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Voters queue at Docklands polling centre.

‘Election day fail’: Long queues at polling booths in inner Melbourne

Some voters said they faced a wait of up to two hours to cast their ballot, prompting Melbourne’s lord mayor to lash the AEC.

  • Sophie Aubrey, Gemma Grant and Ashleigh McMillan

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The box of nine small bites at Sakedokoro Namara.

Sakedokoro Namara

Transportive, with top-notch sake on tap.

Bobby’s is known for its traditional Cornish pasties.

This North Melbourne bakery is home to true-to-tradition Cornish pasties

Home to true-to-tradition Cornish pasties.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Southern Italian dishes dominate at Bar Taralli.

Bar Taralli

Serving southern Italian cuisine that’s far from generic.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Biggin & Scott auctioneer Simon Dale began with a vendor bid.

Owner-occupier wins charming Windsor art deco for a ‘realistic’ $790,000

A woman managed to bid at auction and negotiate a deal afterwards without having to fend off competition from any other buyers.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Pies at Austro.

Austro Bakery

No-frills Eastern European-style pastries.

  • Tomas Telegramma
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Bear’s Wine Bar “is exactly what a neighbourhood wine bar should be”.

‘Feels like a country town’: The inner-city enclave luring Melbourne’s best bakers and bar owners

The suburb’s pace and proximity to the CBD is finally luring a new generation of hospitality operators.

  • Tomas Telegramma
The hand-cut, double-cooked chips are a cut above.

This 1860s pub punches well above its weight for food (even if there’s no chicken parma)

Bobbie Peels’ simple dishes − including these chunks of fluffy spud − have surprising depth.

  • Dani Valent
Lord Mayor Nick Reece accepted a $5000 donation from Sidney Myer.

The rich-list backer of Arden mega-tower who donated to Nick Reece’s election campaign

Lord Mayor Nick Reece pledged not to accept developer funding, but took a donation from the patriarch of the Myer dynasty who is among those behind a planned 57-storey apartment tower. 

  • Cara Waters
A planning application has been made for a 57-storey tower at Arden.

North Melbourne could soon be home to a 57-storey apartment building

Arden could be home to a towering apartment block containing 609 apartments, if the proposal is approved by the state government.

  • Cara Waters

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