Cowes

Block contestants (left to right): Maddy, Charlotte, Courtney, Grant, Ricky, Haydn, Kylie, Brad, Kristian and Mimi.

Auctions

Billionaire splashes $15 million to buy all five houses on The Block

The deep-pocketed property buyer made a knockout bid of $3.5 million to crown the youngest-ever winners of the reality renovation TV show.

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Elizabeth Redman

Latest

Island Cove Villas will be the location of The Block 2024.

Victoria residential property

The Block’s next location has beach holiday vibes

A company linked to the reality renovation TV show has snapped up a resort in a tourist hotspot, ready for contestants’ island dreams.

October 3, 2023
Melissa Heagney-Bayliss

Samantha Fraser; and CCTV images of Adrian Basham outside Fraser’s home and on his motorcycle.

Courts

Convicted murderer Adrian Basham fighting to keep house he killed his wife in

Basham told a court via videolink on Tuesday that he needs to sell the Cowes property to help pay his legal bills.

August 8, 2023
Erin Pearson

Property market

Where rents have risen most as Melburnians chase a sea or tree change

Some regional areas saw rents soar by $80 per week over 2021, as Melburnians looked for lifestyle options, and to escape lockdowns, without the huge price tag.

January 14, 2022
Melissa Heagney-Bayliss

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks to the media at the daily Covid-19 press conference, 1 Treasury Place, Melbourne.

Coronavirus pandemic

Mildura case puts in doubt lockdown reprieve for regional Victoria

Victoria has recorded 16 new local cases after a number of Melbourne CBD bars and Bacchus Marsh school bus lines were declared exposure sites late last night.

July 18, 2021
Ashleigh McMillan

COVID testing at the Melbourne Showgrounds on Friday.

Coronavirus pandemic

‘This lockdown was needed’: 18 of 19 new local COVID cases were infectious in Victorian community

Eighteen of Victoria’s latest COVID-19 cases were infectious in the community for an average of 1.7 days, vindicating the state government’s “go hard, go early” lockdown strategy, but health authorities have refused to rule out an extension of the five-day snap lockdown.