman. It’s not just the design matters that are of concern, but also Apple’s conduct. When he asked, “Whose square?” the crowd those buildings and turn it into some kind of Metro Tunnel work, which the interim order answered, “Our square.” glorified retail outlet.” states is a threat to the square. The committee was asked its view on a revised design for the building, but said Citizens for Melbourne member Michael The backing of the National Trust, whose The state government planned for the work it could not comment because not all Smith told CBD News that Federation Square CEO Simon Ambrose spoke at the rally, to start in 2019 and has so far refused to back documents were provided. was of national significance. has been significant. The National Trust down on the controversial plans. nominated Federation Square for heritage Cr Rohan Leppert said there were entire “They’re buildings that Victorian taxpayers However, Citizens for Melbourne says that protection this year, and interim status documents missing from the application. spent a lot of money – $467 million– to plenty of other political figures contesting lasting until late 2018 was granted in August. build, and we don’t think a corporation the upcoming elections, including the “This really is no way to manage civic space,” should come along and demolish one of The heritage proposal is also due to the opposition’s Matthew Guy, and the he said.

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What was revealed can be interpreted as arrogance and impatience for those who get The back down came after the Victorian in the way of profit, which is exactly what was Socialists launched a campaign against implied by the use of the word "corporation". Culture Kings following CBD News’s articles Stephen Jolly, the Victorian Socialists’ on the incident last month. candidate for the Northern Metropolitan Their campaign rapidly gained popularity, Region, spoke afterwards. He has been a striking a chord with angry locals. The councillor in the Yarra Council for ­over a Facebook event for a protest action in the decade, much of which he’s spent on the lane attracted thousands of hits in a few days picket line. and an agenda of street artists, DJs and other “Culture Kings have acknowledged they’ve “creatives” lined up for the event. made a mistake and it’s a big happy day, Culture Kings caved quickly. It posted but the problem is: we’ve won this one, but a lengthy apology on the event page. It there’s going to be more coming up,” he said. was written by head photographer Todd “There’s a context to what’s happened here O’Rourke and read, in part: “The incident in Hosier Lane and that is we’re in the that rightfully caused confusion and outrage middle of a property boom, but we don’t with some of you, was due to one of our staff own this gold mine.” members not understanding the workings of the lane.” “It’s owned by the government and it’s Culture wars continue in Hosier Lane with tensions rising about appropriation of street culture for corporate gain. owned especially by the developers, and “We are incredibly sorry and embarrassed by when they look at Hosier Lane they see real how this was handled … We have now made estate. When they look at a sacred site, they the key to the city at the public's expense. Mr O’Rourke flew down from Brisbane this education a part of our staff induction.” see real estate.” for the victory event, as did co-founder Still, it was an almost unconditional apology. “I completely understand the negative point and owner Simon Beard, covered in his Mr Jolly listed a number of examples that The Victorian Socialists turned its protest of view with us being in the laneway, and the company’s brand name. had been threatened by developments, but need to protect such a landmark location for into a victory celebration, held in Hosier Mr Beard had largely stayed out of the saved and turned into Melbourne icons – the painting in Melbourne.” Lane on September 9. picture so far, giving Mr O’Rourke the Abbotsford Convent, the Regent Theatre and Few people know that in the 1920s a The apology included a proposal for deals damage control role. Victoria Market. costume manufacturer was trading there. with local artists to rotate different work on But when a member of the Victorian They were saved by community pressure, Culture Kings’ walls, or leaving the walls Almost a century later it appeared as if it Socialists introduced the event and was picket lines, and construction unions blank if artists preferred. still was: Culture Kings’ idea of streetwear summarising the background, Mr Beard was voting up bans against dodgy or unwanted is questionable enough, but the story that’s developments. But the focus on staff missed the crux of what heard for the first time. coalesced around it comes complete with a people were angry about. It was not just that The speaker explained the intrusion of a The proposed Apple store just across the cast of eccentric characters and plot twists. 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the AGM and drew a crowd of about 65. After five years at the helm, She spoke about planning, homelessness John Dall’Amico has resigned and waste management. On September 20, the executive of the as president and from the group elected Rafael Camillo as president, committee of Residents 3000. Sue Saunders as vice-president, Merle Willis as secretary and Denise Reynolds as Mr Dall’Amico announced his resignation at treasurer. the group’s annual general meeting (AGM) at See separate stories in this edition on the Kelvin Club on September 6. garbage trucks (page 15) and a potential “I have chosen to move aside and allow residents’ panel below. Lord Mayor Sally Capp and John Dall’Amico after the September 6 AGM. others the opportunity to shape or stamp their personality, style and creativity on the association,” he said. Vice-president Sue Saunders praised Mr Support for residents’ panel Dall’Amico’s contribution in growing the group over many years. Local residents could soon be given a louder voice if Lord Mayor Sally Capp is successful in She said there were only about eight people establishing a “residents' panel”. involved when John first joined the group about 10 years ago. In his president’s report to AGM, Mr Dall’Amico said average Speaking at Residents 3000’s annual general “So, since I’ve been in, we’ve started those Cr Capp said property developers she had monthly forum events currently exceeded 50 meeting on September 6, Cr Capp said discussions. I’ve had a more detailed spoken to were enthusiastic about the idea. participants. the idea had support within the City of submission on how it could work. And “I’ve also introduced this concept to Melbourne and was progressing. there have been a number of discussions Ms Saunders said the hallmark of Mr developers because, as we know, if there was with other councils and a lot of discussions Dall’Amico’s presidency was his ability to She said the idea was first raised at a “meet earlier engagement with the community, internally.” delegate. the candidates” forum in the lead up to particularly those impacted by projects, then May’s lord mayoral by-election. “We are currently working through what your thoughts and inputs can be considered “This is important,” she said. “Because a residents’ panel might look like, what its as part of their planning process,” she said. everyone on the committee just does a little “It would be a way in which we could terms of reference might be, and the sorts of bit.” have residents more involved in planning “I believe we would end up with better issues which that group would consider.” decisions, but really, more pre-application results for everybody. Not all of the ideas, New officer bearers were elected at the discussions with the council and, hopefully, “And I hope to come back to you before the all of the time, could be incorporated. But, executive committee’s next meeting. also with developers if we can get them end of the year with some draft ideas on how certainly, having those conversations earlier Lord Mayor Sally Capp was guest speaker at involved,” Cr Capp said. a residents’ panel might work.” in the process would be welcomed."

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Physically separated bicycle lanes can be more unsafe than on-street lanes, according to City of City of Melbourne staff recently Melbourne urban design guru Professor Rob Adams. “advised” councillors that the city would be spending $50 Speaking at the Future Melbourne “So, the traffic engineers were concerned. million on revitalising local Committee on September 18, Prof Adams You’ve got a downhill run here. You’ve got said traffic exiting and entering car parks a driveway with cars coming out of it and, roads and public space in West adjacent to such downhill lanes caused therefore, move it out [into the roadway].” Melbourne. accidents. “But, at this stage, no. There’s no proposal to He was justifying to councillors why a new change LaTrobe St.” The money is a matching contribution from downhill bicycle lane in Market St was better the state government following negotiations “I think, as a fulltime cyclist, a lot depends left unseparated from the roadway. about the impact of the West Gate Tunnel on cyclists to not go flat out down a lane project. “The reason for that not be separated, and because it happens to be downhill because we pushed for this quite strongly, is the stats you are unsighted.” Asked by CBD News on September 18 on downhill slopes show places like LaTrobe whether the decision to allocate $50 million “And, you know, you need to take some St, where you’ve got entrances coming out of had been agreed by the council, CEO Ben safety precautions yourself. But, the car parking, have actually been the cause for Rimmer said: “The future capital works accidents, while increased, are not at a level some accidents,” Prof Adams said. budget of the city of the next five or six years that actually cause concern yet.” is likely to be some $700 million or $800 “And that’s the case that our engineers have Earlier this year, the City of Melbourne million at least and, within that context, looked at. So, it would have been nice to released a discussion paper which found many of the works that may be relevant in achieve a separated lane here, but the advice that the amount of confident riders would the future of that area of Melbourne, from is this is a better outcome.” increase from 22 per cent to 83 per cent if a traffic mitigation perspective, are already Asked later whether the council planned to physical barriers were installed rather than things that are being considered within the modify the so-called “Copenhagen” bike just painted lanes. council’s forward capital works program, lanes in LaTrobe St, Prof Adams said no. with no particular decisions as yet about The paper, Bicycles for Everyday Transport, them.” “I think the answer to that is: At this stage, also found that conflict with motorists, no,” he said. “There’s no reason to change constant blocking of bike lanes and a lack “So, from that perspective, we were them.” of showers and lockers in the workplace confident in advising council that it would be discouraged people from cycling. a relatively straight forward matter to make “But what has become apparent is, where sure that council could meet its matching you get a lot of cross-overs from adjacent obligations under the agreement with the properties, the sightlines are reduced by Right: "Downhill racers" are exposed in LaTrobe St at the state government within existing and likely having those right up against the kerbside.” Melbourne Central car park entrance. future capital works budgets.”

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MELBSQUARE.COM.AU 1300 888 770 ISSUE 47 CBD NEWS 9 Public contributes its own “new” open space By Shane Scanlan

The CBD is to get a new 1850sqm park, but the history of the site has muted the celebration.

The new park comprises 474sqm contributed by developer Cbus, with the remainder being taken from adjoining Market St, which is being closed to one lane. The entire block bounded by Collins, William and Market streets and Flinders Lane used 202 Bourke St. to be owned by the City of Melbourne. It was Artist's impression of "new" open space in Collins St. the former site of the Western Market. open space on Collins St, that most of that to decree that it was anything other than Undercover cops? When the council leased the site for 99 years was in private hands.” private space. Back then, council did in 1960 to National Mutual, some 2500 sun- “Some of the commentary around the size of an admirable job through Rob (Adams) It may not look like it, but this drenched square metres fronting Collins St and others, to negotiate the best possible was preserved for the public in perpetuity. what that open space was. But, with most of building is soon expected to that in private hands, it was up to the owner outcome for us.” But in 1992 the council sold the freehold, of that property to with that as they wished.” Lord Mayor Sally Capp was keen to dwell become the CBD’s first purpose- extinguishing its right to insist on future Cr Rohan Leppert said: “There was a bit of on the positives, saying: “This is the first built police station since the public open space. new public part we’ve had in the Hoddle commentary around this over the weekend 1940s. The building itself was later controversially where I think we were re-prosecuting the Grid since 1980, with the City Square.” denied heritage status and demolished. case from a few years ago.” Cr Leppert said: “I’m really excited too. Work is expected to start soon to transform Cbus is currently constructing the “Everyone realised almost immediately that I can’t wait for our first, brand new, city 202 Bourke St into a state-of-the-art police colloquially-dubbed $1 billion “pantscraper” the private open space was private and that park in decades to be constructed and to station to replace Melbourne East Police on the site. government didn’t have any direct ability be open to the public.” Station in Flinders Lane. Cbus is contributing $4.3 million towards the $7.5 million park, which is yet to be given a The building is expected to be gutted name. and rebuilt internally to exacting designs Pantscraper is looking well demanded by 21st century policing. When voting to endorse the plan for display The new station is expected to be of a similar and construction at the September 18 Future Building Institute allows developers standard to the Melbourne West police Melbourne Committee, councillors were Workers at the “pantscraper” at to understand and incorporate complex at 313 Spencer St in Docklands. testy that some commentators did not share 447 Collins St are predicted to optimisations to improve the nutrition, their enthusiasm for a “new park”. fitness, mood, sleep patterns and Melbourne East police have been operating be happy and healthier. cognitive performance of its occupants. out of a converted office building at 226 Failing to acknowledge the council’s role Flinders Lane since the turn of the century. in the demise of the former public open Cbus sustainability manager, Lorraine The Cbus development was in August space, Deputy Lord Mayor Arron Wood said: Moore, said creating a workplace that The last time a police facility was built-for- awarded a platinum WELL Pre-certification. “What’s important to note that when we had supported health and well-being would purpose in the CBD was during the 1940s the former development there and the big The award from the International WELL attract and retain prospective tenants. when the Russell St headquarters was built.

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The City of Melbourne is negotiating with Telstra in an effort to prevent the installation of a further 80 pay-phone-disguised, 75- inch LED advertising screens on CBD footpaths.

About 40 of the three-metre structures have been rolled out in the Hoddle Grid which the council calls “visual clutter” and says are obstructing pedestrians. Local Chinese help farmers Under the federal Telecommunications Act, Telstra doesn’t need permission to place deeply concerned about the future of our phone structures anywhere in Australia, CBD-based Federation Australian farmers,” said FCA president Junxi Su. providing they are “low impact”. of Chinese Associations Telstra stands to earn hundreds of millions Vic (FCA) reached out to “This as a national problem and one that of dollars from this dubious exploitation of ethnic communities such as ours can make 20th century legislation and has ambition to drought-stricken farming a positive contribution towards helping to install 1800 screens nationally. further build steps towards integration and communities of NSW and cohesion." It seems the best strategy the council can In a press release on September 3, planning QLD with a further $40,886 adopt is to legally contest the notion that "We see the FCA as leading the way in chair Nicholas Reece said: “We need to the structures are “low impact”. But, with so donation on September 23. bringing the plight of everyday Australians to urgently review the current advertising much potential earnings at stake, Telstra is its people.” signs policy in the Melbourne Planning With more than $100,000 now raised, clearly more motivated and funded for such “At the end of the day, we are all working Scheme which has not kept pace with the the association presented a cheque at a legal challenge. together to make Australia a better place for proliferation of electronic signage.” Collingwood Town Hall to help farmers And the city is clearly disadvantaged by the future of our children and if Australians Cr Reece said: “These structures are retain their homes, their businesses and granting planning permission in 2016 for the like our farmers hit hard times, then it is advertising billboards masquerading their mental health. electronic advertising component of the 39 upon all of us to lend a helping hand,” Ms Su as payphones. Complaints from the structures in the CBD. “Our Chinese community in Australia is said. community tell us that they are impeding Telstra provided the council with fine detail pedestrians, disrupting footpath traffic flow about the size, location and orientation of and negatively impacting a number of local the structures when applying to renew and retailers and businesses.” amend for another 10 years earlier outdoor advertising permission dating back to 2006. “Walking trips within the City of Melbourne increased 14 per cent (by 38,000 trips) during The best the council could perhaps achieve a recent four year period. Travelling by foot is an agreement from Telstra not to proceed is the most utilised mode of transport in the with the other 80 it is considering. Hoddle Grid and as custodians of the city we Telstra doesn’t need the council’s permission have a responsibility to maintain space for to install any number of phone/ad screens. people. We are not going to sit idly by and But it needs a permit before it can turn them allow the plundering of the public realm for on for third-party commercial advertising. private profit.” Providing low cost counselling The council says in 2016 Telstra presented On September 21, Cr Reece said: “Our strong legal argument that the structures were preference is to resolve the city’s concerns for over 16 years. “low impact”. Now that the structures are regarding Telstra’s supersize electronic installed, it seems obvious to everyone that advertising installations through discussions Confidential counselling for a broad range of issues they are indeed not “low impact”. with Telstra senior management. including depression, anxiety and stress, confidence, The council also needs amendments to “Those discussions are ongoing and we will the local planning scheme to shore up its update the community when we are able to self-esteem, assertiveness, relationships, loss and position. do so.” grief, gender identity, sexuality, anger management and career choices. No referral required. ELLEN SANDELL No means tests. STATE MP FOR MELBOURNE Director: Hi, I’m Ellen — I’d love to hear Dr Lynette Kramer, Counselling your ideas and concerns. and Clinical Psychologist (03) 9328 4637 St Michael’s Centre, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne Tel. 9654 5120 [email protected] Hours: Mon - Fri 10 - 5pm Mail & Office: 146 Peel Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051

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In an outcome that will please local residents, the Melbourne City Council has sent a developer back to the drawing board until it comes up with a better plan for truck deliveries and waste pick-ups.

