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Voters queue at Docklands polling centre.

‘Election day fail’: Long queues at polling booths in inner Melbourne

Some voters said they faced a wait of up to two hours to cast their ballot, prompting Melbourne’s lord mayor to lash the AEC.

  • Sophie Aubrey, Gemma Grant and Ashleigh McMillan

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Savoury buckwheat taiyaki, a fish-shaped Japanese waffle.

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Formerly Yugen Tea Bar, now with more approachable cafe fare.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Poached peach pancake with whipped vanilla cream.

Como Lane

Scott Pickett’s first full-service cafe.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Outside Gracie’s on Toorak Road.

Gracie’s Wine Room

Chilled wine and share plates in a sun-drenched courtyard.

  • Emily Holgate and Tomas Telegramma
Inside Blakeaway’s boutique grocer in South Yarra.

Blakeaway

Find everything from fancy produce and homewares to tonight’s dinner.

  • Emma Breheny
Taramasolata, bread and octopus.

Astoria Bar Ke Grill

Home-style Hellenic cuisine in a 129-year-old terrace.

  • Daniela Frangos
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It’s set at the quieter end of the street.

Ash Barty’s South Yarra base passes in for $1.85 million at auction

The Queensland tennis star bought the home just after the peak of the market in 2022, and it was listed with hopes of achieving a price of as much as $2 million.

  • Shona Hendley
The next 25 activity centres for extra housing have been announced.

The two inner-city councils that have to open up their streets to density

Inner suburbs such as Prahran and Thornbury, and outer suburbs including Dandenong, have been identified as the next hubs for the development of extra housing.

  • Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
Tennis champ Ash Barty is selling her Melbourne home.

Ash Barty to sell her renovated Melbourne home, but will she break even?

The tennis champ did a bathroom and kitchen renovation but will have to wait and see if she makes her money back on the three-bedroom townhouse.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Red velvet seats and timber panelling has helped transform a onetime bike shop into a rococo bordello.
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‘Glammed-up bordello appeal’: Peek inside the southside bar where photos aren’t allowed

Come for the stellar French wine list and stay for the snacks at this exciting update to one of the city’s best-loved bistros.

  • Besha Rodell

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