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Does anybody in Melbourne know how to do a hook turn any more?

Think you know how to do a hook turn? Trust me, you’re doing it wrong

From South Melbourne to Carlton, new hook turns are appearing – often with no tram tracks in sight. Shame I’m the last person in Melbourne who knows how to do one.

  • James Panichi

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Delays are likely to continue into the evening westbound.

West Gate Freeway reopens following crash investigation as commuter chaos continues

The city’s traffic network is still feeling the effects of a crash involving a car and two motorbikes just after midday.

  • Alexander Darling
Voters arrive to vote at Iramoo Primary School in Wyndham Vale

‘A kick in the pants’: Voters in fed-up Werribee send a message

Crime and roads, roads and crime. These are the issues Werribee voters say matter, and they say no one has done anything about either of them.

  • Liam Mannix
Plan ahead to avoid bumper-to-bumper traffic on the West Gate Freeway this summer.

Drivers warned to get ready for lengthy West Gate disruption

Motorists are being urged to plan ahead as lanes and ramps close to allow roadworks during summer.

  • Brittany Busch
The increase in the congestion levy is designed to reduce the amount of traffic in inner Melbourne.

Parking to get more expensive as congestion levy rises 79 per cent

A hike in the levy to deter motorists from Melbourne’s CBD and inner suburbs has been lashed by a peak lobby group as ineffective.

  • Carla Jaeger and Kieran Rooney
The City of Melbourne wants Spencer Street turned into a “lively, attractive and welcoming street” by diverting traffic on to Wurundjeri Way. 

Tunnel traffic on a collision course with Spencer Street reinvention

Plans to turn Spencer Street into a pedestrian-friendly precinct are feared to be at risk from a West Gate Tunnel project off-ramp.

  • Patrick Hatch
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Three-year-old Mila, who died after she was struck by a car at Endeavour Hills.

‘I see her face every time I close my eyes’: Three-year-old killed in school drop-off nightmare

The girl was crossing a busy suburban road with her family when she was struck by a car, later dying in hospital. Locals say the road, close to schools, is notorious for accidents.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Brendan Kelly uses a vintage Volkswagen Kombi to travel around his 140-acre school in Clyde North.

How migration is ‘turbocharging’ housing demand on Melbourne’s fringe

The government wants to flip Melbourne’s growth from the fringes to its established suburbs, but it will need to overcome years of migration trends to do so.

  • Adam Carey
Police are working to remove the 27-year-old Kensington woman disrupting traffic on the West Gate Freeway on Saturday afternoon.

‘Disrupt the weapons’: Woman arrested as protest against military expo blocks West Gate

An anti-war protester has been arrested after she “affixed” herself to a car decorated to look like a reptile, which blocked traffic ahead of a military exposition in Melbourne next week.

  • Hannah Kennelly
Melbourne’s suburban sprawl has continued outwards for decades in attempt to keep up with housing demand.

Melbourne’s transformation is so rapid that it’s shocking

Within 30 years, Melbourne will have to house 8 million people. Every Victorian should know that number now, when we need to start planning for it.

  • Shaun Carney

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