Steadfast Capital Pty Ltd has applied for In answer to a question from another Melbourne Heritage Action president Tristan permission to redevelop a site containing councillor, Mr Parsons, who was previously Davies said the developer fundamentally eight buildings around the Walk Arcade the state’s director of development approvals misunderstood what Melbourne was about. between the Bourke St Mall and Little Collins and urban design, revealed his ignorance “Union Lane is essentially going to be St. of residential sensibilities when he said destroyed by this development,” he said. of truck movements: “It’s all designed in Consultant Larry Parsons asked the Future “This graffiti laneway is one of the highlights the management plan to happen between Melbourne Committee on September 18 of Melbourne. It has that essential midnight and 7.30 am. So it isn’t a time when for a positive recommendation to Planning Melbourne character.” we should be conflicting with pedestrians.” Minister Richard Wynne to give the “To see it turned into essentially a loading developer “confidence” to keep refining its Mr Parsons said small retailers within bay will gentrify it and there will be no artists proposal. the complex could be served by trucks in there anymore.” unloading in Little Collins St. “To continue on, we need an approval and “People come to Melbourne to appreciate we realise that the state government is going Cr Wood later said: “I think it’s time, in this laneways like this, street culture and things into a hiatus period and we are continuing city where we’ve ticked over now to five happening. They don’t come to appreciate a to work and we’ll work through the details million people in metro Melbourne, that loading bay.” but we’re seeking confidence to do that,” Mr we’ve got to do things differently with truck Parsons said. movements in the city and we’ve got to do Cr Rohan Leppert said: “We don’t want to things differently with waste management leave it to trust that these issues, particularly But councillors want issues that threaten the particularly when we are in one of the around Union Lane and ingress and egress of integrity of Union Lane as a shared, public densest parts of the retail core.” the trucks …, can be dealt with.” thoroughfare resolved first before they would offer their endorsement. Councillors were concerned about the “We want to make sure that our traffic developer’s plan to situate its loading bay off engineers and our planners have had a look And while the developer made much of Union Lane ... the essence of Melbourne. the middle of Union Lane. The developer at what those solutions are before we’d give a recent downward estimation on the proposes to demolish the Book Building on it our tick.” number of trucks that would visit each day, innovation?” he asked. “Can we deliver a its corner with Little Collins St to make room Deputy Lord Mayor Arron Wood laid down zero-waste development here?” Lord Mayor Sally Capp encouraged the for turning trucks. a challenge that perhaps no garbage trucks developer to keep working on its proposal. “Trucks coming in, picking up waste and might be needed at all. Cr Nicolas Frances Gilley said: “If you’ve got moving out – it’s a system that’s been around “We recognise the intention of the outcome three vehicles backed up, you effectively lose “The waste management issue is critical so, for hundreds of years. So, have you given that you are seeking and acknowledge that, Union Lane. That would significantly change whether it’s over 40 trucks or 22, have you any consideration to really using this impost so we are encouraging you and your clients the feel of walking through the city.” given any consideration to trying to use this to drive something really spectacular in to keep going,” she said. restriction here in the inner city to drive terms of waste management?” In a verbal submission to the committee,

Haileybury named E-scooting into the oBike void our best school

By David Schout Haileybury has been named Australian School of the Year After Melbourne’s first venture at the Australian Education into dockless bicycles proved Awards and also won disastrous, an electric scooter Primary School of the Year – company wants to fill the void. Non-government.

California-based Lime has approached both VicRoads and the City of Melbourne in a bid Haileybury CEO and principal Derek to get its e-scooters on to city streets. Scott said: “This award is a wonderful recognition of the outstanding teaching However, the first hurdle to launching in and leadership team at Haileybury and of the city may prove its toughest. At present, the hard work of our students and great e-scooters exceeding a 10kmh top speed and “Lime is conscious of Australia’s history Both VicRoads and the council confirmed support of our families.” 200W capacity are classified as motorbikes, with companies who have introduced they had spoken with the company. and require a licence and approved helmet. And the school has also again excelled micro-mobility solutions in the past and While confirming that the scooters would in all testing categories at all levels in These road rules would render the scooters – did not put the same care and commitment be illegal without a licence, VicRoads road NAPLAN testing. which have a top speed of 23kmh and 250W into integrating their products into the user director Roger Chao said his team capacity – redundant, as most potential users community,” a spokesperson said. A remarkable average Year 9 numeracy would not have a motorcycle licence. was researching whether e-scooters could score of 691 placed the school’s students Lord Mayor Sally Capp said after oBike’s became a part of the transport network. 99 points, or several years of teaching, The scooters, which are currently available demise that “regulating people’s behaviour” ahead of the national average. in US and European cities, work in a similar was “a big challenge for operators”. In the US, the scooters currently cost US$1 to manner to the now obsolete oBike, whereby unlock, and US$0.15 per minute to operate. The startup has claimed it will more closely The Year 3 Haileybury NAPLAN average users unlock them via a smartphone app, monitor its fleet. When pressed on how it will In addition to e-scooters, Lime’s fleet also exceeded the national average for Year and park them where they please. overcome Victoria’s tough rules on electric includes bicycles. It is unclear whether Lime 5 students in all areas (reading, writing, While the “dockless” aspect in theory allows scooters, the spokesperson said current would try and launch dockless bicycles in spelling, grammar & punctuation and greater user-flexibility and eliminates discussions would determine its viability. the city should its bid for e-scooters fail. numeracy). upkeep costs of docking stations, oBikes “(We are) working with officials to determine The company, which is backed by Uber, NAPLAN started 11 years ago to test were consistently discarded and vandalised. whether the e-scooter is the right/possible is also advertising various roles across Australian students’ core literacy and Its failure, however, has not deterred Lime. product for the Melbourne market.” Australia and searching for a suitable office. numeracy skills at Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. 12 CBD NEWS ISSUE 47 Action on Exhibition St cyclist safety

lanes in Exhibition Street have not been Melbourne councillors have as effective as desired;” called for action to protect ■■ Notes the completion of action 34 of the 2016-20 Bicycle Plan in the 2017-18 cyclists in Exhibition St. financial year, being ‘Exhibition Street - Investigate options for full time bicycle At the September 4 Future Melbourne lanes by completing traffic modeling Committee meeting they unanimously studies;” and endorsed a motion proposed by Cr Rohan ■ Leppert to require council officers to ■ “Requests a report from management urgently find a solution to safety issues. being presented to this committee in Artist's impression of the proposed development. October 2018 setting out the findings The meeting heard that cyclists considered of the aforementioned investigation cycling in Exhibition St the second worst and recommendations as to how to location in the municipality – behind only make Exhibition St safer for all users, the Haymarket roundabout. including options to expedite works.” Lord Mayor Cr Beverley Pinder told the meeting In a submission to the committee, Her there was a “huge risk” to cyclists using Majesty’s Theatre manager, production Exhibition St posed by motorists dropping and capital works, Matthew Peckham, off passengers. asked for an opportunity to “engage in a “It’s just not safe and we need to look after meaningful consultation process before overshadowed our people and our cyclists,” she said. planning begins”. Cr Pinder said: “Morning patrol hours Mr Peckham said: “We believe that the Lord Mayor Sally Capp suffered her first defeat in council last of officer time on the bike lanes during impact of a kerb-side permanent bicycle month when she and three other councillors attempted to support the period of June, July and August total lane on pedestrian safety would be something like 650 hours. It’s a huge potentially disastrous.” a development application which over-shadowed the Yarra River. investment,” she said. “During this time, He said, should painted bicycle lanes 1100 parking infringement notices were outside his theatre become permanent, Council officers recommended support for a minor impact to the river would be balanced issued. So clearly, we have a problem.” the effect on his business would be revised development at 7-23 Spencer St only by improvement to the public realm.” on the condition that it resulted in no further Councillors unanimously supported a profound. He said buses dropping off The Lord Mayor said the benefits of the over-shadowing of the river. motion which: elderly patrons would be particularly application outweighed the negatives and affected. ■■ “Notes that, indicated by the number of But planning chair Cr Nicholas Reece pointed out that the extra shadowing didn’t public complaints and the frequency with Mr Peckham said centre-of-the-road proposed an alternative motion, removing prevent people from using the river. opposition to the over-shadowing. which enforcement officers are required parking posed the greatest threat to both Cr Le Liu said the inclusion of affordable to attend, the ‘peak hour only’ bicycle safety and amenity. The development is behind the old Crowne housing would “set the tone for property Plaza Hotel, which casts considerable development in Melbourne”. shadow over the river and would not be “We can’t get everything we want but, if I had allowed under today’s planning regime. The to choose between the two, I would choose new proposal adds a relatively small amount the affordable housing any day,” he said. Data gives clues on CBD of extra shadow. But other councillors disagreed, led by The site has been subject to a number of But despite the growth shown through the Deputy Lord Mayor Arron Wood and deputy By Meg Hill applications since 2014, with the latest different types of employment, only one planning chair Rohan Leppert. by new owner Century Group being of the top three employing industries in “sweetened” by the inclusion of 20 affordable Cr Wood said: “It’s galling to hear that it’s a The latest Census of Land Use the CBD has shown growth over the past housing apartments for “key workers”. choice between over-shadowing and low- 10 years. and Employment (CLUE) cost housing. And that’s the position we’ve Cr Reece, supported at the September 4 Business services has grown by 36.5 per been put in.” data, released by the City of Future Melbourne Committee meeting cent, while finance/insurance and public by councillors Philip Le Liu, Kevin Louey He said, despite the attractiveness of the Melbourne, sheds light on some administration/safety declined by 17.7 per and the Lord Mayor, argued that it was proposal, the real issue was to avoid another cent and 1.7 per cent respectively. of the trends in our busy CBD. within the planning rules at the time of the precedent that future developers would seek The number of residential apartments has original application to apply a “balanced” to exploit at the expense of the river. grown steadily since 2006, with a couple consideration of all the application’s CLUE also surveys the areas surrounding the “I think we’re better than this,” he said. “If of intermittent spikes since 2014. There features. CBD – including Southbank and Docklands. it’s minor non-compliance, then I’d like to were over 22,000 residential apartments The 2017 data, just released, shows the Cr Reece said: “There is a tremendous see this great team come back with minor recorded in 2017, but only 1221 student most growth is occurring in the CBD and amount to like about this proposal.” He said adjustments that actually comply,” he said. apartment dwellings recorded. Docklands. the site was a “sad corner of the city” and Cr Leppert said: “It’s not about the amount That’s with probably close to 100,000 he characterised the river over-shadowing a There are almost 225,000 jobs in the CBD – of overshadowing per se. It’s about the students studying in or next to the CBD at “minor non-compliance”. reflecting a growth rate of 10.9 per cent in precedent.” RMIT, Victoria University and Melbourne overall employment over the past 10 years. Affordable housing advocate Robert University – not to mention the numerous “The more you consider changes to the Pradolin told the meeting that he advised the Out of full-time, casual, part-time and TAFE-related courses and smaller course rules, or overlooking controls or policies, the developer to include the affordable housing contractor employment, it was only the providers. more you’ll have someone coming up to us into the application as a trade off. latter that recorded a decline. Contracted next month – and the month after – saying There is only slightly more residential employment declined by 10.4 per cent over “The reality was that this overshadowing ‘well, you did it last time, why don’t you do it space in the city than there is parking the past 10 years. didn’t make any real difference to the public again?’” space (1.6 million and 1.5 million square realm, but now contravened a current Full-time, casual, and part-time grew by metres respectively), and almost twice as PS: On September 25, Planning Minister policy,” Mr Pradolin said. 10.4 per cent, 11.9 per cent and 26.6 per cent much office space than residential (3.1 Richard Wynne granted a planning permit, respectively. million square metres). Architect Craig Baudin said: “We hope the despite the overshadowing. ISSUE 47 CBD NEWS 13 Are some teenagers a safety threat? By David Amaya a broken glass and demanded one of their number of minors and youths involved in fighting, came back to support his friend and bags. robberies, assaults and related offences is then both ran away to preserve their lives. remarkable. Sebastian Restrepo and Jose The students were victims of an attempted “We came back to Flinders St to ask for help armed robbery, an uncommon offence in Youths between 10 and 19-years-old and it took around 30 minutes to get police Otalora are two international the centre of one of the most liveable cities in committed the highest number of robberies assistance,” Mr Restrepo said. the world. in the city precinct between January to students who always felt safe At the time of going to press, police had September last year, with 76 cases reported. identified a 15-year-old boy as one of the when walking in the centre of But this is becoming common and the age of They also took part of 10 robberies between aggressors. They say he has previously the aggressors is a matter of concern. Most of January and March of 2018. Melbourne at any time. the attackers appeared to be under 18. committed other offences. In regard to assaults, youngsters committed But although Mr Restrepo thinks the police However, that feeling changed when the “All of them looked very young and that’s 92 offences between January and September response – at least during the investigation Columbian students were attacked by a why, at the beginning, we didn’t think that of 2017 and 26 more between January and process – has been efficient, what is been group of around 15 teenagers the night of our lives or belongings could be on risk,” Mr March of this year. People aged between done to discourage teenagers and youths Friday, August 17. Restrepo said. 20 and 29-years-old committed the highest to join riots and more serious offences? number of assaults. They used to consider a footpath next to According to the figures provided by the Local police did not respond to CBD News’s Yarra River close to the corner of Flinders Crime Statistics Agency, between January During this particular offence, Mr Restrepo questions. and Exhibition streets as the “quietest place” and September of 2017 there were 13 suffered a cut in one of his hands. Then, Meanwhile, Messrs Restrepo and Otalora in the CBD. attempts of armed robbery, four more than he fell to the ground and suffered multiple are recovering from the physical and in the same period of 2016. Between January minor injuries after the other members of But that night at 10.20 pm, two girls clearly psychological damage they suffered. They and March of this year, only five cases of this the group joined the principal aggressors in under 18, approached them to ask for also will think twice before going again to the type of offence were registered. kicking and hitting him. cigarettes. Meanwhile, other two young “quiet place” in the CBD where they used to guys came over and threatened them with However, the agency established that the Mr Otalora who initially ran to avoid the breathe clear air after work on Fridays. More smoke- During capitalist hours free lanes By Rhonda Dredge

