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Sydney Morning Herald
11-08-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Melbourne Star Observation Wheel's future finally revealed
The long-dormant Melbourne Star Observation Wheel in Docklands is officially set to re-open in 2026, its owners have announced. A press release issued on Monday said the revived wheel will be managed by a new partnership between MB Star Properties Pty Ltd, the owner of the 120-metre-tall wheel, and amusement companies The Robu Group, Ray Cammack Shows, and Melbourne-based family business Skyline Attractions. Skyline Attractions, which owns and operates other wheels across Australia, will be responsible for managing the Melbourne Star. Details of the plan will be detailed in a press conference with the owners and Lord Mayor Nick Reece this morning. Skyline Attractions Business Manager Jane Jones said after being dormant for four years it would be a 'tremendous honour and labour of love' to bring it back to life. 'We are committed to creating something truly exceptional, something all Melburnians can feel proud of,' she said. Reece said the council had been working behind the scenes to secure the attraction's future. 'I'm stoked we can now celebrate openly with the rest of the city, and I can't wait for the maiden voyage.'
The Age
11-08-2025
- Business
- The Age
Melbourne Star Observation Wheel's future finally revealed
The long-dormant Melbourne Star Observation Wheel in Docklands is officially set to re-open in 2026, its owners have announced. A press release issued on Monday said the revived wheel will be managed by a new partnership between MB Star Properties Pty Ltd, the owner of the 120-metre-tall wheel, and amusement companies The Robu Group, Ray Cammack Shows, and Melbourne-based family business Skyline Attractions. Skyline Attractions, which owns and operates other wheels across Australia, will be responsible for managing the Melbourne Star. Details of the plan will be detailed in a press conference with the owners and Lord Mayor Nick Reece this morning. Skyline Attractions Business Manager Jane Jones said after being dormant for four years it would be a 'tremendous honour and labour of love' to bring it back to life. 'We are committed to creating something truly exceptional, something all Melburnians can feel proud of,' she said. Reece said the council had been working behind the scenes to secure the attraction's future. 'I'm stoked we can now celebrate openly with the rest of the city, and I can't wait for the maiden voyage.'
BBC News
21-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
London council to spend £10m building children's homes
Teenage girls in the care of an east London council are being placed in unregistered and inappropriate homes due to a lack of suitable places, it has been and Dagenham Council is spending about £1.9m a year on housing just 20 children deemed to be at high risk of harm to themselves or council said it was reliant on "placements in unregistered/inappropriate registered provisions", according to a new have now approved plans to build three new specialist children's homes in the borough for up to 16 children at a time. 'Psychologically informed care' Jane Jones, the councillor in charge of children's social care, said: "Our aim is to improve care for our children with complex needs, especially girls under 16 who are, or are at risk of, being subject to a deprivation of liberty order due to their multiple complex needs - and whose needs are not being met by the private market."A deprivation of liberty order authorises the restriction of a child's liberty when a court judges them to be at high risk of harm - it can include 24/7 supervision, limitations on movement, and Jones said the borough wanted to reduce its reliance on "unregulated and expensive out-of-borough placements and improve outcomes and stability by providing local, regulated, psychologically informed care".The council says building the three homes, on council-owned land, will cost more than £10m. Ms Jones said the Department for Education had offered to fund half of that sum with a grant, although a formal agreement has not yet been signed.
