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An example streetscape from Plan Victoria

Car park requirements slashed near Melbourne transport hubs

The premier and planning minister have released the new Plan for Victoria, dictating development for the next 30 years.

  • Rachel Eddie

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Gill Gannon and Bea Tomlin, who help co-ordinate the Keep Champion Road Open group.

Council staff refuse to sign secrecy deals over hated level-crossing plan

The council will now only communicate with the Level Crossing Removal Project in writing.

  • Sophie Aubrey
An artist’s impression of a new bridge over the Maribyrnong River, to be built as part of the Melbourne Airport Rail project.

Airport rail back on track after $2 billion federal lifeline

The prime minister has pledged funding to the project as Labor looks to sandbag its heartland in Melbourne’s west ahead of the federal election.

  • Kieran Rooney, Rachel Eddie and Chip Le Grand
The Allan government’s new planning rules have been nicknamed “the toastie”.

How a ham and cheese toastie could upend the state’s planning laws

The Victorian government insists its changes to planning laws won’t change heritage overlays. This is partly true. It’s also disingenuous.

  • Chip Le Grand
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit Victoria on Wednesday.

Albanese’s cash splash for roads, airport rail as Victorians turn sour on Labor

The prime minister will on Wednesday announce fresh funding for Melbourne’s airport rail link and a suburban road blitz.

  • Paul Sakkal
Premier Jacinta Allan and Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny last year.

Automatic green light for townhouses, small apartments to speed up builds

Neighbours will lose appeal rights for three-storey projects if the plans meet a set of strict standards aimed at streamlining low-rise residential development.

  • Rachel Eddie
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An aerial view of Frankston, where apartments up to 16-storeys tall have been approved.

Housing targets scaled back across Melbourne

The state government also says it is cutting back plans for medium-density development because of response from the community.

  • Rachael Dexter
Camberwell is one suburb to have housing developments fast-tracked.

The Allan government has shrunk its suburban high-rise plans. Here’s what’s changed

The state government has downsized its ambitions for the first tranche of its so-called activity centres, reducing height limits for medium-density apartment buildings and reducing development boundaries.

  • Chip Le Grand and Adam Carey
Antisemitism and Islamophobia are nothing new in this country. But community and political leaders can help keep them in check by toning down their own rhetoric.

Major party impasse threatens to unravel proposed hate speech laws

Islamic Council of Victoria spokesman Adel Salman said the political defence should never have been dropped from the government’s anti-vilification legislation.

  • Chip Le Grand
Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas has previously suggested that hospitals have the resources they need to meet compliance costs.

Hospitals insist on extra cash to aid shake-up as state tightens belt

The state’s hospitals say they need hundreds of millions to realise the new health service networks, but the timing could be tricky.

  • Broede Carmody

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