Capitalism was alive and kicking as a topic of discussion on the steps of the State Library in for the city September as the warm days of Spring lifted spirits. The City of Melbourne is to

The sky was blue, the forecourt was full of designate two more CBD thinkers and there was a large neon sign. laneways as non-smoking The word "capitalism" was lit up by tiny zones. bulbs and a statement – works for me – beneath it in cursive script. Councillors on September 4 voted to add At 1 pm the voting began. People were Fulham Place and Collins Way to the invited to cast their vote. True or false. There already eight existing smoke-free zones. was a button to push and a tally in lights. For The council says most of the 2139 people once, you could see how your vote counted. it either spoke to or surveyed supported Enthusiasm rippled through the crowd. Even the proposal to add the two new laneways before the official start time, avid capitalists to the list. It says 68 per cent of the 57 were pushing the true button, some several local businesses it spoke to supported the times. “False” voters were few and far move. between. So far, the council has declared The Geordie Easton was the second person to Causeway, Howey Place, Block Place, vote “false”. He faltered for a while before Equitable Place, Goldsbrough Lane, QV making his choice, but once made, was ready Melbourne, The Tan and Princes Park to defend it. running tracks as no-smoking areas. It says it has issued 11 infringements to “I work in retail,” he said, “but I had an Steve Lambert during the count. smokers in these areas since 2013. anxiety attack when I went to Walmart. There was an eight metre high wall of toothpaste Fulham Place runs north off Flinders “We had a Chinese student who had paid “We all have hybrid economies,” Mr Lambert brands. People get drowned by choice.” Lane between Queen and Elizabeth $128,000 for his education. He pushed the said. “Socialism intertwined with capitalism streets. Collins Way runs south off Little Normally voters don’t have the opportunity yes button. What does his yes mean? The but we don’t admit it. We admire the fantasy Collins St between Queen and Elizabeth to express their views but the aim of the word capitalism means different things in and idealism of capitalism as if the market streets. Capitalism project, part of the Fringe Festival different countries.” has its own mind.” that opened this month at sites around the Council officers say they will build The aim of the art project, which has been Surprisingly, the people in Time Square city, is to get people talking. further awareness of the project, via a going for seven years, is to point out that in were not as idealistic as expected when the comprehensive communications plan Another no voter was Max Delany, director a democracy people have a duty to evaluate poll was taken. “False” voters gained a 50 which will be developed. of the Australian Centre for Contemporary the way their nation works and improve it. point margin over “true” voters out of a tally Art, who commented on the symbolism of of 1500. Only Cr Philip Le Liu voted against “In the US capitalism is taken for granted. the site, one of the few public places left in the motion, saying his family ran a People believe other economic systems have As 5 pm approached on the first day of the CBD with a history of protest. tobacconist and he was sensitive to the failed. Even though it has problems, they counting at the library the tension mounted. rights of smokers. “Capitalism would only work for me if it think ours is the best. If we’re lucky we’ll get Would Melbourne be more or less in favour works for others as well,” he said. something more nuanced.” of capitalism than New York? “Some of the rights of some of the smokers have been taken away,” he said. Mr Capitalism, Steve Lambert, the American The project has been to the US, UK, A few last-minute voters tried to push the “If they do want to smoke, they should inventor of the project, was in attendance, Netherlands and Australia. Issues arising button but at knock-off time, on the dot, have the right to.” as were his assistants, to talk to people about from the conversations have been published voting was ended and the trues had it. their views. “What they think is validated by in The Discourse of Capitalism by Christian Melbourne is a capitalist town by 9 votes, 81 the discussion,” he said. Chun. true, 72 false. 14 CBD NEWS ISSUE 47 Hub offers hope for homeless

By Niccola Anthony

The Salvation Army has launched a new community hub, which aims to take a multifaceted approach to tackling the issue of rough sleeping in the CBD.

Partnering with Ambulance Victoria, City of Melbourne and Victoria Police, the new City awaits social program will utilise the resources of all four institutions to provide assistance to Melbourne’s homeless population. newest natives The program was officially launched on September 5 outside The Salvation Army Falcons nesting atop a Melbourne’s 614 Project premises, adjacent Collins St building have to its 69 Bourke Street office. It's "selfie-congratulations" time at the launch of the new community hub. become the chirp of the town, Lord Mayor Sally Capp delivered a rousing The launch was also used as an opportunity her Salvation Army family, has been speech in support of the initiative, as did as webcam watchers await to present the official report for the volunteering with the Salvos for 17 years and The Salvation Army’s Major Brendan Nottle, organisation’s Concierge Program, an was asked to join the Concierge Program as a a female’s latest attempt to Corps Officer of the Melbourne 614 Project. initiative established to address the worker around eight months ago. hatch her chicks. “Sometimes, when we look at entrenched significant increase of rough sleepers Speaking at the launch, Chez reflected on issues or wicked problems such as around the vicinity of 69 Bourke St and the her own decision to become a Concierge After last year’s chicks heartbreakingly homelessness, we think that what we’ve flow-on effects for businesses and local worker and inspire others to “put on” the failed to survive, eagle-eyed watchers done in the past will still work today,” Major residents. Salvos shirt. reported in early September that a female Nottle explained about the reasons behind The Concierge Program acts as a pathway had laid four new eggs and hatching was “One of the reasons I took on the job was the initiative. for those struggling with long-term expected to take 30-40 days. because I believed in the pain and suffering “We had an idea about dealing with an homelessness and unemployment to re- that [Major Nottle] and his family went As a result, the new chicks were expected entrenched problem and the wonderful enter the workforce while receiving high- through to bring me across to the other side. to emerge in early to mid-October. thing about working in the City of Melbourne level welfare support. I believed in life that I could do the same, is that you can put yourself out there and A live webcam was set up in 2016 to Workers in the program utilise peer even if it was only for one homeless person,” there will be someone somewhere who will watch the birds of prey in a volunteer- networks to approach rough sleepers and Chez said. made nest atop 367 Collins Street. say ‘sounds weird but we’ll give it a go. We’ll offer to accompany them for a meal or coffee On the new Community Hub, Chez was jump in and support it’.” at Project 614’s Magpie Nest Cafe. Since then, a 24-hours-a-day stream of visibly moved by the coming together of Major Nottle expressed gratitude to Victoria the falcons’ movements on the 33-storey From this initial meeting, rough sleepers can community organisations in the name of Police and Ambulance Victoria at the launch building has been broadcast online. then access the support services provided by helping Melbourne’s most vulnerable. for their involvement in the initiative and The Salvation Army at its 69 Bourke St office. Throughout September, enthusiasts willingness to assist Melbourne’s homeless “This is the best thing ever. We’ve got Victoria watched closely as the female continued population. According to The Salvation Army’s estimates, police, Ambulance Victoria. The good thing to incubate while the male was busy each day around 500 rough-sleepers pass about today was we were all one,” said Chez. hunting. “These are people who actually want the best through the laneway adjacent to Project 614 “We can all be one; work for one another, for our city, especially our most vulnerable. and around 2000 lunches are prepared by How warm she kept the eggs would help one another and make sure that the We don’t always see that reflected in the staff at Magpie Nest Cafe. determine how long it took to hatch. media, but they want the best,” said Major homeless get the love they deserve and feel Nottle. Cheryl Cahill, known as Chez to worthy.” A Facebook discussion page on the falcons grew from 200 to over 750 followers in September. It is not uncommon for peregrine falcons Real life still beating the screen to nest atop skyscrapers. Typically poor nest-makers, they’ll set up She said it was no accident that the rise to camp anywhere from gutters to coastal After deciding to start a CBD prominence coincided with the proliferation cliffs. life drawing class in 2008, art of social media and all things “online”. It is unclear whether the current pair of “The classes have been popular because they birds are the same as last year, whose curator Louise Klerks was are inclusive and also as a consequence of two chicks died after eating what was unsure of what to expect. the increase of technology and digitalisation suspected to be a poisoned pigeon we experience in our lives today,” Ms Klerks brought back by one of its parents. Decisions, initially at least, were made on the said. The falcons’ primary diet is small and run: friends were convinced to model, while “People are looking for something fulfilling medium-sized birds, which are hunted housemates’ wardrobes were raided for Initially, volunteer models – including to do. Strengthening your hand-eye co- by both parents once their young have dress-ups to satisfy the enthusiasts. Melbourne musician Megan Washington, ordination is a fantastic way to break away hatched. who posed for one class in a swimsuit with Ten years on, the now tri-weekly class from the screen and to meditate on your They swoop prey at speeds of up to 300 her dog – were fully clothed. operates on a more proficient level while immediate surroundings.” kmh, which proves dangerous in the maintaining an easy-going feel. It also But as the classes grew, professional life The classes attract all sorts of enthusiasts, confines of cities, given the prevalence of continues to grow – attendance regularly models were employed with enthusiasts from professional artists to hobbyists. overhead power lines and wires. exceeds the 100 mark. able to draw a new figure each week. Heart-warmingly, the birds mate for life. One regular – a miniature dachshund called Life Drawing recently celebrated its 10th The classes now run each night from Kevin Bayken – is a favourite. Here’s hoping mum and dad welcome birthday in Missing Persons Gallery at Monday to Wednesday at Missing Persons, the safe arrivals of their chicks this Swanston St’s Nicholas Building, its third a space that also serves (under Ms Klerks’s Life Drawing takes place from Monday to October. home after early years at No Vacancy Gallery curation) as a community venue to host Wednesday at Missing Persons (Nicholas (2008-15) and a short stint at 1000 Pound events such as talks, workshops and Building, Level 4, 37 Swanston St). The class You can watch the falcons live at Bend (2016). launches. costs $15, which includes materials. 367collinsfalcons.com.au ISSUE 47 CBD NEWS 15 Councillor second term report card

At the end of year two of the current council, CBD News assesses the performance of Melbourne's 11 councillors.

