Melbourne wanted its own Central Park — 15 years on the plan is dead

Email Melbourne unveiled a bold plan to build its own version of Central Park atop the entrance to the Domain Tunnel. Fifteen years later — and faced with a $1.5bn bill — the plan was finally binned.

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