Docklands
Yes, there are more rats in Docklands than usual. Here’s why
Exterminators say demand for their services is declining as businesses cut back on spending, leading to an increase in rats, and unsafe baiting practices.
- by Angus Delaney
Latest
Next stop Marvel Station. Plans for new underground rail route
The state government has revived hopes for mass-transit links to Fishermans Bend by confirming a preferred route for a proposed new cross-city rail line.
- by Patrick Hatch and Kieran Rooney
Melbourne suburbs where property prices are cheaper than five years ago
As investors shy away from the Melbourne market, a handful of areas have fallen below their 2019 prices.
- by Alexandra Middleton
Review
Amphora
Does Marvel Stadium’s new fine-dining restaurant beat a meat pie at the footy?
Amphora and Friends of Fire have dual menus: an omnivorous one and a vegan version by Smith & Daughters’ Shannon Martinez.
- by Dani Valent
Where are the kids? The Melbourne suburbs facing a child exodus
Established suburbs like Kew and Hawthorn have plenty of schools and green space – but they are not where families are moving.
- by Cara Waters
Pro-Palestine protesters splash red paint on deputy premier’s office
Ben Carroll’s Niddrie office was defaced in a spate of vandalism that also targeted Seven and the ABC, before protesters halted Melbourne’s peak-hour traffic.
- by Tom Cowie
‘Great Wall of Docklands’: Council savages state, AFL plan to rebuild near Marvel Stadium
Docklands locals say they desperately need a high school and a public pool. Instead, the state government and the AFL plans to use public land for three more towers.
- by Rachael Dexter
The forgotten follow-up to Romper Stomper that is finally getting its moment in the sun
“We got the last use of old-time Melbourne.” Newly remastered, 1995’s Metal Skin offers up a wild story of drag racing, sex and satanism in the western suburbs.
- by Will Cox
Series
City life
Docklands: Lifeless concrete jungle or vibrant hub
In this series, The Age explores what has gone wrong with Melbourne’s most maligned suburb and what could be done to fix it.
The Bureau of Meteorology is based in Melbourne’s ‘freezing wind tunnel’, but no one’s measuring the wind there
Docklands is often battered by strong winds, but experts say no wind testing was done when the suburb was built, while a wind sensor and more trees would mitigate the problem now.
- by Melissa Cunningham
This suburb is often called a lifeless concrete jungle. Here’s how it can flourish
The Age’s Docklands series explores what has gone wrong with Melbourne’s most maligned suburb and what could be done to fix it.
- by Cara Waters, Rachael Dexter and Melissa Cunningham
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