Lord Mayor Sally Capp Cr Nicholas Frances Gilley Cr Kevin Louey Has become a mainstream media star. Still to reveal why he wanted to be a councillor in Brand new to local government, Cr Capp Is taking the role more seriously now that Nothing to report (but that doesn’t the first place – assume training for greener is “learning on the job” but is covering he knows more about how it all works. Has necessarily mean nothing’s happening). pastures? Is closely aligned with the new lord deficiencies with sheer enthusiasm and embraced the role of chair of transport mayor. hard work. Exhausting to watch, she hasn’t and contributes welcomed and considered Cr Cathy Oke stopped running. And, being approachable, insights to debates. Steady in the job. Is loving her international Cr Susan Riley energetic, charming, open and welcoming, leadership role on climate mitigation. Some what’s not to like? Cr Capp wanted the job Another Team Doyle refugee relishing her Cr Philip Le Liu constituents would prefer she spent more more than her election rivals and is now independence. Is less afraid to contribute to time on roads, rates and rubbish. using her incumbency to work towards the Hard to read on policy matters. Sometimes debates. 2020 election (tensions emerging on this). fickle but attempts to represent business interests. Needs to work on his verbal Cr Beverley Pinder Cr Jackie Watts communication. Has returned without the constraints Deputy Lord Mayor Arron Wood Has gained the most from the realignment of having to answer to Robert Doyle. Cr Wood impressed during the immediate of the council in the post-Doyle era. Still Cr Rohan Leppert Confidence is up and is enjoying the job. post-Doyle era – rising to the challenge and remembers past injustices, but is more likely Working hard on “the people” portfolio. steering an unsteady ship into calmer waters. Far more relaxed since the Doyle exit now to be collegiate these days. From flying solo Has grown in confidence and stature and that policy positioning has become fluid. in the not-too-recent past, has had a majority is becoming more measured in response Was bruised by a poor showing in the lord Cr Nicholas Reece of councillors come around to her thinking and when under pressure. Is increasingly mayoral election and has adopted a more The planning chair is also enjoying the on the Queen Victoria Market – a remarkable assuming the role of the wise old head within politically mercenary approach. Still the freedom that a post-Team Doyle world offers. change within 12 months. The renaissance the chamber – a mean feat for a young man. preeminent intellect in the council chamber. Now has a good understanding of planning. councillor. Lord Mayor tackles the late-night garbage trucks general meeting on September 6, Cr Capp But, the Lord Mayor said, while the problem importantly, what we’ve realised is that we Lord Mayor Sally Capp has congratulated local residents who had was clear enough, the solution was wrapped actually haven’t been collecting the data elevated the matter into an election issue. up in legal complexities. on how many waste-collection-truck-trips told CBD residents she is happen around the city – when they happen, “Waste management. You introduced it to “What I have learned over the last 106 days where they happen, what time they happen.” working on a solution to the me. I’m so into it,” she said. [since becoming Lord Mayor] is a lot about convoys of garbage trucks “Well, didn’t we open a can of worms with the legalities that govern the way in which “So our engineering team has been out to waste collection must work within the City which rampage through the this one? There is no doubt that the City of all of the agencies to start collecting that Melbourne is aware of the issue,” she said. of Melbourne, pursuant to legislation,” she data, because we need that data to build city each night. said. our case for changing either the legislation, “We’re up to more than 36 different waste the regulations or mounting some sort “I’ve been up to see the relevant minister, companies barrelling around our city with of legal position on how we can move The City of Melbourne currently licences Marlene Kairouz, and I’ve met with the their trucks.” forward either by reducing the number about 40 different waste collection senior officials of her team. They are fully “I have stood in alleyways and watched truck of collection agencies through a tender companies which have private collection supportive of finding a way through.” arrangements with local businesses. after truck come down to collect different process or dividing the city into regions and coloured bins when one truck could come “We’ve had to seek legal advice about what having, after a tender process, an allocated Speaking at Residents 3000’s annual down and collect all of them.” we’re able to do under the Act. And, most collection agency for those precincts.” 16 CBD NEWS ISSUE 47 Injecting room not yet needed: Patten By David Schout North Richmond fills that criteria, the CBD injecting facility then it could co-exist with certain car spaces, with disused syringes slightly less so.” the North Richmond facility.” visible on the ground. Ms Patten, a key figure behind the state’s Mr Denham said a safe injecting facility was EastEnders community group president The level of drug use in the first safe injecting space, said the North required when an area was exposed to a Jenny Eltham said she was aware of the CBD does not require the Richmond facility had been “an absolute significant level of: issues at the site, but had not personally seen success” and could increase its capacity heroin use taking place. establishment of a medically- ■■ Overdoses (both fatal and non-fatal); “by 30 per cent tomorrow” in response to “I have never seen a syringe, let alone had to supervised injection room demand. ■■ Public injecting areas; pick one up and only very, very rarely see a according to Reason Party MP Mental Health Minister Martin Foley said ■■ Drug affected people in public; paper wrapping from a syringe,” she said. the legislation passed in December 2017 was Fiona Patten. ■■ Drug paraphernalia, e.g. needles and A CBD injecting room was almost trialled by clear that the two-year trial would be located syringes discarded in public places; and the Victorian Government in 2000. at just one Victorian site. The City of Melbourne is Victoria’s third- ■■ Demand for emergency services. With strong support from the Australian But Yarra Drug and Health Forum executive highest local government area for drug Medical Association, Law Institute of officer Greg Denham said the legislation Coroners Court figures show that between overdoses per capita. Victoria and other key groups including could be amended at any time should the 2009-2016, the average number of overdose ambulance workers, then Premier Steve But Ms Patten said demand at the need arise. deaths within the City of Melbourne was 16.4 controversial North Richmond facility, which per year. Bracks pushed for the bill to pass through treated 140 overdoes in its first two months, “There are over 100 drug consumption both houses. rooms (DCR) world-wide, many of which This was behind just two municipalities: the did not spill into the CBD. “I can’t stand by as Premier an watch this are located in central business areas,” Mr City of Port Phillip (19 per year) and City of tragic loss of life,” he said in June 2000. “In my experience I don’t see as much Denham said. Yarra (23.7). open drug use in the CBD as I do in North On September 19, the Herald Sun detailed “If it means that we lose some support over “Several cities, including Copenhagen, have Richmond,” she told CBD News. heroin use at the Wilson multi-level car park it, it is still the right thing to do.” more than one DCR to meet the demand of on Little Collins St. “The most important thing that research the local drug market. If the Melbourne CBD The Bill failed to gather enough support shows us is where it is needed and wanted. is identified as meeting the need for a safe It alleged drug use in the stairwells and in through the Parliament. Stepping up to the Bar By Niccola Anthony

A new exhibition has opened in the city’s legal district showcasing gains made in the diversity of Victoria’s 135-year- old Bar. Woman Changing Face of the Bar features 700 current practicing barristers in Victoria, contrasted threatened in with portraits of the Victorian Bar in the 1930s and 1980s. elevator Barristers from the modern era have been photographed in a range of attires, from Victorian Bar CEO Sarah Fregon is hosting the "Changing Faces" exhibition. Melbourne Crime surf lifesaving gear to sporting lycra and the formal barrister’s robes. Investigation Unit detectives on Lonsdale St, where it will remain for three “What the photographer really captured The exhibit aims to highlight the months in the Peter O’Callaghan QC Gallery. was a diverse, engaged and proud group of are investigating a case of extraordinary diversity of the Victorian members,” Mr Jurica said. The launch was attended by renowned a woman being threatened legal institution and distort community photographer Bill Henson, whose own “It was about humanising the Bar and perceptions of a “boys club” at the top of the with a screwdriver and held photographic portrait of former High Court showing the public that we’re all human profession. judge Kenneth Hayne hangs proudly in the beings and we’re not just people who you captive in a CBD elevator. In 1937 the Bar is depicted through a series O’Callaghan gallery. might see in court wearing the gown.” of black and white caricatures, which solely The 24-year-old victim was returning Victorian Bar CEO Sarah Fregon said the Mr Jurica said that his favourite photograph feature old, white Anglo-Saxon men. In that to her Little Lonsdale St home around exhibition had come together remarkably in the collection featured a mother year, only two of the Bar’s 172 members were 3.30am on Saturday, August 3 before well and had been a talking point among accompanied by her young son dressed as a women. being followed into the elevator by a members for the better part of the last year. storm trooper from Star Wars. man. By 1984, the Bar’s centenary year, the “The Bar has always been, to me, a very When probed on why 2018 was such an number of women members had increased Investigators have released CCTV images inclusive place and this has been a great important year to showcase the Bar’s to 75 out of a total 1112 members. of a man who they believe can assist with opportunity to visibly demonstrate that,” Ms diversity, Mr Jurica said it was simply a case their enquiries (above). Today, 45 per cent of the Bar’s members Fregon said. of the time being right. under the age of 35 are women. Cultural The man is perceived to be Asian with “People really came out in force to support “Today is the next time that we’ve thought diversity has also evolved dramatically, with black hair and around 163-165cm tall. it because I think there’s a collective interest ‘okay, it’d be great to get a snapshot of the 37 languages spoken across the membership. in letting people know that we’re accessible Bar and what we’re doing and who we are so He was wearing a dark-coloured zipped Prahran-based photographer Garth and that we truly reflect the community that to speak’ and that’s why we’ve done it now,” hoodie and a white baseball cap with Oriander was commissioned to photograph we represent.” he said. “WEST” in black font written on the front the 700 barristers who took part in the at the time. Victorian Bar Art and Collections Committee “It has been really well received and it has project across an intensive two-week period member Stephen Jurica was responsible for been a lot of fun, so we’re very thankful that Anyone with information is urged to in March. arranging many of the exhibition’s logistics the Bar and its members have embraced this contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 The exhibition was then launched on due to his experience as chair of the Ballarat concept.” or submit a confidential report online at September 6 at Owen Dixon Chambers West International Foto Biennale. www.crimestoppersvic.com.au ISSUE 47 CBD NEWS 17 A celebration of the life of Nelson Mandela By Meg Hill

“Madiba the Musical” is bringing its first English speaking tour to Australia, opening in Melbourne in October.

The show started in France in 2016 and was stories of those who were just as important hugely popular. It was scheduled for a run of as Mandela. a few weeks, but ended up running for four Writer Jean Pierre-Hadida told CBD News months. It could have gone longer, as tickets that the musical tells small stories within the continued to sell out, but the theatre had to big story. move on to other booked productions. The Australian tour features South African “The big story is the story you learn in performer Perci Moeketsi as Nelson Mandela school, the fairy-tale of Mandela,” he said. (Madiba). Joining him are Tim Omaji, Tarisai “The small stories are the everyday life, the Vushe, Blake Erickson, Madeline Perrone, real people, the one where the actors of Barry Conrad, Ruva Ngwnya, David Denis, apartheid have their own lives, their own Courtney Bell and Riley Sutton. love stories, their own fights.” CBD News watched the cast in rehearsals at “To mix the big story and the everyday the Ministry of Dance in North Melbourne. gives a complete look of what we wanted to The show is split into three parts – Mandela transmit.” as a lawyer, Mandela in jail, and Mandela out of jail – and is interwoven with the stories African-Australian performer Tim Omaji of fictional characters who represent the emphasised this too. He said Madiba tells everyday lives of black South Africans under the story that people haven’t really heard apartheid. about. He also explained why he jumped to audition as soon as he heard about it, despite The show is guided by narrator David often working in musicals. Dennis who plays with the theme of time. As Mandela goes through his 27 years in jail, the “Being African in this country we don’t show switches between events both in and get many musicals that are African-based, out of prison. period,” he said. “Mandela has been in jail for 18 years, but “The story of Mandela is seen as the story now let’s spend some time in 1982,” Dennis of one man, especially outside of Africa, said, rehearsing a scene from Part Two, as the this kind of saint-like figure, but what’s show moved from inside to outside jail. happening around him?” For Melbourne audiences, it’s worth “This musical really talks about that. My role spending some time reading up on apartheid is fictional but it represents the feeling and and, specifically, the anti-apartheid the emotion of what was happening outside movements in Melbourne itself. of the jail.” From the 1960s to the end of apartheid in the Tim Omaji and Jean-Pierre Hadida. The star of the show, South African Perci 1990s, Australian trade unions and workers Moeketsi, said it would be selfish to think African rugby team toured Australia, and his release from prison. The ACTU hosted a put up boycotts and sanctions against that the story of Mandela is actually about transport and hotel workers acted to make welcome for him at Melbourne Town Hall. apartheid South Africa and connected with Mandela. that tour as logistically difficult as possible. African trade unions. Madiba has a focus on the mass nature “It’s our story,” he said. of the anti-apartheid movement that Spend some time in 1963, for example, when Five thousand protestors marched in encourages the incorporation of stories Madiba the Musical is running October 3 – the group South Africa Protest was formed in Melbourne against the tour. like those. Avoiding clichés is important October 21 at the Comedy Theatre. Melbourne. Or spend some time in 1990, when Nelson in a story about Nelson Mandela and, in Book at www.ticketmaster.com.au or Spend some time in 1971 when the South Mandela visited Australia just months after doing so, the creators found a way to tell the 136 100 A night in the clink By David Schout Most of the 30-strong crowd laugh, albeit “I was asked to create an immersive slightly nervously. experience that delivers factual information in a fun and informative way that leaves “Read this. Carefully,” the sergeant explains, Those misbehaving on the people with a thirst for history." handing everyone a charge sheet for a real- streets of Melbourne on a life criminal who, at one stage, was a Watch Ms Lee says its journey has been a rewarding Friday night could, up until House inmate. one. 1994, be thrown in the City For the night, you are that criminal, and The hour-long tour has used a number of you’ll be treated as such. Well, sort of. actors and comedians along the way, who Watch House. succeed in getting the audience involved. The tour’s journey then takes you through to all the interesting and eerie parts of the “It has absolutely evolved over the years. A facility that housed not just the 109-year-old Watch House building. Every actor that has stepped into the role overindulging types after knockoff, but also gives it a little more depth, and as a team we those etched in criminal folklore such as Oh, and it is done mostly in the dark. are constantly working together to deliver Chopper Read and Squizzy Taylor, its interior Creator Mishel Lee, who assumes the role of the best experience possible.” remains in its original state from the early Sgt Croft on the tour, says the drama created And how does she want “inmates” to 1900s. by actors on the tour maintains a faux- remember the outing? serious, fun atmosphere. And for those wanting a taste of what it was “That it was the most fun they’ve ever like to be thrown in the clink, A Night in the “Seeing people enjoy history and watching experienced while learning about some of Watch House can give you exactly that. the tour sell out every week is a real Melbourne’s most notorious felons and true satisfaction,” she says. crime stories.” “Get in line!” Sergeant Croft tells tour-goers waiting to be locked up on a Friday night, as The tour is almost five years old, and Ms For more information about A Night in the CBD News went to check out exactly what Lee says it was created as a twist on the Watch House, visit oldmelbournegaol.com. goes on. traditional walk-through tour. au. Mishel Lee will brook no nonsense. 18 CBD NEWS ISSUE 47 Protect our key CBD sites: Council By David Schout

The City of Melbourne has asked the Planning Minister to apply heritage protection for 64 sites it sees as historically and culturally significant to the CBD.

The buildings, situated within the Hoddle The council’s wish-list to Planning Minister the way to the relatively modern 1976-built Cr Rohan Leppert said at the time that Grid, include the former Victoria Club Richard Wynne also includes a request for former Dillingham Estates House on William previous council failings resulted in the building and the 164-year-old Metropolitan protection of six CBD precincts, including St. situation it found itself in. Hotel. sections of Flinders Lane, Little Lonsdale and Little Collins St. But “historical significance” was just one “It is a problem of former councils that not Some of the sites are more than 150 years of eight criteria used to assess each site, in all the recommendations of the 1985 or old, yet aren’t protected from developers Most of the sites recommended in the addition to criteria such as “rarity”, “aesthetic 1993 (City of Melbourne Heritage Review) under the city’s planning scheme. extensive 1800-page audit – undertaken by significance” and “social significance”. studies were incorporated into the planning Others are more modern, post-war sites, independent heritage consultants Context – scheme,” Cr Leppert said at a June 5 council including the 1970-built Hoyts Mid City were graded in both 1985 and 1993 studies as A heritage overlay will prevent the council meeting. Cinema on Bourke St. buildings of significance. Yet they were never from having to approach Mr Wynne for site formally incorporated into the Melbourne protection on a case-by-case basis. The minister will now assess the audit and The proposed heritage overlay will Planning Scheme. decide which of the 64 sites and six precincts not explicitly prevent development or This was the case in June, when the council will be added to the planning scheme. demolition on the respective sites, but will The age of the sites vary greatly, from applied for interim protection for the ensure owners must apply for approval and an 1854-built bluestone warehouse on Metropolitan Hotel in the face of plans for its Below, CBD News looks at some of the key meet additional heritage rules. Highlander Lane (adjacent to Flinders St) all partial demolition by a developer. sites included in the review.

