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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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Jet ski riders holding young women hostage. Picture: art, supplied by Jon Burton

‘Held hostage’: Jet ski sleazes targeting women at St Kilda pier

St Kilda Pier has become Melbourne’s “biggest pick up joint” where jet ski riders are using predatory tactics to exploit young women on the water and “hold them hostage”.

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art for sister city story

The Victorian councils with the most obscure sister city ties

Victorian councils have more than 500 sister cities, with the agreements a way to “create opportunities for cultural, educational, and economic exchange”. See who your council’s sister city is.

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OpinionOuter East

Photo: Hamish Blair A jet ski during a ride along with the Maritime Safety Officers on Port Phillip Bay on Thursday, January 16, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia.

Melbourne’s war on jet skis just escalated. There’s an easy fix

Jet ski hoons have been terrorising marine life and putting swimmers at risk around Port Phillip Bay for at least a decade. It’s time they were banned from our beaches.

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Phone tower proposed for St Andrews Beach, art

Yeah, nah: Telco tower ‘imperative’, just not near us

A pristine coastal town on the Mornington Peninsula is desperate for better mobile phone reception. They aren’t so keen on a 26m Telstra tower ruining their views.

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Photo: Hamish Blair A jet ski during a ride along with the Maritime Safety Officers on Port Phillip Bay on Thursday, January 16, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia.

Jet ski ban looms for hoons on Melbourne’s busiest beaches

A unanimous council vote to ban jet skis from some of Melbourne’s hottest beaches could spell the end of the “showpony” bogans terrorising St Kilda pier. Have hoons ruined it for everyone?

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Martin Scanlan at his property which is completely flat. This completely flat Mornington Peninsula property was once an orchard but the local council has now decided it's highly susceptible to landslides texted the owner warning him that removing even a single tree without expert advice could put him at risk of injury or even death. Thousands of homeowners across the shire have received the same message after Mornington Peninsula Shire introduced new planning controls in the wake of a catastrophic landslide at McCrae. Picture: Tony Gough

‘Ludicrous’: Why ‘completely flat’ property is at risk of fatal landslide

A Mornington Peninsula man has been told by the local council his property is “highly susceptible’ to landslides — despite the land being “completely flat”.

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Ballarat Mum Danika Meade, 33, is fighting for her life after being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. She says any tears she sheds are not for herself but son 3 year old son Alex. Picture: supplied

‘Not upset for myself’: Cancer-stricken mum’s tears for son

Despite facing the unthinkable, this Ballarat mum refuses to shed tears for herself – only for her young son’s uncertain future.

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Ghost tour, art - 4x3

Ghost busted: Tour company exorcised from national park

A supernatural tour company says it is being “ghosted” by the state government after it was booted from its regular haunt at a historic Victorian quarantine station where thousands died from diseases.

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Peninsula Link go slow tipped for Christmas, art Picture supplied

Why your trip to Melbourne’s top holiday destination will take longer

The road leading to Melburnians’ favourite holiday playground will be thrown into chaos this summer with speed restrictions tipped to cause a traffic meltdown.

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ANOTHER ONE: Two businesses in the North Burnett have been targeted by brazen thieves.

Police say this man is a ‘driving force’ behind car theft, burgs

Car theft and break ins on the Mornington Peninsula have dropped 40 per cent since police locked up a man accused of teaching kids to steal, a court has heard.

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