• Series
• Victorian council elections

Victorian local elections 2024: Greater Melbourne candidates speak out

Local election candidates across Greater Melbourne have responded to The Age’s survey. Read what the candidates in your area plan to do if they are elected.

• Victorian council elections

Knox City Council: What your candidates said

Voters in Knox will choose nine people to represent them on council for the next four years. Here is what the candidates said about why they are running in the Victorian council elections and what they want to achieve.

• October 1, 2024
• Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter

• Victoria residential property

The popular Melbourne suburbs where houses are selling fastest

Homes in certain leafy neighbourhoods are being snapped up within a fortnight of going on the market – but specific amenities are key to achieving that speed.

• January 20, 2024
• Melissa Heagney-Bayliss

• Victoria residential property

Which Melbourne neighbourhoods offer the most options for home buyers?

Home hunters have far less choice of properties for sale than they did a year ago, new data shows, as owners hesitate to list their homes for sale while prices fall, but it’s a mixed picture across the city.

• October 9, 2022
• Melissa Heagney-Bayliss

• Property market

Sell or stay put? Where more Victorians are trading places

John and Yuko Peavey recently upsized their home in Ferntree Gully, jumping at the opportunity to buy in a market where a lower percentage of people have been selling.

• June 26, 2022
• Melissa Heagney-Bayliss

• Animal cruelty

'Horrific': public appeal after cat dumped with legs taped, cable tied

Animal welfare authorities are calling for public assistance after the discovery of cat dumped in Ferntree Gully last week in 'horrific' circumstances.

• May 2, 2020
• Rachael Dexter

• Victoria

One person dead, two injured in Ferntree Gully crash

A man was driving a silver Mitsubishi sedan when it collided with a white Toyota Camry at the intersection of Burwood Highway and Glenfern Road in Ferntree Gully.

• November 18, 2018
• Matilda Boseley

• Review
• Melbourne

Meet Lorna, your pre- or post-1000 steps brunch spot

Ferntree Gully cafe brings together traditional Anglo fare (crumpets) and Mexican flair (breakfast nachos).

• May 29, 2018
• Dani Valent