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Category Archive: Business

Kickstarting the city: How to revive Melbourne’s CBD

People looking at street art in Hosier Lane, Melbourne.
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How can we bring life back to the heart of Australia’s most liveable city? This is the latest […]

October 21, 2020 Business, design, environment, Food, Gardens, Health, Issues, Lifestyle

How will covid change our homes?

A suburban home in inner Melbourne
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The latest in a series of articles I’m writing for RACV RoyalAuto is about how the pandemic may […]

October 12, 2020 Business, design, environment, Health, Lifestyle, Science, Uncategorized

East Gippsland calling

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Bonang Road, Orbost, after bushfire moved through the area. Photo: Greg Briggs. I’m proud to have contributed to […]

February 21, 2020 environment, Food, Issues, Lifestyle, tourism, Travel writing

Royal Auto cover – Who will save the Great Ocean Road?

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My story about tourism, development and the natural environment on the Great Ocean Road came out in RACV’s […]

October 25, 2019 environment, Issues, News, tourism, Transport

Melbourne’s pedestrian crush

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I enjoyed researching and writing this feature for the April-May edition of RoyalAuto magazine (and with great pics […]

April 11, 2019 Business, environment, Issues, Lifestyle, News, Transport

Dame Edna’s hometown up for international environmental award

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The City of Moonee Valley is up for an international award for its plan to plant 30 per […]

February 11, 2019 Business, environment, Lifestyle, News, real estate

My TWR cover story on ‘daggy’ Melbourne

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  Last week I had my first cover story in The Weekly Review. Exploring the idea of ‘daggy’ […]

March 8, 2018 Issues, Lifestyle, real estate

The Weekly Review

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I’m pleased to report that I’ve joined the regular contributing team at The Weekly Review, a lifestyle and property […]

February 26, 2018 Business, Lifestyle

Homebuyers placing a premium on ‘walkability’

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By Peter Barrett When random breath tests for alcohol were introduced in Victoria in the late 1970s one […]

September 23, 2017 real estate

A potted history of Melbourne warehouse conversions

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Fitzroy, Richmond and Collingwood have been hot spots for warehouse conversions since the 1990s. Photo: Jessica Shapiro JLS. By […]

June 27, 2017 Business, Lifestyle, real estate

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