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The graffiti on Kingsland’s Boronia premises.

Racist graffiti daubed on Hindu temple, Asian restaurants in Melbourne’s east

Chinese restaurant Kingsland was defaced with hateful graffiti on one of its distinctive octagonal windows.

  • Alexander Darling

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60 Roseneath Road, Warncoort.

The nine best properties for sale in Victoria right now

A bush retreat with a pizza oven and veggie garden and a Foy & Gibson warehouse conversion are two of this week’s best homes for sale.

  • Mary O'Brien and Lou Sweeney
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Dutton dodges questions about Liberal candidate pleading guilty to financial charge

Liberals are asking questions about their party’s vetting process as candidates keep making headlines.

  • James Massola, Natassia Chrysanthos and Olivia Ireland
The van police believe was involved in the kidnapping attempt at Blackburn.

White vans linked to spate of attempted child kidnappings

Police said four recent frightening incidents were not thought to be connected, but copycat abduction attempts were a possibility.

  • Cassandra Morgan and Lachlan Abbott
My shabby suburb, which I like to think of as retro-chic.

My shabby suburb was once at the cutting edge. Now, it is filled with hard rubbish

I call my suburb retro chic, but others say it is shabby and tired. Change here is rapid, but one thing is certain - if you let go of your trolley in the Coles supermarket in Dorset Square it’ll go rogue.

  • Everard Himmelreich
Knox City Council.

Knox City Council: What your candidates said

Voters in Knox will choose nine 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
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Nanette Ellis and her yellow Toyota.

Tormented family’s plea for clues over mother’s murder

Melbourne woman Nanette Ellis was stabbed multiple times in her Boronia home by an unknown offender or offenders on the evening of February 10, 1984.

  • Rachael Ward
First home buyer Colleen Stevens at home in Boronia.

The sub-$1m Melbourne suburbs with an election perk

Both major parties are offering to help first home buyers’ hip pockets, up to a seven-figure budget. Here’s where to look.

  • Elizabeth Redman and Tom Carey
Police search rail trucks at Sunbury station for Bendigo escapees.

From the Archives, 1972: Manhunt for Bendigo’s eight prison escapees

50 years ago, a manhunt to recapture the last of the eight escapees from Bendigo prison was continuing into its third day. Earlier that day two of the last prisoners gave themselves up to an Anglican minister after holding a girl hostage in Olinda.

  • Alan Dunn and Staff Reporters