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Heroin overdoses surge in Melbourne as health services struggle to cope

Victorian capital’s CBD recorded most fatal heroin overdoses in country between 2020 and 2022, with 12,000 syringe kits now handed out each month

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Cask wine sales ban trialled at Adelaide CBD bottle shops to curb alcohol-fuelled violence

A trial ban on takeaway cask wine sales at Adelaide CBD liquor outlets is being closely monitored by authorities including police and the state government, with authorities to meet this week to determine if it remains in place.

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Calls for drug rehabilitation centre in Broken Hill grow amid concerns over dirty needles in public spaces

Calls are mounting for a Broken Hill drug rehabilitation centre after complaints from local residents about dirty needles being left in the CBD. Council workers say they're finding hundreds every day.

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Police investigate stabbing of security guard at City Cross Arcade in Adelaide's CBD

SA Police says a security guard was stabbed when he tried to stop four suspected thieves at a sports store at City Cross Arcade on Friday.

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Experts urge Victoria to provide promised CBD safe injecting room or risk further harm to vulnerable people

Andrews government bought a Flinders Street site for $40.3m in 2021 but it has sat empty since

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Melburnians hanging onto hybrid working routine

More Melburnians are coming back to their CBD offices two or three days a week, but the number of people working on-site five days has dropped significantly.

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Western Sydney council's developer deal paves way for Charlie Teo-backed hospital

Blacktown Council agrees to sell a large part of its CBD to developers, with plans for the site including a private hospital and research centre backed by controversial neurosurgeon Charlie Teo.

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Revitalising Perth's CBD a 'team game' amid calls to lower commercial rents in empty spaces

There is widespread agreement that the city centre needs more residents, businesses and foot traffic but considerable disagreement on the best way to encourage people to come back.

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Ongoing high levels of alcohol intoxication and harm in Newcastle's CBD can't be whitewashed

What has the government got to hide?

Newcastle Herald

Kiwi tech success story becomes the face of Chris Hipkins' workforce crisis

Never mind the chief executives and TV cameras in the CBD – it was a small business grouping in west Auckland that had the new Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister as a captive audience, to talk through the challenges for struggling employers. Jonathan Milne reports.

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City CBDs were hammered by COVID-19. Will they make a comeback as life returns to normal?

Three years since the pandemic began, the centres of our big cities are still struggling to find a new identity and business model amid the boom in working from home.

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Melbourne’s injecting room delay puts lives at risk as heroin overdoses spike in CBD

Stalled progress on the city’s second safe-injecting facility is heaping pressure on community health professionals

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NT Attorney-General says government is listening to desperate calls for Alice Springs crime action

NT Attorney-General Chansey Paech says his government is discussing a range of "realistic ideas and solutions" with the community to "reclaim the CBD at night".

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Darwin CBD retailer Paul Arnold installs panic room in his store as others report being punched, grabbed by drunken itinerants

Retailers in Darwin's CBD say crime among drunken itinerants is "out of control", prompting calls for a stronger police presence.

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The night Ipswich CBD lost its department-store heartbeat through a massive fire

In August 1985 Ipswich suffered one of its greatest losses when a fire ripped through department store Reids. It was a blow that the city's CBD has struggled to recover from.

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New commercial development delivers a first for Newcastle CBD

The building will include approximately 30 office spaces.

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Nine teens arrested after police raid Franklin Street hotel room in Adelaide's CBD

Nine teenagers are arrested after police raid an Adelaide hotel room, allegedly finding drugs and weapons.

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Police investigating Wellington Street death of woman in Perth CBD charge Newman man

A 27-year-old Newman man is due to face court after being charged over the death of a 24-year-old woman on Wellington Street in Perth.

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Homicide squad investigating after woman dies in Perth CBD, man arrested

Homicide squad detectives are investigating after a 24-year-old woman was found dead after allegedly being assaulted in Perth's CBD in the early hours of the morning, with a man assisting police with their inquiries.

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Landmark Alice Springs pub Monte's Lounge to close down after venue relentlessly targeted by criminals

Monte's Lounge in Alice Springs will call last drinks later this month, as its owners prepare to permanently shut the landmark pub due to what they say is an unwinnable battle against crime.

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Hobart council calls on UTAS to pause campus move to CBD until new community consultation done

The Hobart City Council will write to the University of Tasmania calling on it to pause "all activities pertaining to its proposed campus relocation" from Sandy Bay into the Hobart CBD.

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Melbourne tram stop roof gardens planned to increase CBD greenery

Drought-tolerant plants evoking the grasslands that once covered Melbourne will grow from the roofs of some of the city's tram stops in an attempt to reintroduce greenery to the bustling CBD.

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Wollongong distillery creates urban farm to grow garnishes, reduce hospitality green waste

An urban farm in Wollongong's CBD is taking 500 litres of commercial organic waste a week and growing fruits and herbs to give a distillery a flavoursome point of difference.

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NT Police sending 40 additional officers to Alice Springs on Wednesday night as crime continues to rise

Residents urged to stay out of the Alice Springs CBD on Wednesday night, as stolen cars cause mayhem in the main streets.

The Conversation

How superblocks can free up and improve CBD space for the people of Melbourne – a step-by-step guide

For 185 years, Melbourne’s Hoddle Grid – the ordered layout of CBD streets and blocks designed in 1837 – has dictated the flow of people and vehicles in the city centre. But how well does the grid serve 21st-century needs?

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