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An aerial view of works on the North East Link on Friday.

Sinkhole halts tunnelling on $26 billion North East Link project

Tunnelling on a flagship state government infrastructure project has come to a halt after a sinkhole emerged near two boring machines.

  • Tom Cowie

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A landslide in McCrae on the Mornington Peninsula damaged several homes on January 14.

Burglars hit McCrae homes evacuated after landslide

One house was crushed and residents in 19 others were told to leave after a cliff collapsed on the Mornington Peninsula last month.

  • Lachlan Abbott
Owner of Blacklist Cards Umit Berkant in his Thomastown hobby and collector store. His shop has been ransacked twice non the last in the last few months and Pokemon cards stolen. Similar shops in Melbourne have also been ransacked. The Age. Picture: Penny Stephens. Tuesday 11th February 2025

Hobby shops beef up security after Pokémon ransack spree to catch ’em all

Some Pokémon cards have sold for millions of dollars after an explosion in popularity off the back of influencers and online groups during the pandemic.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola
Tear the dosa, dip it in sambar and enjoy.
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A former real estate office is now home to one of Melbourne’s best South Indian restaurants

Vegetarian Udupi restaurant Sri Ananda Bhavan will impress dosa snobs and novices alike.

  • Dani Valent
The urban heat island effect, seen through infrared imaging, shows the difference in temperatures black roofs make.

How your suburb’s lack of trees could be affecting your health

As Melbourne sweltered through another scorching day, we tested the temperature on a footpath with no tree canopy. The results were eye-watering.

  • Bianca Hall
Melissa’s father, Ziggy, passed away from mesothelioma last year following asbestos exposure at the ABC in Melbourne.

At least four ABC employees die from asbestos exposure

Many more are believed to have been exposed to the deadly substance at the broadcaster’s old studios in Elsternwick and the CBD.

  • Henrietta Cook
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Two Ballarat tobacco shops went up in flames in the early hours of Thursday.

The tobacco war safe-zone where violent gangs are policing themselves

Criminal syndicates have called a truce over tobacco shops in one area of Melbourne as experts declare our crime-fighting strategy a failure that only a radical rethink can fix.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola, Chris Vedelago and Lachlan Abbott
Doveton College principal Deb Gibson (centre) with parents Belinda and Peter Willoughby and their daughter Angelina (left) and Raneth Ung with son VannaKrath Neth , 7 (right).

Raging parents are driving teachers out of schools. Here’s a new peace plan to tackle that

Turbulent times are adding to friction in school communities, but Monash University researchers say they have a way to deal with the problem.

  • Noel Towell
The swamp skink was listed as endangered in March 2023, in part due to habitat loss in Melbourne’s east.

Skink rarely spotted in the wild disrupts major housing plan for Mornington Peninsula

The emergence of the endangered swamp skink on a large undeveloped site in Dromana has led to calls to drastically scale back long-standing housing plans.

  • Adam Carey
Pierre Vairo at the Dynon Road “rainbow bridge” in West Melbourne.

These new bike bridges were built months ago. Cyclists are demanding to use them

The bright-green bridge over Footscray Road and a rainbow bridge at Dynon Road remain fenced off by the West Gate Tunnel Project, forcing cyclists to continue riding on dangerous truck-laden roads.

  • Sophie Aubrey

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