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Royce Millar is a senior reporter for The Age

Cherryl Barassi relished life. Now, she says it is time to go
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Cherryl Barassi relished life. Now, she says it is time to go

Cherryl and Ron promised each other they would leave the world at a time of their own choosing. Ron never got to choose his time, his widow reflects. So she is fighting to choose hers.

  • by Royce Millar

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Who are the YIMBYs? Inside the group that is shaking up Melbourne’s neighbourhoods

Who are the YIMBYs? Inside the group that is shaking up Melbourne’s neighbourhoods

The YIMBYs want to rewrite the planning rules, scrap heritage overlays and start a housing revolution. And they have the ear of government.

  • by Royce Millar and Rachael Dexter
From Pratt to Fox to Dalidakis: Who gets time with Jacinta Allan

From Pratt to Fox to Dalidakis: Who gets time with Jacinta Allan

The first full release of three months of MPs’ diaries reveals familiar names meeting Spring Street figures, including Anthony Pratt, Lindsay Fox’s family and unionists

  • by Royce Millar
Building unions, Labor branches clash with state on housing towers demolition

Building unions, Labor branches clash with state on housing towers demolition

Influential construction unions have joined more than 30 Labor branches in contesting the Allan government’s plans to redevelop Melbourne’s 44 public housing towers.

  • by Kieran Rooney and Royce Millar
Councils not the housing villain as developers shelve construction
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Councils not the housing villain as developers shelve construction

Property developers and builders opted not to press ahead with a record number of units in the last five years – despite them being approved by councils.

  • by Josh Gordon, Royce Millar and Kieran Rooney
Planning powers could be stripped from councils that miss housing targets

Planning powers could be stripped from councils that miss housing targets

The Allan government is preparing a second round of reforms to tackle the housing crisis, including proposed targets for councils and a new universal liveability charge.

  • by Royce Millar, Kieran Rooney and Josh Gordon
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The man behind the housing towers heritage bid grew up in them. To him, they’re no eyesore

The man behind the housing towers heritage bid grew up in them. To him, they’re no eyesore

Christopher Lee, who lived in the Lygon Street towers in Carlton, recalls spacious and light-filled rooms, bold architecture and fond childhood memories. That’s why he wants them protected.

  • by Royce Millar
Heritage wonder or high-rise hell? Forces unite to save Melbourne’s public housing towers from oblivion

Heritage wonder or high-rise hell? Forces unite to save Melbourne’s public housing towers from oblivion

Opposition to the state government’s plan to raze 44 towers is mounting, including from a former Labor deputy prime minister and a 97-year-old industry icon, architect Peter McIntyre.

  • by Royce Millar
This MP never met with Daniel Andrews. He’s already had two meetings with Jacinta Allan

This MP never met with Daniel Andrews. He’s already had two meetings with Jacinta Allan

Labor’s control of the crossbench is changing as progressives warn they won’t be taken for granted and those frozen out under Andrews welcome a new approach.

  • by Royce Millar and Kieran Rooney
Garden state status under threat amid squeeze on public open space
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Garden state status under threat amid squeeze on public open space

Parks and nature reserves are vital for wellbeing. But at the rate Melbourne is densifying and expanding, access to public open space could fall dramatically.

  • by Josh Gordon and Royce Millar
Victoria’s revived SEC may not have to compete on level playing field
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Victoria’s revived SEC may not have to compete on level playing field

The new version of the State Electricity Commission looks set to be exempt from a levy designed to stop government businesses having a competitive advantage.

  • by Royce Millar and Josh Gordon

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