Broadmeadows
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Where we live: The changing face of Victoria’s neighbourhoods
In this series, The Age profiles Victorian suburbs and towns to reveal how they’ve changed over the decades.
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Not far from the old Ford factory in Melbourne’s north, caravan-makers are booming
Almost a decade after the Australian car manufacturing industry died, caravan-makers now employ more workers than carmakers did at their peak.
- by Adam Carey
‘Fighting a losing battle’: Melbourne suburbs where rents have soared
Tenants are searching far and wide for their next home as rents in several suburbs spiralled 20 per cent or more in a year.
- by Alexandra Middleton
‘No one wants to be sharing this message’: Major hospitals confirm budget squeeze
Two of Victoria’s largest health services have imposed hiring freezes in response to government demands for huge savings, causing stress for health workers.
- by Jewel Topsfield and Henrietta Cook
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Tragedy
Broadmeadows deaths cause ‘could be anything’ as police probe overdose link
Later on Tuesday, another life was lost nearby in the same suburb. Police have already arrested a man over that separate incident.
- by Melissa Cunningham, David Estcourt, Wendy Tuohy and Lachlan Abbott
Melbourne’s migrant and manufacturing heart has taken some hits, but it’s still burning with ambition
Waves of migrants have called Broadmeadows home, wooed by cheap housing and plentiful jobs. As they brace for future growth, residents hope better education and community services are part of the plan.
- by Patrick Hatch
Melbourne suburbs where property prices are cheaper than five years ago
As investors shy away from the Melbourne market, a handful of areas have fallen below their 2019 prices.
- by Alexandra Middleton
Two dead after crash, sawn-off shotgun found in stolen car
Police found two weapons inside the car after it crashed while travelling at high speed through Melbourne’s northern suburbs.
- by Alex Crowe
The true history of Glenroy: Gun battles and mansions but no flushing loo
Tales of a Chicago-style street gunfight, a shortage of sewerage and a one-legged footballer are told in a book about the would-be “Toorak of the North”.
- by Carolyn Webb
‘Disgusting, dodgy’: Residents are over Melbourne’s worst underpasses
Across Melbourne, there are similar stories of lament at the poor state of some of the city’s busiest underpasses.
- by Najma Sambul
‘Putrid, sour and rancid’: Cheese company fined over waste spill into creek
A Broadmeadows business suspects an act of sabotage caused putrid whey and wastewater to run from its factory and into a Melbourne creek.
- by Adam Cooper
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