More free trials for bay ferry service
FREE trial ferry trips between Melbourne and Geelong are being expanded in a push for a permanent service following an “overwhelming response” to commuter trials.
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Southbank $35m ‘green’ project to begin
ROAD closures and tree removals signal the start of the council’s $35 million project to transform Southbank Boulevard into a people-friendly public space.
Tuning in to TV like watching a horror show
WATCHING the parade of A-list female actors now gracing the small screen has become the stuff of nightmares, and it is now commonplace for grim drama to fill our TV schedules, writes Siobhan Duck.
Major parties bristle at Greens bloc
OPTIMISM has been sprouting from all corners of state parliament lately. The glass isn’t just half full, it’s positively brimming. And then, there’s the Greens, writes Matt Johnston.
Daring rescue unites strangers as family
WHY did so many of us — from Australia to Kenya, America to China — worry for days whether a team of boys and their coach could be saved from a flooded cave in a part of Thailand we’ve never seen and never will? Because we are family, writes Andrew Bolt.
Tehan’s move on rights and religion
FRESH from their defeat over gay marriage, the conservative forces ascendant in the Liberal Party have moved on to campaigning for a religious discrimination act, writes James Campbell.
Victoria: On the move … to more traffic
PREMIER Daniel Andrews and Matthew Guy have both tapped in to the hearts and minds of traffic-weary voters and sold the dream of connected freeways, writes Craig Richards.
Dangerous CBD intersection gets new countdown clock
A COUNTDOWN pedestrian crossing has been installed at one of the city’s black spot intersections to help reduce the number of collisions.
Watchdog echoes Abbott’s solution on energy
AUSTRALIA’S competition watchdog has echoed Tony Abbott’s recommendation to buy, build or subsidise coal-fired generators, so why not finally tear up the Paris deal, too, asks Andrew Bolt.
Spirits lifted by rescue dramas
THE efforts in Thailand again just prove the most important gift we have is the gift of life. Never take it for granted, and live life to the full, writes Jeff Kennett.
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