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Karen Martini's new Federation Square restaurant may be the Hero the Melbourne CBD needs Gemima Cody Photo: Peter Tarasiuk Picture arthouse screenings armed with Maker and Monger cheese boxes, wines curated by Philip Rich and snacks and dinner either side by storied chef Karen Martini. That's the kind of hero Melbourne's sluggish CBD needs right now, and it launches in Federation Square on February 11. Hero is a major project for Martini and business partner Michael Gebran. The venue is multi-faceted, servicing the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), which has had a $40 million fa...

Share on Twitter Thousands of anti-coup protesters in Myanmar poured back onto the streets Sunday, as an internet blackout failed to stifle growing outrage at the military's ouster of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The fresh rally followed the largest protests to date on Saturday, when tens of thousands came out in cities across the country to condemn the coup that brought a 10-year experiment with democracy to a crashing halt. Thousands of chanting protesters marched in Yangon, backed by a din of car horns. They held up banners that said "Justice for Myanmar" and "We do not wan...

Share on Twitter Police have fired a water cannon at protesters in the Myanmar capital as tens of thousands of people across the country joined a third day of demonstrations against the military's removal of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi a week ago. Calls to join protests and to back a campaign of civil disobedience have grown louder and more organised since last Monday's coup, which drew widespread international condemnation. "We health workers are leading this campaign to urge all government staff to join the (civil disobedience movement)", Aye Misan, a nurse at a government h...

Protesters gathered in their thousands for a second day in defiance of new blocks on social media services, including Twitter.

The federal government says consular assistance is being provided to "a number of Australians".