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Jaathara at Barkly

Casual canteen that raises the bar for fried snacks.

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Broccoli pizza at Harley & Rose.
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Harley & Rose

God-tier pizza set against a ’90s soundtrack.

Migrant Coffee’s sweet treat bagel, with coconut jam.

Migrant Coffee

Migrant’s famed bagels borrow from the owners’ Filipino, Thai and Islander heritage.

Maribyrnong City Council.

Maribyrnong City Council: What your candidates said

Voters in Maribyrnong will choose seven 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.

  • Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter
A 2018 industrial fire in West Footscray sent a toxic plume over the city.

Council accused of negligence over major West Footscray chemical blaze

Maribyrnong council and gas giant BOC are accused of failing to take action on stockpiling of gas cylinders at a factory that burned for nearly two weeks in 2018.

  • Chris Vedelago
The body of West Footscray woman Lolene Joy Whitehand was found in the Maribyrnong River.

‘The kindest lady’: Neighbours mourn Lolene, 85, after body found in Maribyrnong River

A West Footscray woman has been charged with murder and a 15-year-old boy was also questioned after a fisherman discovered the elderly woman’s body.

  • Melissa Cunningham, Marta Pascual Juanola and Shelby Garlick
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Trains through the Metro tunnel have progressed to the point where they can now run at 80km/h.

Ditch the timetable: Metro Tunnel trains on track to run every three minutes

The state government initially promised a “turn up and go” service – without specifying precisely how often trains would run.

  • Kieran Rooney
Images of Footscray between the early 20th century and now.

Pyjamas as outerwear? Nobody takes any notice in this inner-west wonderland

Footscray is a place layered with lore. It’s a multifarious wonderland where the Anglo heteronormative presence is a side dish to what’s really going on. 

  • Lily Chan
Cameron Goodison bought his home shortly before it was granted heritage protection.

Heritage ‘nullifies the opportunity to grow’: YIMBYs win in inner west

The removal of heritage protections from almost 900 post- and inter-war homes in Melbourne’s inner-west has been celebrated as a win for housing affordability.

  • Bianca Hall
A West Footscray Edwardian sold post auction on Saturday.

West Footscray home fetches $1.355 million in post-auction sale

The three-bedroom Edwardian passed in on a bid of $1.3 million before selling, on what was a busy auction day in Melbourne after the quiet long weekend.

  • Melissa Heagney-Bayliss

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