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Josie with one of their dating flyers.

‘Try dating Josie’: A Melbourne single’s unique approach to finding love

A diehard romcom fan has posted old-school flyers around inner Melbourne in a quest to find dates.

  • Sophie Aubrey

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Federation Square

Fed Square has an underground secret. Now visitors can take a peek

An area normally off limits to the public will be showcased as part of this year’s Rising festival.

  • Cara Waters
Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece (right) with NSW Premier Chris Minns on a 36-hour visit to Sydney.

Nothing to resent here: Lord mayor sends praise in an unexpected direction

Perhaps our lord mayor on tour thought that what happens on LinkedIn might stay on LinkedIn.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Protesters outside the housing tower at 33 Alfred Street, North Melbourne on Monday morning.

Public housing tower works delayed as activists block tradies from site

A face-off on Monday morning in North Melbourne has set the scene for a week of resistance to planned demolition works on public housing towers.

  • Rachael Dexter
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What you need to earn to be in your Melbourne suburb’s top 1 per cent

Toorak is Melbourne’s only suburb where the top 1 per cent earn more than $5 million a year on average. Use our interactive map to check out the data for your suburb.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Craig Butt
AFL star Zach Merrett, left, signs cards for collector James Vincent at Hobby Hangout XL trading cards show.

‘It’s fun’: The AFL superstar with an old-school hobby

Bombers captain Zach Merrett loves collecting AFL player cards, and there’s one in particular he will never part with.

  • Carolyn Webb
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Errol Street in North Melbourne

Locals divided over plan to close North Melbourne street and turn it into a park

Some back the move to bring more green space to the area while others have raised concerns about the impact on businesses, traffic and parking.

  • Cara Waters
Ryan McNaught in his Tullamarine warehouse where clear boxes of carefully sorted Lego line every wall

A drawer full of heads and 30 million bricks: inside the secret warehouse where Lego masterpieces are built

Teams of people spend weeks building Lego models at Brickman’s warehouse in Tullamarine.

  • Cara Waters
Rose Chong in a workroom of her Fitzroy warehouse, with some of the Samson et Dalila costumes.

Sew good: Exhibition to honour Rose Chong, Melbourne’s legendary costume maker

The long-time costumier, based in a warehouse on Gertrude Street in Fitzroy, recently made 60 costumes in three weeks for an opera.

  • Carolyn Webb
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Who is ‘Bazlenka’? Test yourself with The Age quiz

How well do you know Melbourne and Victoria? Test your trivia and news knowledge with The Age’s weekly quiz.

  • Stephen Brook and Eliza Sum

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