First Edition for 2010
14 DECEMBER 2009 TO 24 FEBRUARY 2010
HEADLINES
- Cabinet mini-shuffle
- Our train/tram/bus tickets
- Water relief
- Bushfire conclusions seeping out
- Coastal planning challenges
- Geelong councillor conflict of interest
- New Altona MP supports Bulldogs
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Christmas/Summer Holidays Edition
MID-NOVEMBER TO MID-DECEMBER 2009
HEADLINES
- Anti-corruption commission, maybe
- The Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne
- Brown coal off the agenda (for now)
- 150 new tables for Crown, $10m for problem gamblers
- Victoria’s most vulnerable not protected
- Alcohol fight long term
- Robert Doyle one year on
- Goodbye Connex/Yarra Trams, hello MTM/KDR
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Issue 149
MID-OCTOBER to MID-NOVEMBER 2009
Early Summer Edition
- Baillieu reshuffles frontbench, introduces policy
- Fire season started
- Romsey’s gaming win
- Victorian coal in spotlight
- 3a to stay
- National government coastal planning focus
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Issue 148
MID-SEPTEMBER to MID-OCTOBER 2009
Good Spring Rain Edition
Good rains. Dams filling- Spring Racing Carnival kicks off
- Melbourne Business School avoids merger with Melbourne Uni
- Brumby gives Queen Victorian tartan
- Hurried preparations for upcoming fire season
- ‘Fully automated gaming tables’ for Crown
- Madden the state builder
- Rialto getting a makeover
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Issue 147
MID-AUGUST to MID-SEPTEMBER 2009
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Royal Melbourne Show / Grand Final Edition
This month Letter from Melbourne has a special insert for ‘The Green Business’, a half-day Forum on Tuesday the 13th of October presented by the Australian Greens.
- Brimbank council out
- Bushfire revelations continue
- Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Business School at Melbourne Uni
- Yarra Park (non)debate
- Dams low. More Thomson river water extraction. What?
- Gaming grows
- Many suggestions but no answer to alcohol problems
- Sprawl debate continues
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Issue 146
13 JULY to 12 AUGUST 2009
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Another Winter Edition
- Desal tender awarded
- Birth of a new health department
- Melbourne’s Big M
- The normal City violence
- Small Business Month
- Melbourne Recital Centre struggling
- Our Windsor Hotel
Plus VIEWPOINT: State of Disaster.
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Issue 145
10 JUNE to 12 JULY 2009
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Winter Escape Edition
HEADLINES
- The bushfires. Rees under fire
- Bon voyage Connex. Bonjour MTR
- Victorians of the year
- Grand prix pit stop argument
- Water project figures going Downie the drain
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Issue 144
7 MAY to 9 JUNE 2009
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Winter Edition
HEADLINES
- Brimbank council
- Bushfire story unfolds
- Yes to bush water trading
- More tables at Crown
- New convention centre open
- Vale some golden oldies
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Issue 143
MID-APRIL to MID-MAY 2009
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Autumn Edition
HEADLINES
- Anzac Day, as ever
- Bad Hospital data
- Paris bikes at last
- Bushfire Budget commitment
- Gaming best if you are big
- No liquor leadership
- Planning minister stepping on councils
- Water project criticisms
- Farmers Federation thinning
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Issue 142
22 FEBRUARY TO 6 APRIL 2009
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Autumn Edition
HEADLINES
- Bushfire toll falls from 210 to 173
- Bushfire royal commission starts slowly
- Iconic Bracks The Bar to our Gallery
- Hospital queues in the news
- Collins Street run down
- Clearway changes shop friendlier
- New Frankston bypass
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