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Tadao Ando’s concrete pavilion at the Queen Victoria Gardens has been offered to the City of Melbourne.

Serene and stunning, this beloved concrete slab has its own security guard

Over 300,000 people have made the pilgrimage to MPavilion 10. Now this Melbourne icon faces its own Eiffel Tower moment.

  • Norman Day

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Casual Receptionist of the Quarter is on at The Motley Bauhaus until April 20.

Oligarchs, receptionists and an accidental inmate: The comedy festival hits its final fortnight

From a show that is “workplace comedy at its best” to a true story with a twist, here are our latest reviews.

  • Cher Tan, Lefa Singleton Norton, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
The Hallam Road landfill in Hampton Park.

‘Risk to human health’: EPA knocks back giant waste transfer station

Communities in Melbourne’s southeast are celebrating the refusal to allow Veolia to build a waste transfer station, in a blow to council waste disposal plans.

  • Adam Carey
The Boulevard residents Sue, Mira, David, Simon and Desiree, who will fight the council’s proposal.

Why locals are fighting to keep the potholes on this dilapidated road

Driving on this road is a bone-rattling experience, but that hasn’t deterred hundreds of locals from fighting to save its potholes and cracked surface.

  • Adam Carey
Housing spread Cranbourne engulfs a former Clyde farmhouse.

My suburb on the city fringe has a claim to fame, but it’s no one-trick pony

A Shake’n’Dog at Wendy’s and a movie from Blockbuster - my childhood at the end of the line was charmed. My suburb has since transformed, but my family name can rekindle the past.

  • Madison Griffiths
Some of the allegedly fraudulent ballots submitted in the Whittlesea council election.

How handwriting and voter birthdates uncovered two alleged council election frauds

The penmanship on ballots lodged during last October’s council elections is among the evidence filed in alleged schemes of voter fraud uncovered by the Victorian Electoral Commission.

  • Tom Cowie
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The Booth Variety Spectacular & Formal Apology Hour! is on at Arts Centre Melbourne until April 20.

Ghosts, lies, and conspiracy theories: This festival has it all

From a show where musicals meet PowerPoint, to a trip back in time, here are our latest reviews.

  • Cher Tan, Donna Demaio, Elizabeth Flux, Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, John Bailey, Lefa Singleton Norton, Nell Geraets, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Traffic jams are frequent  in Beveridge.

Sold a dream, left in gridlock: The isolated suburb begging for traffic fix

The isolated and car-dependent community of Beveridge is a planning disaster 10 years in the making, say residents of Melbourne’s northernmost suburb.

  • Adam Carey
Flemington

How housing, hope and, yes, even horses have shaped this suburb

It’s home to Australia’s most famous racecourse, but there is so much more to Flemington.

  • Sophie Aubrey
One of Melbourne’s public housing towers.

Public housing residents vow to resist eviction after lawsuit thrown out

The state government plans to pursue for legal costs the tenant who led the class action against it.

  • Rachael Dexter

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