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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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Housing crisis
Leaked proposal’s sweeping changes to appeal rights, height limits, overlooking rules
Residents’ right to challenge developments in their street would be severely curtailed and basic standards for new projects will be redrawn under a significant proposed overhaul of the state’s planning rules.
- by Clay Lucas
Latest Metro Tunnel blowout just part of mega-projects, says Allan
Premier Jacinta Allan says cost escalations on the Metro Tunnel are akin to those on other huge construction projects in Australia.
- by Clay Lucas and Rachel Eddie
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Metro Tunnel
Secret $888m sweetener: Leaked letter exposes Labor’s massive Metro payout offer
The state government’s settlement offer would mean the companies building the late and over-budget Metro Tunnel would get additional payments to finish the rail project.
- by Clay Lucas
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Metro Tunnel
Trains will need slower speeds beneath Parkville to protect hospitals
Leaked documents detail a need for a slower pace in the Metro Tunnel near the new Parkville station to limit interference with nearby specialist health equipment.
- by Clay Lucas and Kieran Rooney
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Metro Tunnel
Millions blown as state fumbles Metro Tunnel’s interference with hospital equipment
Train tests on Metro Tunnel show interference with equipment in the hospital precinct, and despite the issue being identified a decade ago, it is now costing Victorians tens of millions of dollars annually.
- by Clay Lucas
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Metro Tunnel
Delays, ditched designs and hospital damage: Leaked report reveals Metro Tunnel woes
Unfinished stations and budget issues are plaguing the $14 billion mega-rail project as it battles fresh delays and potential compensation claims.
- by Clay Lucas
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Corruption
Building authority workers charged as part of bribes-for-registration probe
Victoria’s corruption commission has raided the homes of three Victorian Building Authority employees amid accusations they took bribes to register builders.
- by Clay Lucas, Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
No relief for owners of unsellable homes despite report confirming failures
Residents of a flooded retirement village face being marooned in homes rendered unsellable after a new report confirmed serious planning errors, yet rejected a government buyback scheme.
- by Sophie Aubrey and Clay Lucas
Criminalising cannabis: How Australia’s war on weed hurts the poor
Most cannabis possession arrests happen in Victoria’s poorest suburbs and towns. A new approach is needed, says the Penington Institute.
- by Clay Lucas
Banned on one, blocked on all: Dating app abusers face platform-wide exile
Under a new industry code of conduct, users booted from an online dating service owned by a company with multiple apps will be barred across the other platforms.
- by Clay Lucas
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