2. Hoyts Mid City Cinemas, 194-200 Bourke St Built in 1969-70 Reflective of the increase in leisure activities in the post-war period. Also marked a shift to more intimate, modern cinemas 1. Former German Club, later Naval Example of a small class of Brutalist buildings in the City of Melbourne. and Military Club, 7-19 Alfred Place Built in 1885-6 3. Former Palmer’s Emporium, 220 Meeting place for German migrants who Bourke St arrived from the 1840s Built in 1937 From 1918 used as the Naval and Military Used primarily by retailers and shoe Club manufacturers Venue for famous Mietta’s Restaurant from Interwar, Moderne-style building. Unique 1985-95. facade, with bands of windows that wrap around each level of the building, creating light and open spaces. ISSUE 47 CBD NEWS 19

4. Former Victorian Amateur Turf Club, 482-484 Bourke St Built in 1936 Strong association with the history of horse racing in Victoria 7. Shops and residences at 53-57 Designed by architect Albion H Walkley who, Lonsdale St along with an engineering company headed Built in 1880-81 by Sir John Monash, made several alterations to the building in 1937 Strong historical links with Melbourne Italian restaurateur families who managed restaurants in the building from 1901 to 2001 Played a role in the influence of Italian culture on Australian culinary traditions, which continues to have an enduring presence and value in Melbourne today. 10. Talma Building (former Buxton’s 8. Metropolitan Hotel, 263-267 Building), 119-121 Swanston St William St Built in 1885 Re-built in 1925 (from original 1854 9. Former Victoria Club building, 131- building) 141 Queen St Elaborate Victorian facade Constructed for James Thomas Buxton’s Historically significant for its association Built in 1927 with the establishment of city hotels as artistic stationery business Strong links with Victorian horse racing meeting places The merchant and gallery proprietor’s One of the hotels that played host to both an Location of the 1976 “Great Bookie Robbery”, complex contained a stationery store, gallery increased occupation of women as publicans the largest robbery recorded in Australia at space, meeting rooms for societies and in the early 1900s, and increased role of the the time, and subject to significant media clubs, an artistic photographic studio and pub (from the late 1930s) in raising money attention. classrooms for art lessons. for charity. 5. Former Zander’s No. 2 Store, 11 Highlander Lane Built in 1854 Rare remaining example of an early bluestone warehouse building With its close proximity to the Yarra River, it is historically significant for its association with shipping and warehousing in the city.

6. Former Tuberculosis Bureau, 364- 370 Little Lonsdale St Built in 1928 Historically significant as a reminder of the state-wide public health campaign to eradicate tuberculosis, declared a notifiable disease in Victoria in 1909 Later used between 1992-96 as the Department of Forensic Medicine. 20 CBD NEWS ISSUE 37

A spring clean for our streets Chef of the Year Andrew Ballard. Some 300 volunteers took to the streets of the CBD on September 16 as part of the inaugural Spring Clean the City event. Chef of the year award

Taking place on World Clean Up Day, the main litter groups of single-use plastic items. Angliss teacher and chef Andrew Ballard was awarded Chef of event was a collective effort from several As well as cleaning up our city, the group the Year for highest points scored in the individual live cooking environmental groups. In a two-hour blitz, said the initiative was aimed at pushing for category as part of the events put on by the Australian Culinary the CBD was cleansed of 2860 bottles and legislative action from the state government cans, 726 plastic straws, 1530 coffee cups and to introduce a 10 cent container deposit Federation at Fine Food Austalia. lids, as well as 680 other drink cups and lids. scheme, as implemented in South Australia, Overall, 6500 cubic metres of litter was New South Wales and the Northern Andrew also competed as part of the Nestlé Professional Women in Foodservice collected and returned to Southbank Territory. Angliss team in the Chef’s Table live buffet Awards finalists and winners for their Promenade where it was sorted into the More info: boomerangalliance.org.au event with chef Stuart Walsh and Angliss outstanding contribution to shaping students Anya De Sliva and Ruchita Thora, the future of Australian foodservice and receiving a bronze medal. hospitality. William Angliss Institute Rising Star winner is Grace Watson director of This new competition with teams of five Zeitgeist Group and congrats to chef of the chefs prepared four varieties of cold finger And the winner is … year Jo Barrett and industry legend Alla food, one cold seafood buffet and salad Wolf-Tasker. and 20 plated main courses and desserts to Vote online to celebrate your favourite merchant in the 2018 be judged. Angliss students Lloyd (Fong Wei), Jun Da Queen Victoria Market (QVM) Trader Awards! Fine Food Australia, the leading trade Ning and David Brim won silver medals exhibition for the food industry, has been a at the prestigious AUSTAFE competition huge success for William Angliss Institute, – there were no golds awarded, with With 10 shopping categories ranging awards are a special opportunity to shine with teachers and students involved across bronze medals for Riley Byl, Alex Silva , from “Delicatessen” to “Specialty Food a light on the unique people who live and the board over the four days of the show. Monique Chesterand Jaymz Harris. and Drink”, the awards acknowledges the breathe the market.” Angliss teacher and chef Jan Watson was on passion and dedication of market traders Australian Culinary Federation with the the AUSTAFE judging panel, professional who help sustain the heart and soul of Some 124 participating traders are eligible to support of many partners including Nestle cookery teacher chef Dale Lyman was the Melbourne. be crowned as the best in the business and Professional provided competitions and are displaying “vote for me” signs at their events giving the next generation of young chairman of the panel, and chef Belinda Market CEO Stan Liacos said the awards stalls. chefs and hospitality professionals an Clements judged the Wild and Wacky and were a form of appreciation to the QVM’s opportunity to work with expert teachers sugar paste cakes iced cakes. Baking Skills trading community. Vote for your favourite traders online at and industry specialists to improve their was also judged by teacher Susan Carey qvm.com.au/vote and stand a chance to skills and experience. and many students participated. “Our traders make shopping at the market win one of three $200 market vouchers. a pleasure for tons of thousands of locals The Nestlé Professional Women In In addition, more than forty other students and visitors each week,” he said. “With Voting closes Sunday, October 14 and Foodservice Awards celebrated the assisted at the show or visited to gain many trader businesses employing family winners will be announced on Monday, successful women of the foodservice exposure to the industry. members across multiple generations, the November 5 at the Trader Awards Ball. sector. Congratulations to all the 2018 ISSUE 47 CBD NEWS 21

Willam Angliss Top chef returns to where it started By David Schout

Walking back through the William Angliss doors, things felt decidedly familiar for top Victorian chef Michael Cole.

It had been around 13 years since he wouldn’t have seen before”. trained at the LaTrobe St institute, and the These included Foie Gras (duck liver), Ora nostalgia took hold. King salmon and a creative spin on a chicken “It’s a bit of a trip down memory lane,” dish for the main. he said. “It feels like a lifetime ago. But it’s Mr Cole’s aim was to show students that interesting to see the students now and a fairly standard, even “boring” ingredient reminisce.” such as chicken could be used creatively. Mr Cole’s return to the Angliss kitchen For dessert they used liquid nitrogen for a in September was twofold – to both work meringue with “lots of different movements with current students on two “Great Chefs” on the plate”, including orange, lemon, dinners, but also to train for January’s chocolate and ouzo. Bocuse d’Or in France, more commonly He said he enjoyed cooking in the Angliss known as the culinary equivalent of the kitchen, and is using it as one of several Olympic Games. training bases for the gastronomic Olympics. After winning his way through Australian “We’re in full swing. It’s a massive and Asia-Pacific qualification last year, schedule. Almost every hour of the day is the 34-year-old booked a ticket to Lyon for almost scheduled to something Bocuse what is regarded as one of the world’s most d ’O r.” prestigious cooking competitions. At the time of speaking with CBD News, Mr “It all started here,” he said, casting his Cole said the criteria for the competition was mind back to the start of his now-storied yet to be released. career. “They hold off launching the criteria “When I was a first year apprentice I did so that creativity is really stretched and my first culinary competition in the building challenged. They want to see the chefs under upstairs. I got the taste for it and got addicted pressure, without preconceived ideas. So you to the adrenaline of it I guess.” need all the cards up your sleeve so when Despite his rise through the ranks, Mr Cole they release it, you can go bang. I’m just was happy to return to William Angliss for trying to find all my tricks and signatures, Great Chefs, a program that provides cookery so that when they release it I can just get and hospitality students the chance to work straight into it.” with some of Australia’s most recognised Since travelling to the event as an chefs. interested 25-year-old onlooker (and as the The dinners (and lunches) are open to the solitary Aussie in the crowd) the event was public, who can experience high-end menus always in the back of his mind. with the help of next-generation chefs. Now it’s at the forefront. “I got asked to do this dinner and thought “It’s going to be awesome. It was always a Michael Cole. it would be a nice way to give back to the dream. I always said ‘I want to do that one school,” he said. day, I want to be up on that stage and give Mr Cole – head chef at Georgie Bass Cafe “You don’t know how they’re going to take The head chef wrote the menu for a that a shot’.” & Cookery at The Flinders Hotel on the it and how enthusiastic they’re going to be. four-course dinner with matching wines, If you’d like to attend one of the William Mornington Peninsula – admitted to being And I really want to give them something adding that “the whole idea is to put a lot Angliss Institute Great Chefs dinners or slightly nervous before meeting the students. they remember and enjoy.” of techniques in that the students probably lunches, visit angliss.edu.au/greatchefs.

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Street Art The problem is bureaucracy what is being presented to us in the The other day a friend of mine planning process? Is it possible that the complicated sent me a link to a proposal from plans are created that way to make it hard a development company that is for people to understand what is being proposed? planning a major development I feel that the companies that are in the CBD. developing the city have a lot to lose in the community consultation process. So, I guess most people who care about the city and The development includes the removal its future and public spaces will have to ask of a number of important areas and lanes someone who understands or perhaps they including taking out half of Union Lane and could go and do an engineering degree. changing the centre of the city forever. Anyway, this project in Union Lane is of This is a major project that is obviously big concern as it will change our city forever. going to change the landscape of the city and I’m not against change I am just asking for a it has gone to council largely uncontested democratic a fair process when it comes to and quietly, why? deciding what is best for our city. This article is not about the soulless rich If we leave it up to developers they will people that plan to exploit the city and keep us in the dark and we will end up with destroy Union Lane for their own nefarious a city full of finance architecture. needs. No, this story is about the link Here is the link … that my friend sent me to, the link to the https://www.melbourne.vic.gov. council’s website to examine the proposed wonder how the average Joe Blow would be where they may let things slide as long as au/about-council/committees- development. able to navigate the bureaucracy to find out nobody complains. meetings/meeting-archive/pages/ I clicked on the link and it took me to a any real and useful information. Hiding behind council and engineer speak Future-Melbourne-Committee-18- list of proposed developments for the CBD. And I came up with the conclusion that will not make the city a better place. And September-2018.aspx After I figured out which article I was after, I not many people would be able to find Union Lane has be an important focal point Stay awesome and thanks for reading followed the link to what looked like a plan out what’s going on with regards to the of Melbourne since the beginning. [email protected] for a space ship. I was asked to download developments and major works planned The laneway used to smell from the urine Instagram: Doylesart hundreds of pages of bureaucratic jargon. around our beautiful city. and horse manure as the bars and theatres Adrian Doyle I’m not unfamiliar with council speak, Why don’t the councils make it easy for emptied out onto Bourke St, until the council Artist having worked at the City of Yarra for five the average person to look at what has been decided that it would need to build more years as well as dealing with much council proposed? It would take about a page of toilets. That’s how many of the underground bureaucracy in my daily life with public art writing and a couple of illustrations. toilets and the green toilets on the side of the and design planning. But I found it very The builders keep building virtually road came to be. difficult to navigate. without recourse as they hide behind the This laneway is part of Melbourne’s Adrian Doyle It was page, after page, of plans, bureaucracy of the building permits. The history. And we deserve to have a say in the Street Artist mathematics and things that made my eyes more buildings the council has, the more future of our city and its lanes. How is this Blender Studios founder and glaze over with boredom. This made me rates it is paid. Maybe they are in a situation going to happen if nobody can understand director

Critic Even darker The last day of the Melbourne Writers’ Festival fell on Sunday, September 2. A reader, feeling a bit low, rushed into the city, hoping to find inspiration among the wordsmiths and soothsayers of the day.

The reader hadn’t booked for any sessions The reader looked at the clock on the be bereft. The reader tried empathising but festival cafe. Two women were sitting on but hoped to mingle with a literary crowd wall. It was only one. There was a moment it just didn’t work. Why? This was a question a small stage. Ushers were inviting people out for the city’s premier writerly event. of uncertainty the reader tried putting into worth answering. Why didn’t the reader to get involved in a question and answer First stop was the architecturally words. It went something like this: even if believe in a pet chapel or a kindergarten for session. Families were being warned that the impressive Seafarers’ Mission, a new venue they weren’t actually having fun at least they adults? Why was the reader such a skeptic? session was not child-friendly. for the festival. could have pretended. Soon the reader was out the door and “What’s the topic?” the reader asked, Pies and coffee were available in the bar Eventually the reader got the hint. Further walking towards Flinders Street Station, hoping to add a little personal experience so the reader ordered a cappuccino and sat down Flinders St there was another venue, feeling much better for being on the way to the mix. Finally, the chance had arrived at a large round table. A man sat in the next a chapel devoted to pets. A woman invited home. to offload just a skerrick of a battered youth chair and began chatting loudly to the bar the reader in. There were ropes marking out People were out and about. They seemed onto the kind and wide shoulders of two staff. The reader tuned out, preferring to places to queue and pictures of animals all happy. The trams were running. Men in lovely writers. suffer in solitude. over the wall. yellow jackets were bossing everyone “Stillbirth,” replied the usher. There was a chapel at the mission so the A man selling books was standing up the around. There was pageantry on the street The reader decided against the wine. reader took a seat in there just as a Chinese back so the reader wandered over. The man that was missing at the more tortured events Drinking during the day can bring up untidy ceremony was coming to an end. Soon spoke strangely, as if the words were stuck the reader had just rejected. emotions. after, a man in a cap brought in a plastic tub in his mouth. The reader’s childhood anger Flinders Street Station was solid and Luckily there was a novel in the reader’s bulging with toys, including a cricket bat. began to surface. impressive. The reader began to cheer up. bag and it was even darker. He was due to do a re-enactment of his own There were only a few people in the chapel Perhaps a glass of wine would create the troubled childhood, which promised to be and lots of empty chairs. Perhaps the reader literary nuance that had been lacking. The amusing. had missed something important. Was this obvious choice was Federation Square, an “Are you here for the performance?” the the story of a life lived too privately? Was important hub in the city’s history where man asked. it stupid to expect to enjoy traces of the every year at the festival readers and writers The reader nodded. festival? gather to discuss the events of the day. Rhonda Dredge “It doesn’t start until two.” When a pet goes missing you are meant to There was a section cordoned off at the [email protected] ISSUE 47 CBD NEWS 23

Vertical Living Ageing in vertical place

With the announcement of a Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the option of ageing in our vertical villages seems all the more appealing.

