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Retiree Steve Doudle and his wife, Denise Colquhoun, at their retirement village in Wollert on Monday.

Retirees saved from ‘financial prison’ in landmark decision against developer

A retirement park developer likely misled some residents over fees, in a tribunal decision that could have wide-ranging implications for many others.

  • Sophie Aubrey

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A tree dispute in Strathmore in Melbourne.

All the leaves are brown, the sky is grey – and the neighbours are warring over trees

Each year, thousands of neighbours fight over overhanging branches, encroaching roots and falling leaves. Some of the disputes get nasty.

  • Tom Cowie
Jackie and Brendan Schroeder, owners of the Sims IGA in West Footscray.

A beloved grocery has sold fruit and veg for nearly 100 years. Now Woolies has come knocking

An “absolute institution” could prove no match for the supermarket giant planning to set up shop next door.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Pineapple Swingers Club in South Melbourne has been allowed to trade even after locals contested it.

Why this new swingers club has people up in arms

The new club in South Melbourne has locals worried that it will cement the area as a red-light district.

  • Tom Cowie
Justin Stanford at the Night Cat in Fitzroy.

Much-loved music venue ordered to improve its soundproofing – for flats that don’t exist

Justin Stanford’s Night Cat in Fitzroy may have to close after being ordered to make costly upgrades because of a residential building that doesn’t yet have planning approval.

  • Alexander Darling and Tom Cowie
Singer Anthony Warlow.

‘With all due respect’: Phantom social media post haunts show star

Sharp social media comments, an actor who denies posting them and a swift disappearance: things are getting a bit dramatic at Opera Australia.

  • Stephen Brook
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An anti-Woolworths development demonstrator confronts a YIMBY heckler at a community rally in Elsternwick.

Elsternwick erupts: NIMBYs v YIMBYs as VCAT bypass fuels local fury

Woolworths has sought to overturn a VCAT judgment and applied to Victoria’s planning minister to approve a 148-apartment housing proposal in Elsternwick.

  • Adam Carey
The road into Little River.

Residents opposed this solar farm. Then the government changed the rules

A massive solar farm near Geelong will be fast-tracked after opponents, including Catriona Rowntree, waged a campaign against it

  • Bianca Hall
LVMH heir Frederic Arnault.

LVMH heir due in town for grand prix, but at least one billionaire won’t be at the race

The influx into Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix is being spearheaded by Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton heir Frederic Arnault.

  • Stephen Brook and Cara Waters
The McDonaldd’s drive-through in Kew and the surrounding houses.

Burghers of Kew v Macca’s burgers: 24-hour drive-through plan on the nose

Neighbouring Kew residents are taking on the fast food giant, fearing further disruption to their lives.

  • Tom Cowie

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