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<title><![CDATA[A mermaid's tale]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE global "mermaiding" trend is making a splash in Melbourne.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 06:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Food review: Royal Hotel Clifton Hill]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Mary-Jane Daffy finds pub grub and modern meals fit for a king in Clifton Hill.  
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 01:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Labor, Greens announce candidates for Melbourne seat]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Two City of Melbourne councillors will face off for the state seat of Melbourne, with Greens and Labor announcing pre-selections for the coming byelection.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 06:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Storeys cut short after battle]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[
EAST RICHMOND residents have won their battle over height limits at the former Channel Nine site.
Lend Lease submitted revised plans to Yarra council last month, lowering the maximum height fro]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor-General visits Citymission]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AUSTRALIAN Governor-General Quentin Bryce devoted Mothers’ Day afternoon to Melbourne’s young homeless, with a visit to Melbourne Citymission’s Youth Precinct.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 02:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Open the dome: Making an exhibition of itself]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A COMMUNITY campaign to reopen the Royal Exhibition Building dome is closer to reality, with $20 million allocated in the federal budget to restore and develop the site.  
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 20:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Preview: Winter People]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[WINTER People includes two violinists and five vocalists, who exude syrupy vocals with a folk, rock, pop sensibility.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Melbourne's nil rates rise hides big income boost]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[RATEPAYERS in the City of Melbourne were gifted with a zero per cent rate rise in the council's draft budget, but that does not mean a freeze on the amount of rates paid. 
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Melbourne byelection: Greens to pick from three]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[SONNY Neale is the latest prospective politician to nominate for Greens preselection ahead of a by-election for the state seat of Melbourne.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Metropolis: Butt out of business, councillors]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[IN light of the trend of late to deliver querulous news to bar flies – sales and impending sales of the East Brunswick Club, The Rose Hotel and now the Night Cat – someone has proposed to do something about it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Metropolis: Technicolour yawn]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE Pixel Building on Queensberry Street, Carlton, has the dubious title of ninth ugliest building in the world, according to a web poll reported by Reuters.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Metropolis: Sorry folks, this bird’s gotta fly]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BRUNSWICK bars of note are falling like dominoes and this time it’s the turn of Phoenix Public Hous.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[See & Do: What's on around town]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[CHECK out the best of what’s happening around town.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Preview: Victorian Opera Presents Midnight Son]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A MELBOURNE murder inspires opera.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Preview: Henry IV Part One]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A MODERN  look at the party boy who grew up to be a king.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Dark Shadows]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A SPELL apart would work wonders for film's odd couple, writes Sinead Stubbins.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[My Voice: Ancilla Zulu]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Spectrum Immigration Services is celebrating its fifth anniversary. Reservoir resident Ancilla Zulu discusses how the program helped her family.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Double blow for East-West road link]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A STATE Government plan for an East-West road link through the inner north has been dealt two blows.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Keith Haring mural kept behind bars]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE unique Keith Haring mural in Collingwood has been covered ahead of construction works on new Circus Oz headquarters.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Paul D. Carter: Man for all seasons]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE winner of the 2012 Vogel Award kicks a lifelong goal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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