By 2056, Australia’s 65-and-over ■■ Specialist support services? home-delivered meals (maybe Uber Eats vertical living sector. Current discussions population is projected to reach 8.7 million ■■ Building facilities? and could have a special range?), transport posit a future where our generally generic – with many expected to “stay put” in their ■■ “Future proofing”? services (with dedicated vehicles) and, in towers develop distinct identities or homes rather than enter purpose-built Regarding modifications to our own particular, specialist care givers. “personas”. facilities. apartments, many recommended changes Possibilities here include building-based Already, some buildings have well known Referred to as ageing in place, this are under our control (if we own our service agreements with pre-approved care reputations, but these are mostly due to describes a person’s decision to continue apartment). Included here are features providers, supported by a careful integration negatives (e.g. short-stay proliferation). to live in their home while they grow older. such as accessible switches (e.g. multiple into the building’s monitoring systems to What might eventuate are identities based Pragmatically, it also requires that their locations and at convenient heights), non- provide a reassuring second level checks on how buildings operate – a combination lifestyle choice supports their continued skid flooring, etc. and balances (i.e. two sets of eyes). of management style (owners’ corporation wellbeing, meaning that if living at home In addition to these, technology can Moving onto the third question which committee and building management) and sees them isolated or experiencing great enable ageing in place, especially in concerns required building facilities, already their operating “philosophies”. physical or financial hardship, then this is supporting health and safety. Take the apparent is the need for: dedicated pickup This refers to the thousands of individual not ageing in place. example described by Dr MariLyn J. Rantz and drop-off zones for mobility-challenged decisions taken over time, and which In terms of our vertical villages, it would of the University of Missouri, where a residents with (perhaps) communal wheel together, shape the nature of the building seem that we have it “all over” our house- group of residents volunteered to live with chairs to provide ad hoc assistance; scooter – and so, too, who is attracted to live there, bound counterparts when choosing to age environmentally-embedded sensors in their parking with recharging facilities; and and for how long. It may well become part of in place. Our high-rise apartments require homes. This included bed sensors (which regular access-audits (e.g. Do doors stay a vertical village’s strategic plan to consider less maintenance than the typical house monitored heart rate, respiratory rate and open long enough? Are corridors and lifts the benefits of providing ageing in place and looking after common property is, by night time restlessness) and non-wearable sufficiently wide? etc). And enabling all services (e.g. reduced resident turnover) definition, a shared responsibility. And we motion sensors (to monitor activity in this are the skills of those who manage our with the costs of providing these additional are usually quite centrally located, meaning rooms). Care co-ordinators received health vertical villages. services. we are already close to transport, shops and alerts and conducted early assessments and In the United States there is growing Something to consider if we wish to age in amenities. interventions to resolve potential health concern about how property management “vertical peace”. However, it is well known that our needs changes. The upshot was that living with professionals are addressing ageing in place change as we age and different services and embedded sensors greatly increased how within their profession, and there is debate levels of support are required. long people lived independently in their regarding the need for greater specialisation So, is more required of our vertical villages own homes. within the property management field so Janette Corcoran if we choose to age in place? This then leads onto the second question that the specialised needs of ageing in place Apartment living expert One way of considering this is in terms of as to what additional services might be residents can best addressed. https://www.facebook. four questions - what is needed as regards: needed (or possible) for vertical villagers. The final question concerns future- com/SkyPadLiving/ ■■ Our own apartment? Once again the usual suspects include proofing and looks to the evolution of the Bridging the student and local divide By David Schout “They didn’t leave their country and their family to come and get that exact same experience and to close themselves up into A theatre group of their cultural groups. It wasn’t the dream international students that they had.” aims to bridge the cultural In the documentary, students explained why many chose to socialise with fellow gap between themselves countrymen and women at university. and everyday Melburnians Several stressed that this wasn’t because has been recognised for its they had insular personalities, or were disinterested in local people and culture in community innovation. Melbourne. Rather, it was almost always due to fear and confusion. The Act of Translation workshops were established to give students the confidence “In the first year of my studies, I only to understand and build relationships with A performance of "She'll Be Right". mingled with Chinese students,” one student locals – something most overseas students says. desire but are often too afraid to initiate. “And I would try to make friends with the students from many countries – including This year’s workshop culminated in sell-out And on September 12, the initiative won the local people but I don’t know how. We are China, Indonesia, Brazil, India and Iraq theatre performances of She’ll Be Right, a Victorian Multicultural Commission’s forced to be silent sometimes, and why we – attending an 18-week workshop under presentation that both poked fun at cultural Community Innovation award. are silent can be explained in the play.” the guidance of artistic director Catherine differences but also addressed serious issues The award recognised projects that use Simmonds. faced by international students. The documentary was praised for outside-the-box thinking to promote challenging Melburnians to think differently It aims to take students out of their comfort The project aimed to depict the daily life multiculturalism. about international students. zone and instil an understanding of cultural of the average international student in It was the view of the judges that Act of norms and nuances in Australia that differ Melbourne, including confusing cultural It also emboldens students in similar Translation best addressed a particular from their own. norms and sayings such as “she’ll be right”. situations in that they are not alone in their problem facing diverse communities to an plight. It also hopes to challenge, through “Students want to step out of their culture,” outside audience, thereby contributing to performance, the stereotypes about Ms Simmonds explains in a 26-minute Act of Translation: The Documentary can be social cohesion. Melbourne’s international student documentary made about Act of Translation, viewed on the City of Melbourne’s Youtube Launching in 2017, the initiative involves community. which screened in the Immigration Museum. channel. 24 CBD NEWS ISSUE 47

We Live Here Cladding – remove now, pay later?

Apartment buildings across Melbourne are finding that it can cost hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars to remove combustible cladding.

We await feedback from owners who are against eight parties including the builder, Strata Community Australia (Vic) (SCA) passage through Parliament of the tempted by the state government’s offer of building surveyors, architects, and fire is the peak industry body for owners’ unamended Owners Corporation cladding “rectification” loans that can be engineers. corporation managers in Victoria, i.e. SCA Amendment (Short-Stay Accommodation paid off through council rates. Notably absent from the invitation list represents businesses that manage the Bill) 2006, which We Live Here opposed Planning Minister, Richard Wynne, has is the developer (a $2 holding company) apartment buildings in which 1.6 million for more than two years, was a big step been reported as saying “these financing and perhaps for obvious reasons, the state Victorians live. forward, which, in our view, it clearly is not agreements allow cladding to be removed government. We Live Here was created in 2015 to – otherwise we wouldn’t have opposed it in quickly, without affecting property prices”. The legal action has spawned a flurry of give a voice to residents who live in these the first place! While we can hope these loans will be accusations and counter-accusations in apartment buildings, and for whom it is their So, while we support SCA in its campaign readily accessible and not tangled in red the media as the targeted parties position home. to put the political leaders on notice tape, the property prices have already been themselves for a lengthy, expensive legal There will be some but obviously not about the need for reforms in the strata affected, Mr Wynne! stoush. complete alignment between We Live Here, industry, we would like it to correct the On top of that, We Live Here is hearing Meanwhile the hapless owners pick representing residents and a group that misconception that SCA speaks for the that builders are charging a pretty premium up the tab, with apartment values having represents management businesses. 1.6 million Victorians living in residential for any project related to the C-word – with reportedly dropped at least 30 per cent and For example, We Live Here is in complete apartment buildings, when it is the strata abashed building companies that installed some lenders calling in debts on the basis of agreement with two of the three issues in the management businesses for these buildings the cladding in the first place now finding diminished loan to value ratio. SCA campaign: that it represents. This would dispel any the word “cladding” oddly ineffable. The long-overdue reforms to the Owners confusion. Speaking of premiums, ignored by all We Live Here - representing owners Corporation Act 2006 which commenced in In the meantime, We Live Here will governments is the devastating effect that and residents 2015 by the Department of Consumer Affairs continue working actively to see that the out- cladding has had on insurance premiums, We Live Here has been successful in giving as part of its Property Law Review, but still of-control short-stay industry is regulated. with eye-watering increases just adding a voice to owners and residents. We have has not surfaced despite being promised in to the already huge financial burden on developed ongoing and cordial relationships early 2018; and Campaign donations owners. with politicians across the spectrum with The vexed issue of combustible cladding, As a not-for-profit organisation, donations Perhaps we need a royal commission the aim of making sure that owners and and who should take responsibility for from individuals and buildings keep our on cladding gouging, inviting builders residents are heard. paying to replace defective material. campaigns going. To register as a supporter and insurance companies to “rectify” We Live Here also offers support in this Short-term letting, however, is where we of We Live Here or to make a donation themselves? column to business interest groups where do have a very different view from SCA. It please visit our website at welivehere.net we believe they may help the cause of is the issue where the impact on owners We Live Here does not accept donations Cladding in the courts apartment residents and owners. and residents – those who live in strata from commercial tourism interests. With $24 million at stake, Lacrosse Recently one such business group, Strata communities on a day-to-day basis with the We welcome your comments and apartment owners have instituted legal Community Australia (Vic) (SCA), started a consequences of short-term letting – is most feedback and invite suggestions for topics action against some heavy hitters in the campaign to influence political policy in the pronounced. you would like us to address in this column. building industry. Four years after a major lead up to the state election. The solution is not simply having laws to fire ravaged their building, owners are still Since news of the SCA campaign started address wild short-stay parties – the focus seeking to have cladding removal paid circulating We Live Here has received many of the SCA’s campaign. It is a far bigger issue www.welivehere.net for by the parties responsible. Just who is enquiries from those wanting to know what than that and one which we have written “we live emails to campaign@ re”TM responsible is the big question. our position is on this issue. about many times. he welivehere.net The legal action by Lacrosse owners is What we can tell you is this: The SCA has also said that the recent

Planning A big month in construction The new as-yet to be named park, will It has been a big month on feature large lawn areas, wide bluestone paths, new seating, space for programmed the construction front, with a events and improved pedestrian access. The number of projects achieving new park will also feature a wide variety of trees and water sensitive urban design to key milestones across the CBD. reduce stormwater runoff. And finally, Dexus appears to be on the ISPT Property and Brookfield’s office verge of creating a large development site development at 405 Bourke St officially spanning 52-60 Collins after outlaying $160 started construction, with the pouring of the million to acquire the Reserve Bank of raft slab by builder Multiplex. The 39-storey Australia building on the corner of Collins steel-framed tower is due to be completed in and Exhibition streets. March, 2021. It also has its sights set on the Meanwhile, Probuild constructions has neighbouring 11-storey office tower at 52 topped out 271 Spring St for ISPT while Collins St, which rises behind the historic also handing over apartments at Avant to Artist’s impression of the new park at Collins Arch. former Melville House. World Class Land and the first apartments at Aurora Melbourne Central to UEM Sunrise, A number of key hotel projects are Downie St. Laurence Dragomir as construction continues. The 85-storey also set to get underway with demolition Last month, City of Melbourne’s Future Laurence is an Urban tower’s core is due to top out by the end of commencing onsite to allow for the (Planning) Committee endorsed plans for a Melbourne director with the month, with final completion slated for construction of the 30-storey Quincy Hotel at new 1900 sqm park to be located on Market expertise in the CBD late 2019. 33 King St, and the 33-storey Hyatt Centric on St as part of the Collins Arch development. urbanmelbourne.info ISSUE 47 CBD NEWS 25

Metro Tunnel Heritage

Archaeology on display The public is invited to look at Victoria’s biggest ever archaeology Study adoption digs courtesy of the Metro Tunnel Project.

