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Revealed, the first look of the huge garden that will sit at the heart of the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation, Australia’s biggest cultural infrastructure project.

The urban garden will be roughly the size of the MCG and will connect the creative venues and food outlets across the precinct and be a new home for events and activations to be hosted in the centre of Melbourne.

Laak Boorndap will be open to the public 24-hours a day and will stretch from Hamer Hall to Southbank Boulevard with public artworks, plants, and a water feature.

The Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung name means ‘heaven’s beauty’ and reflects the garden’s role of bringing people together to celebrate culture and community. A First Peoples public artwork will be commissioned for Laak Boorndap, which will sit alongside contemporary sculptures from the NGV and Arts Centre Melbourne collections.

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"An MCG Worth of Vacancies - The Hospitality Supply & Demand Issue The talent issue is global. Nearly every major hospitality market in the world is experiencing the same issue, so waiting for an influx of foreign workers or some other form of supply is not an option.

​An MCG worth of vacancies

There are now over 95,000 open roles (that we know about) in the national hospitality sector. That is enough people to fill the MCG! And we are still not out of the pandemic.

​The Accommodation sector is still re-opening and conferencing hasn’t hit full swing, so you can imagine the demand that is building for chefs, managers and floor staff!

​To find a way out, I believe we need to shift the paradigm. If it’s a supply and demand issue, let’s shift the focus to improving demand rather than waiting for supply.

​The pandemic hasn’t impacted supply, but it has definitely reduced demand for work in the sector. I believe this shift in thinking will compel a more proactive response in that we can actively drive demand." https://www.hastingspeople.com.au/blog/2022/06/the-hospitality-supply-and-demand-issue-an-mcg-worth-of-vacancies

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18,000 square metres comes in at just under one MCG (20k) of new open space!

“First announced in 2018, NGV Contemporary at 77 Southbank Boulevard will present local and international contemporary art, design and fashion – for both Victorian, interstate and international audiences.

A competition to select an Australian architectural team to design the new gallery is expected to be launched soon.

Premier Daniel Andrews said of the budget measures: ‘We are Australia’s cultural capital. This project will make our number one position permanent.

‘The Melbourne Arts Precinct is a generational project that will bring people to our state and support jobs now and for decades to come. It’s a game changer.’

Phase One of the Arts Precinct’s transformation also includes the creation of a new 18,000 square metre immersive public garden in which NGV Contemporary will be set.

Melbourne architects HASSELL and New York practice SO-IL won the tender to design the new public garden and this work is well underway.”

https://www.artshub.com.au/news-article/news/public-policy/richard-watts/146-billion-allocated-for-arts-precinct-transformation-in-vic-budget-2020-21-261515

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MCGWatch would like to congratulate Jackson Taylor MP on precise and accurate use of the MCG as a unit or measuring crowds of people. On 7 May 2020 Victoria did in fact achieve ‘an MCG’s worth’ of tests. This doesn’t require Mr Taylor MP to put a figure to the unit, which is where most people trip themselves up. Safe to say all of the contested figures for (at least) capacity attendance at AFL/VFL matches passed in roughly the same period. 

Now to get him using #MCGWatch alongside #SpringSt ; )

“The MCG could be filled with Victorians who have now gone and got themselves tested, over 100,000 in a little over a week, that's a phenomenal effort! Now for the final push. If you have symptoms – however mild – please get tested. #springst “

https://twitter.com/JacksonTaylorMP/status/1258204967824838657

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“Over the past 10 days, 106,000 Victorians have gone and got tested for coronavirus.  Or to use our state’s correct unit of measurement - one MCG’s worth.

It’ll mean we have data and options when it comes to potential next steps.” Ed - MCGWatch notes that the generally accepted current peak capacity of the MCG is 10,024. The all-time record is an unsubstantiated estimate of Pastor Bill Graham’s 1959 crowd, somewhere between 120,000 and 150,000 people. Regardless of its precise size, it would go on to change Australian political history. The highest verified total was for an AFL match, the 1970 Carlton/Collingwood grand final, at 121,696.

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“The Synchrotron is an MCG-sized microscope in the heart of Clayton. It uses several hundred small magnets and giant microscopes to produce a beam of light that is 1 million times brighter than the sun.

Up to 3000 researchers shine the powerful light on a sample of their choosing every year in an effort to understand its structure or chemical make-up.“

https://www.theage.com.au/national/usually-bolted-shut-the-australian-synchrotron-is-now-open-to-all-20191020-p532g0.html

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“Australian Treasury - @Treasury_AU on Twitter

How many Budget books would it take to cover the @MCG? #Budget2018

‘We’ve done the math, it would take approximately 457,000 Budget books to cover the ground of the MCG.”