‘Parasite’: The private school trying to eat a housing estate
Strathcona Girls Grammar School is offside with its neighbours after buying homes near its main campus and using VCAT to overturn a protective covenant.
- by Adam Carey
Latest
These are our ‘sweatiest suburbs’, putting vulnerable at risk in heatwaves
Inner Melbourne, the northern and south-eastern suburbs are the worst places to be during high heat according to a new metric of Australia’s “sweatiest cities”.
- by Adam Carey
Donation revelations prompt fears Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece could be ‘mired in conflicts of interest’
Reece accepted tens of thousands of dollars from donors with property interests in the City of Melbourne despite pledging he would not allow developers to bankroll his mayoral campaign. See the full list of donors.
- by Cara Waters, Adam Carey and Sarah Danckert
‘Like gold’: Allan government urged to set affordable housing targets
Melbourne will need an estimated 177,000 more affordable homes by 2041, but the Allan government’s high-density housing hubs have no targets for their inclusion.
- by Adam Carey
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Industrial relations
Woolworths strikes deal with union to end warehouse industrial dispute
The United Workers Union declared victory and said they had secured a clause stopping workers being disciplined for failing to meet monitored pick rates.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Adam Carey
Picket line blocks bus from Woolworths’ warehouse despite Fair Work ruling
A coach with a group of people in hi-vis vests turned away from the supermarket’s Dandenong South distribution centre on Saturday morning after being blocked by protesters.
- by Adam Carey, Sarah Danckert and Lachlan Abbott
Wealthy suburbs splurge on renovations as new home building suffers
Spending on renovations has boomed in the past five years, mainly in wealthier postcodes, while expenditure on building new homes remains in the doldrums.
- by Adam Carey
Victorian council election results 2024 LIVE updates: Suspected postal vote tampering in council elections
All the updates on the results in Victoria’s local government elections.
- by Rachael Dexter, Tom Cowie, Adam Carey, Sophie Aubrey, Benjamin Preiss, Patrick Hatch and Cara Waters
Analysis
Public transport
It’s a touchy subject, but next-gen myki might already be on the ropes
A legal dispute between the Victorian government and the US firm contracted to replace the myki system raises concerns the state faces another ticketing fiasco – and makes Melbourne look increasingly outdated.
- by Adam Carey
The remarkable rise of build-to-rent in Melbourne
Five years ago, build-to-rent housing didn’t exist in Melbourne. Now, the number of new build-to-rent apartments is set to overtake new build-to-sell apartments.
- by Adam Carey
Major waste site near homes approved days before new council elected
Hampton Park residents were shocked to learn their administrator-run council had ticked off a transfer station set to handle hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rubbish each year.
- by Adam Carey
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