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Artist Mirka Mora seated at her mosaic chair at St Kilda Pier circa 2010. Now a statue is planned in her honour.

Plans for a Mirka Mora statue come with space for selfies. She would have heartily approved

The late, great French-Australian artist could soon be honoured with a St Kilda monument.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

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Shopping ay Chadstone takes its toll.

Three days inside the climate-controlled confines of Chadstone sent this reporter into a daze

It seems every Melburnian has a Chaddy story. The shopping mecca has drawn generations, who have worked, wandered, spent and even got married in the precinct.

  • Stephen Brook
NZ artist Michael Parekowhai.

Opening nights and studio visits: How Melbourne’s richest art donors are cultivated

The City of Melbourne is hitting up the city’s wealthiest philanthropists in a bid to secure funding for a public artwork it has commissioned for Southbank by New Zealand artist Michael Parekowhai.

  • Cara Waters
Jane Hansen and Paul Little.

Melbourne’s Mr Connected swaps billionaire bosses

John and Pauline Gandel’s loss of their foundation’s chief executive is a gain for fellow philanthropists Paul Little and Jane Hansen.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Lisa and David Thurin’s Toorak home in 2008.

Fourteen lawyers, two Rich Listers out to fix $3.5m plumbing bill

A long-running case over a leaky Toorak mansion has attracted plenty of legal attention in a Melbourne courtroom.

  • Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Fever pitch: Laura Tingle, Dan Bourchier and Indira Naidoo.

Election hacks: Last-minute pitch for ABC board role lands from war zone

ABC journo hopes to swap Ukraine combat zone for boardroom battles.

  • Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
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School kids explore the Gandel Gondwana Garden at Melbourne Museum ahead of its opening on Friday.

QR codes and ‘living dinosaurs’: How Melbourne Museum aims to woo the tweens

Curators have got a challenge on their hands harnessing the six to 12 age group, with some members just starting to read, while others are on the cusp of their teens.

  • Cara Waters
Billionaire propetry magnate John Gandel (centre) at the opening of a $70 million dollar entertainment precinct at Chadstone Shopping Centre

‘It’s ridiculous’: Billionaire John Gandel slams super tax change

Billionaire property magnate John Gandel says the proposed change to super tax will “come down on the middle class”.

  • Najma Sambul
Artists renders of the proposed Gandel Gondwana Garden show the large fossil replicas that will be displayed.

Museum gives a sneak preview of its new dinosaur garden for kids

An outdoor dinosaur garden will be added to Melbourne Museum, linking fascinating new exhibits, and providing an educational play space for kids.

  • Cara Waters
Wrong number.

Tied in knots over grand engagements

During our item last week about some impending nuptials, we were guilty of the sins of omission.

  • Stephen Brook and Samantha Hutchinson

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