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    State Library Victoria Is Almost Ready to Unveil Its Full Multimillion-Dollar Makeover

    After almost five years of planning and construction, the CBD site will reopen this December.

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    Newmarket's Rooftop Dining and Entertainment Precinct Is Set to Open in October

    Including a German-style bier hall, a legendary ramen chain and a casual Peruvian-style eatery.

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    Five Game-Changers Who Started Their Own Businesses — and the Lessons They Learned

    Hear from five Aussies who've taken the plunge and built super successful businesses.

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    The Localist: Eastern Suburbs

    The east enjoys a prime location in that sweet spot between the buzz of the inner city and the wide leafy streets of the suburbs.

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    Where to Shop Like a Local In and Around Prahran

    Look no further than the inner east for the best grocers, new and vintage fashion, books, music and eclectic homewares.

  • Guide

    Where to Shop Like a Local In and Around Fitzroy

    Fitzroy is known for its vintage stores and coffee shops — but its retail offering covers homewares, shaving equipment and croissants, too.

  • News

    IKEA Is Currently Streaming the 14-Day Ship Journey That Its Products Take to Australia

    It's designed to help viewers get to sleep — and you can watch it on the huge furniture retailer's new Slow TV YouTube channel.

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    Seven Things to Eat, See, Buy and Do at The Big Design Market in Sydney

    From tasty vegan ice cream to lovingly handcrafted ceramics.

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    We're Giving Away Two Passes to Australia's Largest Classic Car Exhibition

    Celebrate beautiful, vintage and incredibly rare automobiles in VIP style — on us.

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    Ocean Invaders Is the Interactive and Luminous New Jellyfish Exhibition Floating Into Melbourne Aquarium

    You'll be able to get up close and personal with swarms of jellyfish at this new million-dollar Sea Life exhibition when it launches in summer.

  • News

    Open House Brisbane 2019 Will Let You Explore 119 Buildings Over One Huge Weekend

    Explore the apartments located inside the Walter Taylor Bridge, step inside the Old Windmill Tower or wander behind the scenes at GOMA.

  • News

    Australia's Biggest Muji Store Has Just Opened in Chadstone

    Make yourself a coffee and explore the store's huge range of stationery, homewares and clothes — or do a workshop (just like in Japan).

  • News

    The Stunning New Marrickville Library Is Home to 85,000 Books and a Huge Garden

    It's opened inside the historic former Marrickville Hospital building.

  • News

    Swedish Outdoors Brand Fjallraven Has Opened Its First Sydney Store

    You can now shop those miniature Kanken backpacks IRL (while sipping free coffee).

  • News

    German Supermarket Chain Has Plans to Open Three Huge Queensland Stores

    The retail giant has plans to open stores in Toowoomba, Morayfield and the Gold Coast.

  • News

    A Life-Size, Custom-Made Lego Version of Your Dog Is a Thing You Could Own

    Legoland is offering one lucky dog owner across Australia exactly that.

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    German Supermarket Giant Kaufland Has Plans to Open 14 Huge Victorian Stores

    The chain now has five confirmed local stores in the works, with another nine up for approval.

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    Five Strategies These Local Businesses Learned in Order to Evolve Their Businesses

    Get inspired with practical advice from local entrepreneurs to help take your business to the next level.

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    Federation Square Has Been Granted Permanent Victorian Heritage Protection

    After much debate about its future, the 17-year-old public space has been added to the State Register for its "historical, aesthetic, technological and social significance".

  • News

    Balmain's Dawn Fraser Baths Is Finally Getting Some Much-Needed Upgrades

    Australia's oldest pool is getting a facelift in time for summer.

  • News

    The Tech These Small Businesses Are Using to Future-Proof Their Companies

    Discover the ways these brands are playing the long game — from using AI to digital marketing tools.

  • News

    Sustainable Sneaker Brand Allbirds Is Opening Its First New Zealand Store

    The shop on Gore Street will house the brand's entire lineup.

  • News

    The Victorian Government Is Asking for Your Thoughts On the Future of Federation Square

    You have until the end of September to submit your feedback on the public space's future.

  • News

    Brisbane River Is Getting Yet Another CBD Pedestrian Bridge

    It'll be the sixth bridge built between Hale Street and Gardens Point.

  • Guide

    Where to Shop When You're Craving More Hygge in Your Home

    Make your place a cosy hideaway with pastel homewares, comfy linens and unique art pieces from these design shops.

  • Guide

    Where to Shop When You're Craving More Hygge in Your Home

    Make your place a cosy hideaway with pastel homewares, comfy linens and unique art pieces from these design shops.

  • News

    Five Incredible Melbourne Spaces You Can Explore at Open House Melbourne 2019

    Including a hidden CBD cottage and a hillside former explosives store.

  • News

    Four Sydney Businesses Championing Local Products in Everything They Do

    From sustainable homewares to steaming bowls of ramen, these businesses are keeping the chain as short as possible.

  • News

    The Queen Victoria Market's Fairy Light-Lit String Bean Alley Has Reopened with 26 Shops

    It's home to book shops, florists, cheesy toasties and vintage cameras.

  • Guide

    Where to Shop Like a Local In and Around Hurstville

    Whether you're looking for hard-to-find spices, a rare comic or some German treats, you'll find them all in this southern suburb.

  • News

    IKEA Has Dropped a Limited-Edition Rainbow Version of Its Famed Frakta Bag

    The versatile blue-and-yellow bag has had a temporary makeover.

  • News

    The Minimalist Design for Melbourne's 2019 MPavilion Has Just Been Unveiled

    The white structure will be lit from within like a lantern at night.

  • News

    The First Underground Section of Sydney's $16.8-Billion WestConnex Will Open This Weekend

    The M4 Tunnels, from Homebush to Haberfield, will open on Saturday — and tolls will start immediately.

  • News

    The Ten Best Vintage Stores in Wellington

    Find one-of-a-kind pieces and shop consciously at theses vintage treasure troves.

  • News

    Plant Girl Is the New Same-Day Service Delivering Colourfully Potted Greenery Across Sydney

    Instead of flowers, send a fiddle-leaf fig, peace lily or rubber plant to your date (or mate).

  • News

    Sydney's Iconic Sirius Building Has Been Sold for $150 Million

    Despite the long fight to save the brutalist tower, it has officially been sold to developers.

  • News

    A Look Inside the Future of City Dwelling at Sydney's New Co-Living Space

    This is what it's like to swap the white picket fence for a more inclusive, urban lifestyle.

  • News

    Melbourne Will Be One of the First Three Cities to Test Uber's Flying Taxis in 2020

    Flights to Melbourne Airport are expected to take only ten minutes — and eventually cost the same price as an Uber X.

  • News

    Melbourne Central Could Be Getting Its Own Open-Air Rooftop Filled with Art and Food Stalls

    The greenery-filled rooftop is part of a dramatic plan to reinvent the precinct by 2021.

  • News

    Check Out the Winners of 2019's Australian Interior Design Awards

    A Sydney hair salon took out the top gong, while a slew of Melbourne installations, hotels and restaurants also took home awards.

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