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ISKCON temple president Aniruddha Dasa.

Food fight: Albert Park locals call for Hare Krishna kitchen to move out

A petition from residents claims the smell, traffic and noise around the Hare Krishna temple – where membership has swelled in recent years – is ruining the area.

  • Lachlan Abbott

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The Ramadan night market in Dandenong Melbourne was attended by 30,000 each night.

Global soul drives Dandenong through highs and lows

A visit to a suburb so diverse that researchers call it superdiverse reveals a thriving community bonded by shared hurt – and shared hope.

  • Liam Mannix
Gerry and Bronwyn Borghesi

Home owners don’t have to pay to fix McCrae landslide, court finds

Mornington Peninsula Council has been trying to force Gerry and Bronwyn Borghesi to pick up an estimated $1.25 million bill for earthworks on the cliff face since 2022.

  • Adam Carey
At age 99, George Oshlack spends most of his time with a golf club or squash racquet in hand.

At age 99, this Holocaust survivor just had his latest sporting win

George Oshlack shot four under his 34 handicap to take out a men’s 18-hole competition. It was a much-needed win for the 99-year-old local legend.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Author Megan Clement.

I’m locked out of voting this election. I feel less Australian than ever

I haven’t lived in Australia for 12 years, but I keep finding myself back here at election time. It’s ironic, really, because I no longer have a say in who leads my homeland.

  • Megan Clement
Pakistani rapper, songwriter, and actor Faris Shafi, will perform at Blockbuster, for the opening of Rising.

See the rapper with 62 million streams perform in Melbourne – for free

Some of the world’s most popular artists are coming to play at Fed Square at the opening of Rising.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
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Sarah Hunter and her native saplings.

‘Green wedge’ council targets guerrilla gardener over native plantings

Nillumbik, Melbourne’s “green wedge shire”, has ordered a local farmer uproot a row of native trees she planted in a wildlife corridor.

  • Adam Carey
Giulia Di Sipio (left) and Jordy Kornfeld run the closest mental health service to this Brunswick West phone box.

Telstra wants three nondescript phone boxes heritage listed. Here’s why

Even in the age of mobile devices, these public phones have proven indispensable.

  • Lachlan Abbott
The elevated train station running over over Poath Rd has transformed Hughesdale.

My suburb is one of Melbourne’s most liveable, though nobody seems to know it exists

Many feared the skyrail would tear my suburb apart, but the unified town centre has given it a heart, and a whole new personality.

  • Matt McDonald
Tammie Zarro and Graham Scott, of the Friends of Gardiners Creek Reserve Burwood, share the concerns of Whitehorse and Monash councils.

Gardiners Creek is a rare slice of urban bush. The government wants to build 20-storey towers on its bank

Locals and councils have raised concerns that plans for the Suburban Rail Loop will cause a loss of sunlight and impact wildlife in the suburban sanctuary.

  • Sophie Aubrey

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