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Hundreds of foreign criminals get the boot
Hundreds of violent criminals have been deported from Australia in the past year as the number of visas being cancelled or rejected grows.
Furious locals push for action over level crossing removal
Outraged residents who say level-crossing removal projects are destroying amenities in their neighbourhoods want the Ombudsman to step in.
Melbourne’s leafiest suburbs revealed
The city’s greenest and leafiest suburbs have been revealed — but the majority of Melburnians live in a locale with insufficient tree cover.
Major police crackdown to clean up Melbourne CBD
Police have warned Christmas revellers to behave in Melbourne’s CBD as they ramped up patrols in a drug hotspot that has become a haven for antisocial behaviour.
Giant fish fountain to take over Fed Square
A giant inflatable fish fountain that “cheekily squirts water” at people will soon dominate Federation Square as part of a summer events program.
State-of-the-art medical precinct gets nod for Box Hill
Box Hill Hospital will be expanded after a $320m medical and education precinct — set to create thousands of jobs — was given the green light.
Calls to make councillors pay for Moreland’s name change
Jeff Kennett says councillors who voted for the “racist” Moreland Council to be renamed should have the “decency” to pay for the cost of the changeover.
City of Melbourne’s big plan to lure back foreign students
A bold plan to entice overseas students to Melbourne as the border reopens has been unveiled as the city seeks to revive the lucrative education sector.
Melbourne ratepayers fund rich-lister’s arts project
A Melbourne exhibition by one of Australia’s richest women has been slammed as an “inner-city elite obsession” after getting $3.5m in funding over several years.
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