Viewing windows have been built into the Works will include erecting 3.5 metre hoarding on Swanston St near the Young hoarding around the worksite, demolition huge win and Jackson Hotel so that passers-by can see of the Melbourne Visitor Centre and the historic digs underway. More than half construction of an acoustic shed to allow a million artefacts, some dating back more 24 hour works at the site to build an than 150 years to the early days of European entrance to Town Hall Station. settlement in Melbourne, have been found for heritage Piling at City Square continues and so far. at the Flinders Quarter site, near Young A collection of the most intriguing and Jackson Hotel, archaeological After almost a decade of heritage groups calling for a discoveries will be on display at the Metro investigations are well underway with Tunnel visitor centre, located at 125-133 more than half a million artefacts found. comprehensive review of heritage in the CBD, council voted last Swanston St, opposite Melbourne Town Hall. month to put forward the first part of its Hoddle Grid Heritage The exhibition starts during the September State Library Station update school holidays. Opening hours are from Westbound lanes on Franklin Street Review, which will see more than 64 new heritage listings 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and 10am to between Swanston and Stewart streets recommended to the Minister of Planning. 4pm on weekends. will be closed for up to two years as the project establishes a construction support Town Hall Station update area. It will help facilitate future piling With the last major study over 30 years for the first time, where a look above the You may have noticed the image of a and excavation works at the site. The ago leaving many gaps, a number of awnings reveals a lot of hidden heritage, giant tunnel boring machine on the corner demolition of three properties in Little buildings on the list may surprise you. and a key focus on indigenous stories and of Swanston St and St Kilda Rd. This is part La Trobe Street will begin in October and Patterson’s House (now Allans Music) on themes is also refreshing. of site establishment works at Federation is expected to take up to 12 weeks before Bourke St is one, with its green terracotta We look forward to seeing this review Square. archaeological investigations will start. art deco facade clearly a heritage gem, passed in full and wait excitedly for part The project has obtained all relevant For more information about works and unrecognised until now. two next year, which should cover more approvals from Heritage Victoria to complete other news, visit metrotunnel.vic.gov.au, Others may be more controversial, buildings as well a public art and interiors. these works, which include the installation of connect on social media or call 1800 105 such as Karl Popper’s 1970s brown brick temporary fencing, soil testing and building 105 (24 hours per day). apartment complex at 15 Collins St, but we two disability ramps. welcome the debate about how notions Tristan Davies The project has applied for a heritage of heritage are evolving to encompass the President permit, and once granted, the second stage recent past. Melbourne Heritage of works are scheduled to commence later The review also extends protection to Action this year. much of Swanston St and Little Lonsdale

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CBD Local Quick sketch of a newcomer By Rhonda Dredge seriously. There is silence as they get into the flow of the visual world. It is relaxing after the push and shove of the day. Wine is available for $2 An artistic life awaits those a glass and it’s not bad. who move into the CBD with Old regulars are here who know how to life drawing three times a week draw a figure and come for the company as well as the discipline. Life drawing forces where you can meet friends and you to complete a picture in large sweeps tap into the world of sketching. under pressure. Sometimes a quick sketch is best. Corine is happy and open about her Corine Caderbaccus moved to Melbourne life. She loves Flagstaff Gardens. She has a eight years ago to study accountancy and life boyfriend. There isn’t room in her flat for has opened up for her since. him but she is philosophical. She thinks Back home in Mauritius girls of her she will leave the CBD in the future. She age aren’t allowed out after dark without has made the sacrifice. After paying paying parental supervision. $50,000 for her education and a sizeable Eight years of struggle have been worth amount for her visa application, she is the effort for Corine. She worked two jobs, Corine Caderbaccus with her local brewster. looking to the future. saved enough to gain permanent resident Her boss admired her determination and status and now has a studio apartment in It was time to move out.” just 30 seconds, others longer and more sponsored her. “It was the easiest way of William Street. By then she had an accountancy job near relaxed. getting a visa,” she said. “I came to Australia as an international Flagstaff Station and moved into the CBD. Corine draws with a mauve crayon. Her Life drawing is a way of getting out and student, studied accounting and moved to “Melbourne means freedom for me. I work renditions are expressive yet shy at the same about. She has been in the CBD three years Prahran with my sister,” she said. While she seven minutes from home.” time. You get the feeling that she is just and the pose of a sketcher suits her. She’s a was studying, she worked at Myer. When her Come Monday night and she’s out with opening up to experience the big city and is confident communicator able to gloss over sister moved interstate, she went to live in the girls, not nightclubbing, but learning liking what she finds. hardship and make is seem easy. Noble Park with her uncle and aunt. how to draw at Missing Persons studio in the “Port Louis is a bit of a mess,” she says of The challenge of moving from a small “I had 50 minutes of travel, seven days a Nicholas Building. the capital of Mauritius. She doesn’t enlarge island nation to a large one has been met. week. My uncle was over 70 and he picked There are 40 others crammed into a on her theme. Her cousin is sitting next to She goes home about every four years and me up at the station. I was home late. 10.30. smallish room with a model up the front her and she has driven her car in from the her parents visit. She adds vitality to the Myers closed at 9. I was burdening my uncle. adopting poses, some impossible ones for suburbs for the life drawing. They’re taking it city’s finance sector.

Pet’s Corner

Dinner Companions Social Escorts Are you gonna be my girl? Sensual Ladies By Niccola Anthony “She copes no worries whatsoever. She CITY CENTRE just sort of wanders along next to you,” Mr Hughes said of his rock star pup. Melbourne’s exclusive entertainment service. Jet, a Melbourne-born-and-bred, “She loves the city and just loves all of the action and movement.” Highly recommended nine-year-old black miniature Jet is not the only pup who feels at ease for our interstate and poodle, is a city pup by nature. roaming the city’s streets – the Hugheses overseas visitors. have found a large contingent of dog owners in their apartment building, which has Not to be confused with the iconic early evolved into a small community of kindred 2000s Australian band, Jet shares a love spirits. CBD - 5 MINUTES of inner city living with her owner, Chris Often dog owners in the apartment paramour.com.au TO YOUR DOOR Hughes. block meet each other on walks at Flagstaff Chris and his wife have recently moved to Gardens, their local grassy knoll. a Queen St apartment, however, they have “My wife takes her out early in the lived centrally for more than 15 years, having morning and she catches up with other 96546011 previously resided in the North and West friends who have dogs. And then I’ll bring Melbourne locales. her out again in the afternoon,” Chris said. It seems Jet has no qualms about the It’s clear from Jet’s “get back stare” that fast-paced, rock star life of the CBD, having she’s a totally cool and poised pup, ready to Call or book at rsvp @ paramour.com.au rapidly familiarised herself with the lights take the hustle and bustle of the city in her and sounds of the area. stride. MELBOURNE CBD SWA113E ISSUE 47 CBD NEWS 27

History Music Silhouettes and shadows Penny Ikinger’s third album Tokyo has arrived via Melbourne- label Off The Hip Records and it is a ripper.

Ikinger, who has been moonlighting orchestral version by The Cleveland in trumpeter Jack Howard’s Epic Brass Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez is RHSV Collection: PH-020695 has teamed up with Deniz Tek (Radio worth listening to. Birdman guitarist) and a bunch of In the church there were not two pianos psychedelic musos from Japan. together, like Ferrante and Teicher, but one Tokyo is superb, with overdriven, piano with Pang and Yu sitting together. reverb-drenched guitars, dramatic wild- Their hands were weaving above and below Livin’ in the ‘70s west vignettes and songs influenced by one another in intricate, well-choreographed Sam Shepherd, Patti Smith, Marianne movements. If you are feeling discomfited by the Metro tunnelling, take heart, it Faithfull and Cormac McCarthy. The coda sounded like two mountaineers On Thursday, September 6, Ikinger racing one another – rushing up a Swiss has all happened before. with The Silver Bells performed a mountain. Delightful. The ANAM musicians majority of songs from Tokyo on Michael are the best of the up-and-coming classical Back in the ‘70s the City Loop was built pants. Mulholland’s excellent Junkyard radio musicians and are always entertaining. with the first sod being turned in 1971 and The protests were many and varied show on 3PBS. They played live in Studio Melbourne’s astral progressive space rock Flagstaff Station not opening until 1985. including the battle for Alexandra Parade, 5. machine, Alithia has just released its new This photo was taken around 1970 just the Esso pipe-line across Port Phillip Bay Part of a set list: Gin No Suzu/ Tokyo album The Moon Has Fallen and some say prior to the city loop being built. The and the fight against the F19 Freeway. City/ Ride On Cowboy/ Southern Man/ it is the best material yet. They have a cult photographer, Horrie Lee Archer, is standing Residents’ action groups and historical Tsunami/ Get Away Car – many great following in France and Eastern Europe and in LaTrobe St west of its intersection with societies sprang to life in the late 1960s and heart songs. their tribal rock is worth investigating. Catch Elizabeth St. early 1970s, usually prompted by concerns Ikinger has a Gargantua and them if you can before they head overseas Horrie has trained his lens eastwards for local heritage buildings, environment or Pantagruel feel in her vocal delivery – again. towards the dome of the State Library of community. poison berry Zelda-esque, imbued with Every year, the first words of Melbourne Victoria and the Coop shot tower with the Melbourne, of course, is no stranger to a Francois Villon sensibility and a real International Arts Festival come from those Manchester Unity Oddfellows building to its crowds of people gathering together to Motor City rock vibe. who have carried this land’s stories the rear. You can also see the ANZ Bank, cleared express their support for a particular cause. I recall Ikinger singing a compelling longest – the First Peoples of Melbourne. land and buildings being demolished for What marked the protests of the 1970s Maid of Orleans at the Builders Arms Tanderrum is a ceremony bringing the Melbourne City Loop (and the later was their scale, diversity and frequency. Hotel. Ikinger songs have a great capacity together the Wurundjeri/Woiwurrung, Melbourne Central development). You can The largest of the protests were the Vietnam for building momentum. They are songs Boon Wurrung, Taungurung, Wadawurrung just see a hoarding advertising the City Loop Moratoriums of 1970 and 1971, and possibly about silhouettes and shadows ... and Dja Dja Wurrung language groups of on the Elizabeth St corner. the Labor rallies after the Whitlam Dismissal She tips her hat to the magnificent the Eastern Kulin Nation – a ceremony of Of the three new stations built for the in 1975. Environmental protests also Chrissy Amphlett by including on the celebration that reaches across Aboriginal City Loop, Museum Station (now called attracted large-scale support, particularly the Japanese version of Tokyo (Kerosene time. Melbourne Central) was the only one anti-uranium mining demonstrations. Records) an extra song, a cover version It is a welcome ceremony for the artists, built using the cut and cover method in Marches usually drew in a wide spectrum of Divinyls Boys In Town. Amphlett, of audience and the community of the a 26 metre-deep box, while Flagstaff and of groups, with many of these groups course, interviewed Ikinger on the Electra Melbourne International Arts festival. It Parliament were excavated using mining supporting a variety of causes. Debate documentary. In terms of sonic textural is happening on Wednesday, October 3 at methods. During the excavation of Museum was sometimes vociferous and sometimes DNA, the start of Beasts of Bourbon’s Federation Square. station, LaTrobe St and its tram tracks were obscure. Something to Lean On from their Low temporarily relocated in 1973 to the south Although a “decade” is a convenient way Road album is a true signpost for Penny Gigs/Shows onto the site of what is now the Melbourne of thinking about the past, in reality constant Ikinger’s music. ■■ Wednesday, October 3 - Tanderrum, Central Shopping Centre, and was moved change makes pinpointing beginnings and On September 4, two pianists from Federation Square back in 1978. The shot tower, with its heritage endings rather more complex. So, for many the Australian National Academy Music ■■ Sunday arvos in October - Blues sessions listing was left teetering on a pedestal while of those looking back, there is a certain (ANAM) performed a program of Claude at Cherry Bar all around was excavated. nostalgia for the time when they were young Debussy’s music at Scots Church, on the ■■ Saturday, September 6 - Kenny Wayne Coop’s shot tower (1889) of course is now and taking on the world. “Their” canvas will corner of Russell and Collins streets, as Shepherd – Forum Theatre encased in Melbourne Central’s glass cone be the events that shaped their lives. part of a musical matinee series. ■■ Sunday, October 7 - Jen Cloher, Melbas – and its fascinating history can be found on Today, traffic spews into Alexandra Parade Maggie Pang opened proceedings with Spiegeltent line at www.melbournecentral.com.au/ from the F19 (Eastern Freeway) and the the Suite Bergamasque. There are four ■■ Max Headroom Archive, Spencer P Jones our-heritage community that fought so bravely to keep movements here, and the third Claire de Show – 3RRR The 1970s in Melbourne were much more its peace has been fractured. Melbourne’s Lune would be most familiar to listeners. ■■ Friday, October 26 - Shapeshifter (NZ) than the building of the City Loop. They citizens have embraced many social and Titled after a Paul Verlaine poem and – 170 Russell were a time when there was optimism that cultural changes during the turbulent in 9/8 meter, Pang was supreme in the strength in numbers could effect change seventies and this vibrant city will embrace pianissimo sections. Sublime. although many battles which were waged many more. Composed by Debussy in 1890, the year were lost against large-scale development. This exhibition invites you to look back the great Carbine won the Melbourne On the economic front, unemployment and reminisce! Cup, and published in 1905, the third was at 1.8 per cent in 1970. A turbulent Putting it out there: Melbourne in the 1970s movement’s original title was Promenade decade for the economy, including a mid- Royal Historical Society of Victoria Sentimentale. decade recession, pushed this figure up to 6 239 A’Beckett St, Melbourne Jennifer Yu followed, performing per cent in 1980. Mon-Fri 9am - 5pm. Danseuses de Delphes and Voiles and she An exhibition, Putting it out there: [email protected] had the scope, facility, firepower and Melbourne in the 1970s, curated by Zoe temperament to produce scintillating Henderson at the Royal Historical Society fireworks on the keyboard. Both pianists of Victoria, sets out to capture some of the concluded the program with Printemps Chris Mineral many faces and moods of Melbourne in the for piano for four hands. Rosemary Cameron email: 1970s – from bold colours and strident voices & Zoe Henderson Debussys inspiration for Printemps was [email protected] to thoughtful discussion and sparkling Royal Historical Society the Sandro Botticelli painting Primavera creativity, from Sharpie cool to crocheted hot of Victoria (1482) via a Jules Barbier poem. The 28 CBD NEWS ISSUE 47

Residents 3000 AGM with a difference. Residents 3000 welcomed Sally Capp, Mayor of the City of Melbourne to its AGM followed by a serenading accordionist and refreshments.

