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The Gardiner Hotel’s rooftop overlooks heritage buildings along Glenferrie Road.

Four new and snazzy Melbourne pubs to meet your mates at this summer

Happy hours and weekly specials make these restored boozers a no-brainer for silly season fun.

  • Daniela Frangos

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Lunch With Shaun Micallef.

‘I think I am without purpose’: The career twilight of Shaun Micallef

After recent controversies about giving the younger generation a go, the comedian, writer and presenter does not want to outstay his welcome. But he knows he will.

  • Stephen Brook
Steam Packet Hotel in WIlliamstown.

Steam Packet Hotel

A pint at the Packet has been a Williamstown rite of passage for generations.

Hobsons Bay City Council.

Hobsons Bay City Council: What your candidates said

Voters in Hobsons Bay will choose nine 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
42 Bellair Street, Kensington.

Former Kensington cop shop sells for $1 million at auction

The property was situated on an awkwardly shaped block and had once been used as a smoko spot for Kensington police officers.

  • Sarah Webb
35 Fairview Street, Hawthorn VIC 3122

Eleven of our favourite homes for sale in Melbourne right now

Looking for your next home? From a peaked-roofed entertainer to a fish-tank splashback, we’ve got you covered.

  • Jacqui Hammerton and Mary O'Brien
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Jellis Craig auctioneer Greg Cusack at 203 Osborne Street, Williamstown.

Beach cottage smashes its reserve and changes hands for $3.9 million

A large crowd defied the cold to watch four bidders vie for the two-bedroom Williamstown home, which had been in the one family since it was built 60 years ago.

  • Sarah Webb
Auctioneer Jarrod Couch stands by a portrait of Rhys Nicholson before the auction.

Comedian Rhys Nicholson’s ‘maximalist’ home sells for $842,500 after auction

The Coburg home passed in for $810,000, but soon sold to the highest bidders in post-auction negotiations.

  • Jim Malo
Asbestos material has been found in tanbark just off the path which runs along the Kororoit creek, Harris reserve, Altona North.

Test results are in on asbestos in parks as reports continue to rise

The environmental regulator has revealed more reports of potential asbestos, this time in Williamstown, Altona and Sunshine West, with priority testing under way.

  • Melissa Cunningham
The auction of 20 Gareth Avenue, Beaumaris.

Beaumaris house sells for $2,325,000 in just seven bids

Two bidders slugged it out during the ultra-fast auction for the four-bedroom home, which was over in just a few minutes.

  • Melissa Heagney-Bayliss

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