The Latest Breaking News from CBD

Injecting room study still under wraps as order ignored

The Victorian government has thumbed its nose at a parliamentary order to release a long-awaited report into a possible Melbourne CBD injecting room.

AAP · Mar 6, 2024

NSW Health Issues Alert For Legionnaires Disease For Anyone Who Visited Sydney’s CBD Over NYE

Seven people have already been hospitalised.

Pedestrian.tv · Jan 4, 2024

Latest Legionella case sparks Sydney health warning

NSW Health is warning people visiting Sydney CBD to watch out for Legionnaires' disease symptoms after a seventh case was recorded in the past three weeks.

AAP · Jan 3, 2024

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.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2023

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.

ABC News · Apr 22, 2023

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

The Guardian - AU · Apr 17, 2023

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.

AAP · Apr 2, 2023

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.

ABC News · Mar 20, 2023

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.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2023

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.

ABC News · Jan 25, 2023