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Maroondah City Council.

Maroondah City Council: What your candidates said

Voters in Maroondah 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
Police outside the tobacco shop in Pier Street, Altona on Thursday.

Tobacco war: Five arrested over festive season firebombings

A police detective said the arrests hurt an unnamed criminal syndicate driving recent firebombings and claim police were “seeming to turn the corner” in combating the violence.

  • Lachlan Abbott
Crisp rice ball salad aka “red curry arancini”.

Don’t miss the ‘red curry arancini’ at this favourite suburban Thai spot

Melbourne-style Thai fusion is presented in colourful, balanced dishes that cater to those avoiding gluten, dairy and animal products at this popular Croydon restaurant.

  • Dani Valent
Jayne Bedford recently sold in Yarrambat.

The Melbourne suburbs where buyers pay a premium for space

Home buyers are willing to forgo a big backyard for the lifestyle offered by some inner-city neighbourhoods that don’t traditionally top the prestige rankings.

  • Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Deakin University lecturer Adam Brown has been charged with his wife’s murder.

Deakin Uni lecturer pleads guilty to wife’s murder

Adam Brown, an academic at Deakin University, has admitted in court to murdering his 35-year-old wife, Chen Cheng.

  • Erin Pearson
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Barista at Moorabin Minnie Miny Mo cafe Elissa Mori.

Underrated and overlooked: Seven of Melbourne’s unsung suburbs

There are dozens of underappreciated and up-and-coming neighbourhoods across our sprawling metropolis that won’t make it into travel guides but are loved by those who live there.

  • Rachael Dexter
The patron is removed from the Dorset Gardens Hotel in Croydon.

Patron filmed unconscious, held around neck as guard evicts him from hotel

A man has passed out while being held in a chokehold by a security guard as he was ejected from a hotel in Melbourne's east.

  • Staff reporter
Tofu and cashew stir-fry with chilli jam.

Croydon's Holy Basil takes Thai food up a notch

Hidden among car yards, this suburban restaurant is so far beyond the bland green curry yawn-fest that is much Melbourne Thai food.

  • Dani Valent
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The Scented Garden

'Organic' is written on the menu 44 times and 'biodynamic' appears seven times at this rustic, ...

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