维多利亚州越来越多的地方议会正考虑在泳池、托儿中心、游乐场和康乐中心禁止使用智能眼镜。该州79个地方政府中,有16个正在调查或推行此类措施。Frankston City Council(弗兰克斯顿市议会)已决定研究进一步的限制措施,而City of Melbourne(墨尔本市政府)已在其泳池和康乐设施处设置禁止使用智能眼镜的标识。残障权益倡导者希望为有无障碍需求的人士设立例外情况。行为科学家Stephen Fisher表示,标识和禁令不太可能阻止有意骚扰或暗中偷拍女性的人。
Agents in Victoria say new laws requiring reserve prices to be published seven days before auctions are already affecting sales. One North Melbourne home sold for $1.29 million, just below its $1.3 million reserve, after the reserve was set at the lower end of the quoted range. A Black Rock house sold for $2,283,000 against a $2,175,000 reserve after four bidders competed. Agents said some buyers misunderstood that vendors can still lower reserves on auction day. It is too early to judge the overall impact on clearance rates, which stood at 53 per cent last week.
10月17日(周六),第五届年度Queensberry Cup(Queensberry Cup手工木盒车赛)在北墨尔本吸引了众多观众。60辆手工打造的木盒车沿Errol Street竞速,最后一个转弯决定了胜负。Jeff Julian与儿子Bailey共同夺得公开组冠军,Bailey还赢得了12岁以下组别。Brock M.赢得了12至17岁组别的比赛。除赛车外,Gia Parantalos赢得了首届“Fashions on the Footpath”(人行道时装比赛),Famous Village Dog Show(Famous Village宠物狗秀)也重新回归。活动负责人Ariel Valent感谢了数月来为筹备当天活动而努力的志愿者。
Bush Flowers(澳洲本土花卉店)在墨尔本北部的昆斯伯里街(Queensberry Street)开设了一家门店,店内摆满了澳洲本土花卉。店主 Michael 从小在花卉行业中长大,他注意到很少有本土花卉能进入花店,于是创办了这项业务。该业务最初在疫情爆发前不久于卡尔顿北区(Carlton North)起步,并通过线上和农贸市场积累了一批顾客。Michael 表示,他希望顾客能亲眼看到这些花卉。他在北领地的自有农场种植部分花卉,其余则从种植户那里采购,其中包括格兰扁山(Grampians)的种植户 Brett McDonald。