Mayor takes blow torch to state’s fire tax
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Police put stop on four-day Armstrong Creek rave
Defiant organisers of an illegal four day rave are seeking a new location after police slapped an injunction on their sold out ‘festival’.
Cult favourite moves on after landlord calls time
Business was booming for Daniel’s Donuts on High Street, but the property’s sale by landlords has forced the Belmont Franchise to bake its last batch.
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Going easy on evil: Hoddle St killer Julian Knight’s prison win
Mass murderer Julian Knight is set to be moved to a medium-security prison for the first time in almost 40 years as authorities scramble to accommodate a surge in remand prisoners after the Allan government’s bail crackdown.
‘Absurd stuff-up’: Clayton park built in 2018 ripped up for SRL
A new park has been torn down and two more rebuilt in Clayton to make way for a Suburban Rail Loop station in what’s been slammed as a “waste of taxpayer money”.
‘It’s all gone’: Teen’s business destroyed in suspected arson attack
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Dutton vows to rebuild firebombed synagogue ‘bigger and better’
The Adass Israel Synagogue would be rebuilt with beefed-up security measures to prevent future attacks under a $35m pledge from Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.
‘Worse than Covid’: How Suburban Rail Loop is killing businesses
Dozens of businesses across Melbourne’s southeast say they have been hung out to dry by the Allan government as “never-ending” SRL road closures and disruptions isolate them from customers.
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