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The Mornington Peninsula Shire Council building in Mornington.

Developer donated $35,000 to council candidates as ‘Friends of the Peninsula’

Two of the four candidates had made pre-election promises not to take any money from property developers.

  • Rachael Dexter

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St Albans, pictured in 1973, when it had an 80 per cent migrant population.

I grew up in Melbourne’s west. We knew it wasn’t a nice place to live

In many ways the west never existed. We weren’t united by anything other than a vague geography and the discriminating gaze of those on the other side of a bridge.

  • John Weldon
An artist’s impression of the Ormond station proposed development.

Ormond ‘Sky Tower’ plans have been revived – again – but with some key differences

For eight years, a vacant concrete platform at Ormond station has served as a reminder of the unrealised plan to build a tower above the Frankston line tracks.

  • Adam Carey
Jesse Harkness, owner of Doody Duty, with Beau and Bella, two of client Shalini Fonseka’s dogs.

A not-so-crap job: Meet the people paid to pick up pooches’ poo

Householders can hire someone to dispose of their dogs’ doo-doos.

  • Carolyn Webb
Tracy Atherton, the general manager of the Melbourne Place hotel.

Five-star rooms lead climb to five-year price high at Melbourne’s hotels

The average price of a hotel room in Melbourne in November climbed to $234 a night. That’s above what the average nightly price was before COVID.

  • Cara Waters
Alexandra Brewster lost her father Robert when a jet-ski hit him while he was swimming in Port Melbourne in 2012.

Almost 13 years after Robert’s death, jet-skis are still a danger at Melbourne’s beaches

As the weather heats up, videos circulate on social media of close encounters between swimmers and jet-skiers. Melbourne councils and community groups worry it will take another tragedy for the laws to change.

  • Rachael Dexter
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Mambourin is a growing suburb on Melbourne’s western fringe.

Melbourne’s west is a growing force, and politicians should beware

The western suburbs are changing and growing. Whoever can meet the region’s needs and expectations of services and infrastructure is likely to reap huge rewards.

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The urban sprawl in Melbourne’s western suburbs.

The west I knew was treated as second best, but those days are numbered

Melbourne’s western suburbs have been deprived of infrastructure for decades, but flagging support for Labor could mean Australia’s fastest-growing region will finally be heard.

  • Adam Carey
Robbie Williams event in Fed Square.

Melbourne crowd helps Robbie Williams hit the high notes in packed Fed Square show

The pop superstar joked with and sang for the crowd that filled Federation Square to capacity.

  • Karl Quinn
Robbie Williams entertained the crowds in the run-up to midnight on New Year’s Eve in Sydney.

Robbie Williams to stage free gig in Melbourne

The British pop superstar is in Australia to promote his new biopic, Better Man, which was filmed at Docklands Studios.

  • Kate Lahey

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