Sally Capp let residents know the initiatives she has been able to encourage, since being elected to office last May. Residents sought a progress report on the three most pressing issues that impact life in the city. These were: ■■ Building design improvements that allow for adequate public amenity, minimal environmental impact and pleasing aesthetics; ■■ Measures to alleviate the plight of homeless people in the city; and ■■ Intelligent management of city waste collection and recycling. President, John Dall’Amico gave his final annual report, as this year, he would not be standing for re-election. The committee represented by the vice president, thanked John for leading the association over the past five years. There have been many innovative initiatives under John’s able, business-like approach and with the help of Photo courtesy of Inside Melbourne and Sanjeev Singh. his committee, the organisation has grown Susan Saunders steadily. vice president Our accordionist was Dave Evans who 3000” events on the first Thursday of every Melbourne still refer the city centre as the Ph: 0412 566 606 has been playing professionally for 30 years. month – 6.30pm at the Kelvin Club on CBD? Or will they refer to the CBRD! The email: sue@residents3000. He can be seen busking outside Parliament Melbourne Place. Members are encouraged Central Business and Residential District. com.au Station and other popular locations. He to bring along guests who after getting to took up accordion when he was just seven know the group, often decide to join. They years old to avoid having the share the family too become committed to our aims and want piano with his sister. Dave plays in several to help. bands including The Band Who Knew Too From time to time we arrange “3000 Steps” Much at the Union Hotel in Brunswick. informative walks around the city covering Occasionally Dave plays in stage shows notable sites, interesting small businesses such as War Horse in 2013. He serenaded and the history of secret places and the us with special “after AGM” music while we buildings we visit. Top Class socialised and ate the delicious sandwiches, Then there are our famous trivia nights hand-made on the night, by the talented where we test what you have learned! (ha Kelvin Club staff. ha!). Do you know the date Melbourne Day See more about Dave at inside. is held each year? melbourne/dave-evans-busker- We interact with local businesses through melbourne/ City Precinct and consider ourselves partners with the City of Melbourne by Should you become a part of participating with ideas and feedback from Residents 3000? the resident’s point of view. The AGM is an example of what Residents Residents 3000 makes a special effort to be 3000 is all about! We are a community group active on social media. We have our website, who can conduct a formal AGM, learn about www.residents3000.com.au. We are active the latest from Melbourne’s new Lord Mayor on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. and then settle into a good modicum of We connect with other community socialising to catch up on the local gossip groups like EastEnders who hold a regular and happenings in the CBD. coffee morning every third Tuesday of the People who join our group make the CBD month. We also connect via our sponsors their home and intend to stay for quite a who represent different types of services that while. A number of current members have residents need while living a central city life. lived in the CBD for over 20 years! Our Support come with getting to know your members are committed to the convenience neighbours, who in time become new and richness of central city life. friends. It is through community and our They may be baby boomers and empty interaction with others that people gain a open 24/7 | nesters who move in from the suburbs for feeling of belonging, enjoyment and warmth. the culture and the efficient way of living. Or Dave Evans' comment below says it all … they are upwardly mobile, no kids people “But the inner city has changed a lot. sexy & wild | who want give-back to the community and When I first started coming here, it was lights help make Melbourne an even greater place out by 6pm. Everyone would go home and genuine escorts | to live. there was nothing going on afterwards. It Residents 3000 people tend to be highly was all designed for business. There were a skilled, passionate and capable individuals few pubs and clubs, but no one lived in the who make time to help in shaping the city. And within 20 or so years, everyone is central city and thus, through their work, piling in here. It’s crazy! No. It’s not crazy. It’s help the community as a whole. great!” Our motto is to “INFORM | CONNECT | SUPPORT” people living in the CBD. It’s the CBRD? We inform by holding regular “Forum So, in the future, will the people of ISSUE 47 CBD NEWS 29

公众意愿和私企意愿相悖 撰稿Meg Hill 开发商未能 不满的墨尔本人于9月19日聚集在墨市联 解决车运计划 邦广场，抗议计划更换联邦广场的其中一 个建筑来建立苹果旗舰店。 墨尔本市政议会作出了一个令当地居 集会是由“墨尔本公民”组织的， 民满意的决定，没有同意开发商的 特邀演讲者包括全国文物信托机构首席执 提案，让他们回到他们的设计图板进 行官西蒙·安布罗斯(Simon Ambrose)、 行修改，直到能为进出市区的卡车运 绿党议员罗汉·莱珀特(Rohan Leppert) 输和废物收集提出更好的方案计划为 和维多利亚社会党候选人斯蒂芬·乔利 止。 (Stephen Jolly)。 Steadfast Capital有限公司已 2017年末，州政府宣布了这个旗舰店 经申请了重新开发一个包含8栋建筑 的建造计划，引起了极大的愤怒。 的地块许可，该地块位于伯克街商场 公众强烈反对在联邦广场给这家跨国 和小柯林斯街之间的步行拱廊周围。 巨头公司留出这个空间，这可是墨尔本市 拉瑞·帕森斯(Larry Parsons) 仅存的少数公共文化空间之一。 顾问于9月18日向未来墨尔本委员会 事实上，这个计划是在没有经过公众 提出了一项积极的建议，要求规划厅 咨询的情况下秘密制定的，因而激起了公 长理查德·韦恩(Richard Wynne)给 众的愤怒。 予开发商“信心”，以继续完善其提 自那以后，墨尔本公民组织针对这些 案。 计划发起了一场以社区为中心的运动。 帕森斯先生说:“为了要继续下 集会主持人布雷特·德·赫特(Brett 去，我们需要得到批准的提案，我们 De Hoedt)首先问集会群众:“如果我来 意识到州政府目前正处于停顿期，而 问你们，这是谁的城市，你们会怎么 我们还要继续工作，我们将会仔细研 说？”, 一个强有力的回答“我们的城 究细节，但我们需要寻求这样的信心 市”！ 来做到这一点。”。 当他问到“这是谁的广场？人群回 但议员们希望在他们同意这项 答:“我们的广场。” 提案之前，首先解决影响联盟小巷 墨尔本公民组织成员迈克尔·史密斯 （Union Lane）完整性的问题。 (Michael Smith)告诉本报，这个联邦广 虽然开发商最近对每天要进出市 场还具有国家的意义。 区的卡车数量进行了大量下调，但副 “联邦广场的这些建筑是维多利亚 小巷禁区 市长埃伦•伍德(Arron Wood)提出了 州纳税人花了很多钱（4.67亿澳元）建造 一项挑战，可能根本不需要垃圾车。 的，我们认为不应该拆除其中的一栋建 撰稿 Shane Scanlan “我们必须对在街上工作的一线 他问道：“废物管理问题至关 筑，把它变成某个公司一种荣耀的零售 合规工作人员进行风险评估，以保障 重要，所以，无论是40多辆卡车还是 店。” 墨尔本市政宣布了不让其市政合规工 他们的安全。” 22辆卡车，你们是否考虑过在市中心 全国文物信托机构的首席执行官西 作人员进入一个公共巷道，因为在那 “在这种情况下，我们的工作人 尝试利用这一限制来推动一项创新？ 蒙·安布罗斯在集会上发表了重要的抗议 儿他们感受到来自露宿者的威胁。 员已经做出了最佳判断，并判定该地 我们是否能在市中心实现零废物开发 讲话。这个机构今年提名联邦广场作为遗 当地法律团队的主管考斯莫· 区不安全，无法进行调查工作。” 吗？” 产保护广场，并于8月授予临时身份，有 卡纳奇迪斯（Kosmo Kanatsidis）在 “占据巷道的露宿者(无家可归 “每天卡车进城，装垃圾，然后 效期至2018年底。 给当地居民的一个电子邮件中表示， 者)也让工作人员很难进入，因为我 运走——这是一个已经存在了数百年 这项遗产保护提案也是由于墨尔本市 他已经确定路特里奇巷(Rutledge 们的工作人员感受到威胁。一名工作 的系统。那么，你们有没有考虑过做 地铁隧道工程，这个工程的进行过程也是 Lane)对他的工作人员来说太危险 人员在他履行职责的过程中有人把咖 一些非常壮观的创新，来真正改进废 对联邦广场的威胁。 了，无法进入。 啡洒在他身上。” 物管理系统？” “我们支持全国文物信托机构的努 卡纳奇迪斯先生于9月20日对居 泰迪先生联系到本报街头艺术 在回答另一位议员提出的问题 力，考虑将雅拉建筑和联邦广场作为一个 民马克·泰迪（Mark Tidy）说，“ 专栏作家阿德里安·道尔(Adrian 时，曾担任维州发展审批和城市设计 整体列入遗产保护名录，这是对整个社会 我认定在此巷道进行任何工作都具有 Doyle)，对市政的评估表示惊讶。 总监的帕森斯先生在谈及市内卡车出 和建筑重要意义的认可。” 高风险”。 泰迪先生说，我对路特里奇巷被 入时说：“这一切都是在管理计划设 “我们也在努力制定一个联邦广场的 泰迪先生正在就垃圾管理问题寻 宣布为“不安全”巷道而感到震惊， 计中，市中心卡车运输发生在午夜至 大众计划，这与其说是一个设计，倒不如 求市政的协助。 他说，对市政声称 事实上，在校儿童、国内外游客、居 早晨7点30分之间，这个时段不应该 说是对具有国家意义的建筑进行适当管理 巷道不安全感到震惊。 民、本地人、附近餐馆的工作人员及 与行人发生冲突”。这也流露出了他 的建议。” 卡纳奇迪斯先生写道：“市政街 公众一般每天都去参观并穿越这个巷 并不顾及市区住宅居民所敏感的问 维多利亚州政府计划于2019年开始这 道合规工作人员多次前往上述地点， 道，然而墨尔本市政却宣布了该巷道 题。 项旗舰店的工程，迄今为止拒绝放弃这个 并观察到有个人行为缺乏约束，且具 对其工作人员来说“不安全”。 有争议的计划。 有潜在威胁性。”

墨市中心尚未需要毒品注射室 -- 佩顿 Haileybury评上澳大利亚最佳学校 黑利伯瑞(Haileybury)学校这次被授 在NAPLAN的所有类别（阅读， 撰稿 David Schout 曼的这个设施是“绝对成功”的，并 予澳大利亚教育奖，评为澳大利亚年 写作，拼写，语法和标点符号以及算 且根据需求，以后可以扩大“30%”。 度学校，并且还获得了年度私立小学 术）测试中，该校3年级的NAPLAN平 根据理性党(Reason Party)议员佩顿 维州住房和心理健康厅厅长马 的称号。 均分数超过了全国5年级学生的平均 (Fiona Patten)的说法，目前就市中 丁·福利(Martin Foley)说，2017年 黑利伯瑞首席执行官兼校长德 NAPLAN水平。 心(CBD)的吸毒程度而言，并不需要建 12月通过的立法清楚地表明，为期两 里克•斯科特(Derek Scott)表示，该 全国认字和算术评估计划在11年 立一个有医疗监督的毒品注射室。 年的试点将只在维多利亚州的一个地 奖项反映了我们学校对所有校区的教 前就开始了，用于测试澳大利亚在校 墨尔本市是维多利亚州人均吸毒 点进行。 师、学生和家长的教育承诺。 的3年级、5年级、7年级和9年级学生 过量的第三大地方区域。 但是雅拉(Yarra)毒品和健康论 斯科特先生说：“这个奖项是对 的核心识字和算术技能。 但是佩顿女士说，具有争议的 坛的执行官员格雷格·登汉姆(Greg 我们学校杰出的教学和领导团队、我 该校一直位于澳大利亚前10名完 北利士曼(North Richmond)有这样的 Denham)说，如果需要的话，该立法可 们学生的努力学习和家长们的大力支 成学业的小学和前10名对男女生开放 需求，因为在刚开始的两个月里处理 以随时修改。 持是一个极大的认可。” 的中学。 了140名吸毒过量者，而没有蔓延到 登汉姆先生说：“全世界有100多 “学校的存在只有一个原因，那 今年，3年级、5年级和7年级学生 CBD。 个毒品安全注射室(DCR)，其中许多位 就是为学生提供良好的教育和成果。 中，有20％的人参加了异常有利的网 她对本报说：“根据我的经验， 于中心商业区。” 这也反映了那些学习出色学生的辛勤 上写作试点。然而该校学生并没有参 我在CBD看不到像在北利士曼那样多的 “包括哥本哈根城市在内的一些 努力。” 加这个试点，但在写作书面形式上仍 公开吸毒现象。” 城市有不止一个DCR来满足当地服毒的 此外，该学校在澳洲英语和数学 然表现出色。 “研究显示，最重要的是需要和 市场需求。如果墨尔本CBD被确定为也 全国统考(NAPLAN)的各个级别和类别 黑利伯瑞3年级学生的写作成绩超 想要毒品的地方。北利士曼符合这一 符合有这个安全注射设施的需求，那 的测试中表现出色。 过类似学校5年级的水平，超过全国7 情况，而CBD则没那么严重。” 么它可以与北利士曼的设施共存。” 9年级的平均算术成绩为691，就 年级的平均水平。该校3年级语法和标 佩顿女士是维州建立第一个安全 几年的教学使该校的学生在全国平均 点符号成绩也超过全国7年级的平均水 毒品注射室的关键人物，她说北利士 水平之上，获得了99分。 平。 30 CBD NEWS ISSUE 47 WHAT’S ON COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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When a stranger arrives in town he seeks out a place of comfort where he can slowly acclimatise to the culture of a new place.

Ben Lloyd is down from Sydney and he’s Tan, in LaTrobe Street for Social Science staying at the Windsor. Where’s the best Week, says not to worry. Anthropologists place for a coffee? look at similarities as well as differences.

He follows his nose and pops into Cafe “Almond milk, hemp milk … we haven’t let Excello in Spring St. go of our dependency on the idea of milk. “I like it here,” he says. “It’s an old school What does this say about the individual’s kind of place like my cafe in Sydney which search for meaning?” has signs out the front saying no soy milk Cafe Excello is not as radical as Bar Italian and cash only.” in Leichardt. They offer soy milk and accept There would be few coffee outlets in cards, which now account for 70 per cent Melbourne’s CBD that would dare to upset of their business. Public servants in the city consumers in this way. Lactose intolerance come here for their takeaways. There’s no is an affliction and there are political need for marketing. The quality of a brew ramifications about animal welfare as well. spreads word of mouth. A regular costs $3.50 and that speaks for itself. Over old favourites, fried eggs on toast and French toast, we talk about the ins and outs With takeaways now costing up to $6, of hospitality. Mr Lloyd is down for the Fine particularly at cafes that claim to be able Food Show at the Convention Centre and he to alter your brain chemistry, all eyes are has a particular barrow to push. macadamia milk that is “designed to texture way into the news pages of the New Yorker. turned on the latest coffee outlet to hit and stretch with coffee”. There’s a new way of Coffee comes with a choice of cow, soy, Broadsheet, Guild in the State Library, which Cafe Excello offers what other more hip printing art scenes on your latte. Natural is macadamia, oat and almond milk with hemp opened last week. places have sacrificed, he says – a cosy the buzz word. milk on the horizon. setting in which a stranger can reach out The owner, pictured in white in the lead- for advice. The staff are approachable and I meet Mr Lloyd next to a stand making pop Coffee critics who recount stories about up to the opening, runs the Almond Milk friendly. When I ask for brown bread, the cheese. “I like to imagine my food coming the various properties of each of the milks Company. Pressure is already mounting. A waitress says: “Yes my darling.” from its place of production,” he explained. often sound like zealots. Are vegans using refillable cup, aimed at vegan scholars in the “The less stages in that path the better.” marketing tools to push their cause? Are we library who might need multiple top-ups The Fine Food Show is agog with new afraid of them? during the day, will cost $20. developments on the coffee front, some There have never been so many choices of of which might appeal to vegans. There is milk. An oat milk shortage recently made its Deakin University anthropologist Dr Gillian That must be a world record.