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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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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
‘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
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
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- Life in the ’burbs
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
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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
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
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
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
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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