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City of Whittlesea: What your candidates said
Voters in Whittlesea will choose xx 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.
- by Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter
Latest
End of the train line: Life on Melbourne’s fringe
Shiny new build homes surround the station and then give way abruptly to green paddocks with cows grazing in them.
- by Cara Waters
Updated
Courts
‘It’s outrageous’: Devastated mum of Celeste Manno furious as daughter’s killer avoids life sentence
Outside court, Celeste Manno’s mother, Aggie Di Mauro, said the system failed her daughter three-and-a-half years ago, and had failed her again on Thursday. “Today’s outcome proves just how flawed the justice system is,” she said.
- by Simone Fox Koob
Celeste Manno’s killer to contest how many stab wounds he inflicted
The man who pleaded guilty to murdering Celeste Manno has again sacked his lawyers and is planning to contest how many times he stabbed the 23-year-old Melbourne woman when he broke into her home and killed her.
- by Simone Fox Koob
Melbourne real estate listings dry up as home owners sit tight in falling market
The number of new listings fell more than 10 per cent across all Melbourne regions, new Domain data shows, but there is good news for home sellers.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss and Tawar Razaghi
Ivanhoe siblings missing from train station found safe
A pair of young siblings missing for almost 24 hours after disappearing near a train station in Melbourne’s north-east have been found safe, police say.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Carolyn Webb
'Happy birthday my little sister and rest in peace': Celeste Manno's family grieve lost 24th birthday
The eldest brother of Celeste Manno has remembered his younger sister as the family's 'rock, pillar of strength and protector' on what would have been the young woman's 24th birthday.
- by Simone Fox Koob
Updated
Crime
'Gorgeous young soul': Man arrested after woman found dead in Mernda
Celeste Manno has been remembered as a kind and loving friend after she was found dead inside her home in Melbourne's north-east suburbs.
- by Simone Fox Koob
Review
Melbourne
Mernda Bakery Cafe
A revived 19th-century bakery specialising in pies (including ox cheek and shiraz), thick slabs of ...
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