VCAT
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
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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
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
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
‘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
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
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- Renewables
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 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
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
Men-only clubs were hit with land tax for barring women. They aren’t happy with the bill
The Melbourne Club and Australian Club are fighting combined land tax bills of over $1 million claiming their heritage status restricts redevelopment of the land.
- Tom Cowie
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