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Lucy CallanderUrban affairs reporter

Lucy Callander is an urban affairs reporter for Leader Community News and the Herald Sun.

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Lucy Callander

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 03: People stand in voting booth at Kew Primary School in the seat of Kooyong on May 03, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. Australians headed to the polls on Saturday for the 2025 federal election, where all 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 of 76 Senate seats are up for grabs. This election is especially consequential due to a tightly contested race, with cost-of-living pressures, affordable housing, and energy policy dominating the campaign. Though most polls indicate a narrow Labor victory against the Liberal-National coalition, the result could also lead to a hung parliament, reflecting the growing influence of independents and minor parties, and potentially reshaping the balance of power in Australia in the years ahead. (Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images)

Final chance for Victorian voters to have their say as polls close

Victorians have turned out in droves to cast their vote in the Federal Election with the state a key battleground as the nation stares down a minority government.

South East

Frankston mayor Kris Bolam hopes higher rates for sites that have been left undeveloped for years will stop land banking Picture: Frankston Council

Land bankers refusing to sell or develop face huge rate hike

Frankston Council has a bold plan to rid Nepean Highway and its city centre from sites that have sat empty for years.

South East

Berwick Lodge Primary School principal Henry Grossek is introducing anti-bullying rules.

‘Unshackled’ Veteran principal retires after 35 years

After 55 years in public schools Henry Grossek’s passion for education has not dimmed. His retirement will allow him to pursue it without “looking over his shoulder”.

South East

GCS - My Life - Day One Early Learning Centres.Kids in kindergarden playing with their teacher.They are hugging her to express their love.

Fury as local council cancels free kinder

Kingston families say getting a coveted sessional kinder spot is “like a bloodbath” and that was before the local council cancelled the option at a popular centre.

South East

A person has been injured after a house toppled over during an apparent landslide in regional Victoria. Emergency services were called to a property on View Point Rd in McCrae on the Mornington Peninsula - about 59km south of Melbourne - about 8.45am Tuesday after a landslide caused the building to topple over. Picture: ABC

Landslide bill to reach at least $8m

The cost of a devastating landslide at McCrae is expected to reach at least $8m and Mornington Peninsula ratepayers will be footing the bill.

Melbourne City

Failed tennis prodigy Dino Dattoli is accused over a violent alleged home invasion in Preston in July 2022

Failed tennis prodigy on serious drug charges

A Melbourne man who went toe to toe against Roger Federer during a brief tennis career is now facing a string of drug trafficking charges.

South East

Chayse Ryan-Tauroa is raising money to buy this angus beef cow she met while visiting cows near her Carrum Downs home in a bid to beat depression Picture supplied

Schoolgirl launches bid to save blues-busting bovine

He’s known only as 3075 and is destined for dinner. But to a teenage girl this “beautiful soul” is a life saver. Now she wants to return the favour.

North

Single mum forced to sell up after dodgy plumber ruins roof

A Melbourne mum lost her life savings and was forced to sell her house after being preyed on by a dodgy plumber.

South East

Mornington Peninsula rubbish bins. Picture: Mornington Peninsula Shire

‘Drug deals, identity theft’: Reason for missing rubbish revealed

When household rubbish started disappearing from Mornington Peninsula bins suspicious locals immediately thought the worst. Here’s what’s really going on.

South East

Donut King operator hit with big fine after child work breaches

The owner of two fast-food franchise stores, including one at Rosebud Plaza, was “homless” when he broke rules designed to protect “most vulnerable workers”.

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