Broadmeadows
Hume council is owed a record $47m in overdue rates. But there’s a radical plan to fix it
One in four home owners is behind in paying their rates in this municipality, with the council probing if they should target businesses making profits instead.
- Adam Carey
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Victorian local elections 2024: Greater Melbourne candidates speak out
Local election candidates across Greater Melbourne have responded to The Age’s survey. Read what the candidates in your area plan to do if they are elected.
Hume City Council: What your candidates said
Voters in Hume 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
Parking fine hope for residents in narrow streets of Melbourne’s north
Drivers could be given the green light to park on their own nature strips without fear of being stung by fines, in a bid to tackle an urban planning problem.
- Adam Carey
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Where we live: The changing face of Victoria’s neighbourhoods
In this series, The Age profiles Victorian suburbs and towns to reveal how they’ve changed over the decades.
Not far from the old Ford factory in Melbourne’s north, caravan-makers are booming
Almost a decade after the Australian car manufacturing industry died, caravan-makers now employ more workers than carmakers did at their peak.
- Adam Carey
‘Fighting a losing battle’: Melbourne suburbs where rents have soared
Tenants are searching far and wide for their next home as rents in several suburbs spiralled 20 per cent or more in a year.
- Alexandra Middleton
‘No one wants to be sharing this message’: Major hospitals confirm budget squeeze
Two of Victoria’s largest health services have imposed hiring freezes in response to government demands for huge savings, causing stress for health workers.
- Jewel Topsfield and Henrietta Cook
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Broadmeadows deaths cause ‘could be anything’ as police probe overdose link
Later on Tuesday, another life was lost nearby in the same suburb. Police have already arrested a man over that separate incident.
- Melissa Cunningham, David Estcourt, Wendy Tuohy and Lachlan Abbott
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