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An artist’s render of the 17-storey affordable housing tower proposed for Para Rd, Greensborough.

The suburban towers being green-lit without community approval

The Allan government has frequently used its strengthened powers to bypass local councils and green-light developments, including one set to change the skyline of Greensborough.

  • Daniella White

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This Greensborough home sold for $1.3 million last year, a price in the top quartile for Melbourne.

Surprising amount it costs to buy a top-end home in Melbourne now

Melbourne’s house price record is north of $100 million, but most upper-end homes are selling for a much more achievable sum.

  • Shona Hendley
8 Neptune Street, Richmond.

First home buyer beats downsizer to pay $1.28m for Richmond terrace

The two bidders were locked in a tight race on Derby Day, but the first home buyer won and landed the two-bedroom Victorian home close to Bridge Road.

  • Shona Hendley
Greater Melbourne

Victorian local elections 2024: Greater Melbourne candidates speak out

Local election candidates across Greater Melbourne have responded to The Age’s survey. Read what the candidates in your area plan to do if they are elected.

Nillumbik Shire Council.

Nillumbik Shire Council: What your candidates said

Voters in Nillumbik 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
Close-up of Victoria the T. rex on display at Melbourne Museum

Got the holiday blues? See T-Rex bones, cuddle a cat or smash stuff

We investigate some unconventional options for winter school holiday activities.

  • Carolyn Webb
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Buyers are being priced out of affordable and liveable suburbs.

The most liveable Melbourne suburbs where you should have purchased property

Once considered affordable, these areas are now even further out of reach for home buyers.

  • Alexandra Middleton
Life in Greensborough.

In my suburb, a bypass was meant to fix the traffic. But people still pour in

The shops are now bigger and brighter in Greensborough’s beehive of development – and no longer owned by people whose names I once knew.

  • Martin Galvin
Victoria Police officers in Melbourne.

Leading constable charged with multiple sexual assaults while on duty

The man will face court for three sexual assault offences alleged to have happened over several years.

  • Alex Crowe
Merry work: Santa photographer Simone Morihovitis at work with Alex, 1, on rocking chair, and his brother Sam, 4.

Crying kids, fur babies and a snake: Inside the crazy fun of Santa photo shoots

When a three-year-old boy solemnly asked for a bag of onions, Santa didn’t miss a beat: “Would you like red ones or brown ones?“. It’s just another day at Santa’s photo workshop.

  • Carolyn Webb

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