Braybrook
Where you can buy a house for less than $1m within 10km of Melbourne’s CBD
Hopeful home buyers don’t have to give up proximity to the city to buy something for less than Melbourne’s median house price.
- by Alexandra Middleton
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Boy catastrophically injured trying to save his brother
An unlicensed driver has admitted to dangerous driving causing serious injury in Melbourne’s west last year.
- by Emily Woods
Lucy has been on the public housing waiting list for decades. Down the road, homes sit empty
As the public housing waiting list continues to grow, locals in one suburb are perplexed by vacant state-owned homes in their area.
- by Najma Sambul
Driver likely mistook accelerator for brake before hitting young brothers: police
Investigators allege Ngoc Thanh, who did not hold a licence in his home in Vietnam, was unlicensed and had been in Australia for six days when he struck two children in Melbourne’s outer west.
- by David Estcourt
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Road safety
Driver allegedly fled after mowing down young brothers playing in laneway
Witnesses say a driver – who has now been charged with dangerous driving – locked himself in a nearby house after a crash that critically injured an eight-year-old boy.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Alex Crowe
Special Series
Life in the ’burbs
My suburb was infamously dubbed Victoria’s ‘Bronx’, but I don’t want to leave
Braybrook certainly lived up to its nickname, with its high crime rate, unemployment and drug issues. My family enjoyed a great trade-off, despite our suburb’s reputation.
- by Najma Sambul
The $50,000 hip pocket hit making Melbourne home buyers rethink their next move
Interest rate rises have already cut the maximum amount home buyers can borrow, causing them to rethink what and where they can buy, and budgets could fall further as soon as next week.
- by Melissa Heagney and Tawar Razaghi
'World’s most sustainable shopping centre' takes root in the suburbs
In a nondescript shopping mall in middle Australia, a quiet building revolution is taking place.
- by Simon Johanson
Man dies in Braybrook house fire in Melbourne's west
Fire crews were called to the Braybrook home just after 10.30pm on Sunday after smoke was seen coming from the property.
Melbourne teen held hostage, tasered over Instagram slur
A teen allegedly lured a former schoolmate to a suburban car park, taking her hostage and tasering her over a social media insult.
Melbourne Express, Thursday, March 14, 2019
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