VCAT
Much-loved music venue ordered to improve its soundproofing – for flats that don’t exist
Justin Stanford’s Night Cat in Fitzroy may have to close after being ordered to make costly upgrades because of a residential building that doesn’t yet have planning approval.
- Alexander Darling and Tom Cowie
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‘With all due respect’: Phantom social media post haunts show star
Sharp social media comments, an actor who denies posting them and a swift disappearance: things are getting a bit dramatic at Opera Australia.
- Stephen Brook
Elsternwick erupts: NIMBYs v YIMBYs as VCAT bypass fuels local fury
Woolworths has sought to overturn a VCAT judgment and applied to Victoria’s planning minister to approve a 148-apartment housing proposal in Elsternwick.
- Adam Carey
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- Renewables
Residents opposed this solar farm. Then the government changed the rules
A massive solar farm near Geelong will be fast-tracked after opponents, including Catriona Rowntree, waged a campaign against it
- Bianca Hall
LVMH heir due in town for grand prix, but at least one billionaire won’t be at the race
The influx into Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix is being spearheaded by Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton heir Frederic Arnault.
- Stephen Brook and Cara Waters
Burghers of Kew v Macca’s burgers: 24-hour drive-through plan on the nose
Neighbouring Kew residents are taking on the fast food giant, fearing further disruption to their lives.
- Tom Cowie
Men-only clubs were hit with land tax for barring women. They aren’t happy with the bill
The Melbourne Club and Australian Club are fighting combined land tax bills of over $1 million claiming their heritage status restricts redevelopment of the land.
- Tom Cowie
‘It’s quite unstable’, says expert of McCrae landslide site once known as Spring Hill
The landslide in McCrae happened in a part of the Mornington Peninsula locals once called Spring Hill, owing to the extensive underwater flows in the area.
- Adam Carey
‘Parasite’: The private school trying to eat a housing estate
Strathcona Girls Grammar School is offside with its neighbours after buying homes near its main campus and using VCAT to overturn a protective covenant.
- Adam Carey
- Exclusive
- Courts
Nurse to return $880,000 inheritance from patient she knew for 24 days
Disgraced nurse Abha Kumar ordered a will kit within three days of meeting 92-year-old Lionel Cox at a Collingwood aged care facility in 2015. The Supreme Court has ordered she return an inheritance of almost $1 million.
- Cameron Houston
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