St Albans
The affordable suburbs with access to parks, schools and transport
A new report has revealed where buyers can find a home cheaper than the city’s median price without compromising on what makes an area liveable.
- Jim Malo
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Long-term probe into health impact of Melbourne Airport’s third runway
The study is the first of its kind in Australia and will examine how aircraft noise affects people’s sleep, mental health and even children’s reading comprehension.
- Adam Carey
- Opinion
- City life
I grew up in Melbourne’s west. We knew it wasn’t a nice place to live
In many ways the west never existed. We weren’t united by anything other than a vague geography and the discriminating gaze of those on the other side of a bridge.
- John Weldon
Victorian local elections 2024: Greater Melbourne candidates speak out
Local election candidates across Greater Melbourne have responded to The Age’s survey. Read what the candidates in your area plan to do if they are elected.
Brimbank City Council: What your candidates said
Voters in Brimbank will choose 11 people to represent them on council for the next four years. Here is what the candidates said about why they are running in the Victorian council elections and what they want to achieve.
- Cara Waters and Rachael Dexter
- Series
- City life
Where we live: The changing face of Victoria’s neighbourhoods
In this series, The Age profiles Victorian suburbs and towns to reveal how they’ve changed over the decades.
St Albans, so long a rough diamond of the west, is beginning to shine
It has welcomed successive waves of migrants. It is home to a beloved market and foodie strip. And it’s just half an hour from the CBD. It is St Albans – and proud of it.
- Melissa Cunningham
Boy, 14, died after being hit by car then stabbed in ‘targeted assault’
Victoria Police have described a horrific assault in St Albans in which a car struck a teenager before two men with knives and face-coverings got out and stabbed him.
- Lachlan Abbott and Ashleigh McMillan
- Special Series
- Life in the ’burbs
I live in St Albans, and we’re not all criminals
People seem surprised that I returned to St Albans to start a family, but I love the suburb and the school where I teach.
- Amra Pajalic
Three teens arrested and released after fatal St Albans stabbing
A 32-year-old man died in hospital after being stabbed during an altercation in St Albans on Friday night.
- Ashleigh McMillan
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