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Gemma Grant

Gemma Grant

Gemma Grant is a city reporter at The Age. Contact her securely on Signal at gemmagrant.88

The former VicRoads building in Kew will be demolished.

Kew VicRoads tower to be bulldozed this week after eleventh-hour U-turn

Demolition at the site will commence in just days, after the state government turned away from a plan to retrofit the 1960s structure and transform it into apartments.

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Education Minister Ben Carroll on stage at The Age Schools Summit.

The Age Schools Summit as it happened: Payroll tax cap to benefit private schools, education minister says

More of the state’s wealthiest schools could be shielded from a controversial tax if Labor wins the November election, Education Minister Ben Carroll told The Age Schools Summit.

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Melbourne nightclub firebombings have hit the local hospitality industry.

Nightclubs at risk of ‘disappearing forever’ in aftermath of crime wave

There hasn’t been a targeted attack against a Melbourne hospitality venue since mid-May, but workers within the city’s nightclub scene say it’s still struggling to stay afloat.

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Trucks featuring the controversial slogan have been travelling around Melbourne since May.

Melbourne brothel owner among funders of ‘Ditch the Witch’ billboards against Allan

The controversial slogan was heavily criticised as sexist by the premier and other politicians on Sunday.

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The USS North Dakota, a Virginia-class submarine of the type Australia would acquire under the AUKUS deal.

Australia news as it happened: Fair Work Commission lifts minimum wages by 4.75 per cent; Peter Garrett to lead AUKUS inquiry; Israel’s planned assault on Beirut to be halted, Trump says

Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and beyond.

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Bob Barrett.

Experts spent years trying to change the way people travel. The fuel crisis did it in less than a month

Nearly half of Australians have changed the way they travel since the war in Iran began, but a clear regional and metropolitan divide has appeared.

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City of Whittlesea mayor Lawrie Cox.

‘Nothing short of a disgrace’: Potholes abound as road maintenance falls by the wayside

The City of Whittlesea has identified more than a thousand defects on local state-owned roads – including potholes, dumped rubbish and damaged guard rails.

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Doreen RSL president Wes Wridgway,.

This local RSL needs a home. Community groups say anywhere but here

A council has endorsed a plan that would give an RSL club exclusive access to half a community centre – a recommendation that’s left many people unhappy.

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Locals living near a dangerous level crossing in Melbourne’s south-east say they were caught off guard by the state government’s decision to quietly push back much-needed removal works by three years.

One line in the state budget has pushed back this dangerous level crossing removal by years

Highett residents have long been promised level crossings on Highett Road and Wickham Road would be removed by 2029, but they’ll now have to put up with them until 2032.

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Bishop Evmenios of Chora in front of the Holy Monastery of Axion Estin in Northcote.

Ambitious $180m plans for heritage church site with restaurant and hotel

The redevelopment of a Greek Orthodox Church in Northcote awaits state government approval, but some locals worry about noise and traffic.

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