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Adam Carey

Adam Carey

Adam Carey is an investigative reporter. He has previously been senior city reporter, education editor, state political correspondent and transport reporter. Contact him at acarey@theage.com.au or on Signal at adamlcarey.39

Chris Chesterfield, Nichola Lefroy and Charley Woolmore walking along the Yarra River main trail in Abbotsford.

The bid to create a world-class Yarra trek, from river mouth to near mountain source

There are hopes the Birrarung Valley Walk, a 13-day walk stretching 220 kilometres, will become a life goal for Melburnians and visitors.

  • Adam Carey

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So close but so far: Turkish Australians react to a near-goal from Turkey as they watch the Australia-Turkey World Cup game on the big screen at Nasiol Stadium, in Broadmeadows.

‘Why not?’: The heart-wrenching joy of having two countries in the World Cup

“I’m an Australian and a Turk at the same time,” one fan said on Sunday of supporting both countries. “I respect Australia as my home country, but I’m a Turk as well. So why not?”

  • Carolyn Webb and Adam Carey
Private investigators working for Nillumbik Shire Council documented the dumping of industrial waste at a property across the road from the Chetcutis’ Diamond Creek home.

A dirty job: How a father and son built one of state’s worst illegal dump sites in their own backyard

A father and son illegally built mountains of industrial waste in their own Diamond Creek backyard and on a nearby property, ignoring orders to stop for months.

  • Adam Carey
Eden Park residents opposed to Bruce Mathieson’s dam project.

Neighbours be dammed as billionaire’s dam moves a million cubic metres to hobby farm haven

Bruce Mathieson’s bid to build a large dam has unleashed an armada of heavy haulage trucks on a rural community and exposed regulatory holes.

  • Adam Carey
Economist and Sydney YIMBY (Yes in My Backyard) secretary Dominic Behrens.

The ‘affordable’ housing policies that subsidised a rental unit listed for $925 a week

Billions spent on delivering more affordable units are being targeted at middle income earners rather than social homes for the genuinely needy.

  • Adam Carey
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday.

Australia news as it happened: PM announces $10b fuel security package; RBA hikes interest rates to highest level in almost 18 months

Follow our live coverage of news in Australia and around the globe.

  • Adam Carey and Daniel Lo Surdo
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US-Iran war as it happened: Trump says US seized Iranian ship in Strait of Hormuz; US delegation will head to Pakistan for second round of negotiations; Tehran rejects US peace talks

Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.

  • Emily Kaine, Ellen Connolly and Adam Carey
Housing built on the Barrett family’s former farm in Manor Lakes.

Farmer’s son slams state’s legal tactics after $28m compensation win

The son of a western suburbs farmer who won $28m in compensation for the acquisition of his land for a future road has lashed the state government’s legal tactics.

  • Adam Carey
Wyndham City Mayor Preet Singh faces calls to resign after it emerged he gave a character reference to a child sex offender.

Three mayors in 36 days: Monitor appointed to Wyndham as councillors urge Singh to resign

Councillors in the City of Wyndham have unanimously called on the mayor to resign for having provided a character reference to a child sex offender in 2024.

  • Adam Carey and Alexander Darling
Wyndham city mayor Preet Singh faces calls to resign after it emerged he gave a character reference to a child sex offender.

Wyndham mayor steps aside after furore over reference for child sex offender

A Melbourne mayor is facing pressure to resign after it emerged that he joined a failed Liberal political aspirant in giving a character reference to a friend on sex abuse charges.

  • Adam Carey, Alexander Darling and Isabel McMillan