Wantirna
New health city for Melbourne’s east barely has a pulse five years on
A large wedge of state-owned land in Wantirna could be home to a new public hospital, homes and health services. Instead, vandals and squatters have moved in.
- by Adam Carey
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Hypercolor tees, Stussy pants and Knox City: ’90s Wantirna was a white-bread affair
Wantirna, in 1990s local nightclub terms, was a $12 taxi ride to Jooce in “Ringers”, or a free courtesy bus home from Stylus in Ferntree Gully, after too many illusion shakers.
- by Larissa Ham
The Melbourne suburbs that joined the $1 million club
Almost a third of Victorian suburbs now have a median house price of more than $1 million, and 11 middle- and outer-suburbs joined the club last year as the property market boomed.
- by Elizabeth Redman
'I'm still shaking': Hot-air balloons crash minutes apart in Melbourne's east
Two hot-air balloons make unexpected landings in Melbourne's east, with one coming down in a suburban backyard.
- by Erin Pearson and Robyn Grace
Blaze starts at second transfer station in less than 24 hours
A fire has started at Anglesea Transfer Station, the morning after another fire at a transfer station in Wantirna South.
- by Nicole Precel
'We are truly devastated': Emily Bartley's family mourn after tragedy
Family of woman who died after rushing to the aid of a motorcyclist say she will be remembered as a 'loving wife, devoted mother and a genuinely caring person'.
- by Melissa Cunningham & Simone Fox Koob
'It's an absolute tragedy': 'Heroic' mother of two killed in Wantirna crash
The woman's children were asleep in their beds when their mother was fatally hit after rushing to the aid of a motorcyclist.
- by Melissa Cunningham & Simone Fox Koob
Magistrate 'concerned' over court delays for double fatal hit-run girl
Magistrate has raised concern about the potential delay in finalising the case against a 15-year-old girl charged over alleged hit-run that killed young couple
- by Adam Cooper
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Wantirna Superstars
In the outer-eastern suburbs, yum cha restaurants seem to outnumber even fast food joints.
- by Matt Preston and Reviewer
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