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Long-time Darebin councillor Gaetano Greco has died at the age of 65 long-battle with skin cancer.

Gaetano Greco, veteran inner-north councillor, dies aged 65

Greco had been serving his 17th year on Darebin council in Melbourne’s inner-north and was known for his tireless community advocacy.

  • Rachael Dexter

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Five bidders contested the Moonee Ponds auction.

Five first home buyers battle for $720,000 Moonee Ponds townhouse

A rare feature and affordable price range attracted several hopefuls on auction day. It was one of 393 scheduled on Saturday.

  • Jim Malo
1 Toadhall Lane, Jan Juc.

The best properties for sale across Victoria right now

Looking for your next home? From a Jan Juc bushland showstopper to a Preston home that celebrates its past, we’ve got you covered.

  • Mary O'Brien and Lou Sweeney
Jamsheed’s converted industrial dining room.
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The mash-up of cuisines at this suburban winery makes our critic ‘giddy’ (in a good way)

Clara Luna serves bar food, but it’s also soul food; Middle Eastern and South American, but also Australian.

  • Besha Rodell
The Murray Road Bunnings is set for new branding when discount homewares retailer Panda Mart opens mid-year.

53,000 products: Discount dynamo takes over empty Bunnings superstore

Australia’s discount homewares market is about to get some stiff competition with the arrival of international retailer Panda Mart.

  • Nicole Lindsay
A hit team lay in wait for Sam Abdulrahim on Tuesday.

Underworld hunt for ‘traitor’ who sold out Sam Abdulrahim

There was only a small window of opportunity to target Abdulrahim, who was due to fly out of Australia on Thursday and kept news of his whereabouts confined to his inner circle.

  • Chris Vedelago, Marta Pascual Juanola, Lachlan Abbott and Hannah Hammoud
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A torched car has been linked to the killing of Sam Abdulrahim.

Second suspected getaway car found after Abdulrahim execution

After shooting Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim and torching their initial getaway car in Reservoir, the killers are believed to have fled in a grey Ford Ranger ute.

  • Lachlan Abbott and Chris Vedelago
Underworld figure Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim in 2015.

Crime boss cousins with a grudge top list of Abdulrahim’s enemies

Dangerously exposed after a lifetime of double-crossing many of the most powerful underworld players, Sam Abdulrahim’s time finally ran out.

  • Chris Vedelago
Sam Abdulrahim was shot dead in Preston.

Organised hit team of four lay in wait to execute Sam ‘The Punisher’ Abdulrahim

After years on the run and subject to a $1 million murder contract, the underworld’s most-hunted man has been killed – shot in the head in an ambush in the car park of suburban Melbourne hotel.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola, Chris Vedelago, Lachlan Abbott, Cameron Houston and Melissa Cunningham
A woman with blood stained clothes is comforted at the scene.

Blood-stained clothes, howls of despair where ‘The Punisher’s’ time ran out

Sam Abdulrahim’s loved ones huddled together by the entrance of an unremarkable serviced apartment building that has now become part of Melbourne gangland folklore.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola and Lachlan Abbott

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