Tolls proposed for ‘an Anzac Highway’
A historian who is pushing for the Great Ocean Road to be named in honour of the Aussie soldiers who helped carved out the route also wants tolls to pay for its upkeep.
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Big changes coming in Clayton hospital revamp
Children and sick adults will be separated from patients under the influence of drugs and alcohol in a $76.3 million redevelopment of Clayton’s Monash Medical Centre emergency department. Here’s the full list of improvements and when to expect it to be ready.
Climate protesters gather in bid to disrupt CBD travel
Activists have blocked off busy Melbourne CBD intersections and halted trams as part of a climate change demonstration that organisers promised would be “like a flashmob with a cause”.
Library-goers get surprise afternoon striptease
Is this the most fun ever had a library? Two daring men put on quite the show at the State Library, blasting an 80s classic and beginning to strip for shocked onlookers.
Bali drug duo could face more charges
Melbourne nightclub figures William Cabantog and David Van Iersel, who are awaiting trial after being arrested in Bali for cocaine possession, could face additional charges and extra jail time — if Indonesian police can prove this one detail.
The biomedical behemoth coming to Melbourne
City of Melbourne has signed off on a biomedical company’s proposed $140m new headquarters at the former Toyota site, despite surpassing preferred height requirements.
Russell St bomber’s prison pen pal revealed
Russell St bomber Craig Minogue has spent decades behind bars. A mystery Melbourne man reveals new details about the killer’s life on the inside and what it’s like being pen pals with a double murderer.
Dad’s fury over ambo basher’s ‘slap on wrist’ sentence
The father of a paramedic bashed by a man high on party drugs has slammed a court’s decision to let the thug walk free, saying he was given “the lightest of slaps on the wrist”. It comes after Victoria’s chief magistrate defended the sentence.
The scents that make you buy more
We know lighting and music can entice shoppers to get out their wallets, but Melbourne researchers have found the strange smells that make customers more likely to buy.
‘Suffering’ residents fear new plan is an ‘invitation’ to junkies
Distraught residents in Richmond who have to dodge junkies shooting up and shelter their kids from witnessing bloody needles and drugs deals, now fear a new initiative will be an “invitation” to junkies to inject in their building.
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