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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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Healthcare
‘He shouldn’t be dead’: Families sue Frankston Hospital over suicides
Michael Abeling was desperate for help when he presented to the emergency department. But he was refused admission and died a few days later.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Crime
Murder accused fronts court after fisherman’s pier death
A homeless man will receive urgent medical treatment after he was charged with murder over the stabbing death of an angler in Frankston on Saturday.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Holly Hales
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Planning
‘Watershed moment’: 14-storey tower in Frankston’s ‘Great Wall’ gets green light
A contentious high-rise apartment building, part of Frankston’s “Great Wall” overlooking Port Phillip Bay, has been approved.
- by Benjamin Preiss, Ashleigh McMillan and Lachlan Abbott
How rising sea levels could sink a grand plan to transform Frankston
Melbourne Water will not back a masterplan to densify Frankston’s city centre over a lack of consideration of flood risks and coastal inundation caused by climate change.
- by Rachael Dexter
Dunkley’s beaten Liberal Conroy to return to council night-mayor
The byelection didn’t go the Frankston mayor’s way, and things are looking awkward for him now at the council.
- by Noel Towell
Labor vows to keep cost-of-living focus after swing to Liberals in Dunkley
Voters delivered a warning to the prime minister on the cost of living – and a rebuff to Peter Dutton and his goal of winning the suburban electorates needed to retake government.
- by Lisa Visentin and Annika Smethurst
Birthday gift: Albanese asks for election victory in Dunkley
The prime minister spent his 61st birthday morning meeting voters in Dunkley in a last-minute bid to keep the seat in Labor’s hands.
- by Annika Smethurst
Opinion
Byelection
Why a byelection win for Labor could prove to be Albanese’s poisoned chalice
For all the highs that come with a victory on election night, there are long-term risks in winning the seat of Dunkley so close to a federal election.
- by Annika Smethurst
Albanese’s tax gambit supercharges the battle for Dunkley
While the Albanese government needs to rebuild faith with struggling voters who feel ignored, the Coalition sees the byelection in Melbourne’s south-east as a test of its path back to power.
- by Chip Le Grand
Frankston’s future as luxe bayside suburb a distant dream in derelict town centre
Underloved Frankston is having a moment in the sun, with a byelection due in March and big plans brewing for the city centre. But not everyone is happy.
- by Adam Carey
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