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Michael Caiafa senior with children (left to right) Michelle, MJ and MIchael junior.

‘It’s the end of an era’: Beloved market bakery marks final day

After 52 years of trading, one of the most enduring fixtures of Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market is shutting up shop.

  • Carolyn Webb

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Mary-Jane Caiafa and father Michael of M&G Caiafa at Queen Victoria Market.

Retailers bank on last-minute shoppers to ring in a bumper Christmas

If you thought Santa Claus had crazy work hours over Christmas, spare a thought for the traders of Melbourne’s fresh food markets.

  • Alexander Darling
Queen Victoria Market traders - Fahna Ammett , Frank Fontana and Rose Ansaldo - say the government’s car park levy would spell the death of the market

Tax hike could almost double the cost of parking – if it passes

The Allan government’s plan to dramatically hike car parking levies has been labelled “big tax grab” that could hurt the Queen Victoria Market.

  • Daniella White
An artist’s impression of the proposed 380 Queen Street site.

‘Living in a development site’: Concerns over high-rise that would loom over Queen Victoria Market

Could Melbourne’s city skyline soon gain a controversial new addition?

  • Hannah Hammoud, Cara Waters and Ashleigh McMillan
Queen Victoria Market fruit and vegetable traders went on strike for the first time in the market’s history.

‘It’s going to be a museum’: Fears for the Queen Vic Market’s future

A strike this week by fruit and vegetable traders exposed tensions between traders, management and developers.

  • Cara Waters
Market Lane Coffee has three outposts at the Queen Victoria Market.

Market Lane

Find good coffee around every corner of the Queen Victoria Market.

  • Emma Breheny