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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.

  • Gemma Grant

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An artist’s impression of the proposed development in Kew.

‘Bulldozed’: Kew residents fight 18-storey tower that exceeds new height limits

The planned tower at the former Leo’s supermarket site has met fierce community opposition, with the plans exceeding controversial new activity centre height limits.

  • Rachael Ward
Burglars are targeting Melbourne’s upmarket neighbourhoods in record numbers.

Luxury cars and ‘pick lists’: The burglary boom hitting Melbourne’s elite postcodes

One council area in Melbourne’s east experienced a nearly eightfold increase in aggravated burglaries in the past decade.

  • Caroline Schelle and Craig Butt
Tuna, kingfish, and salmon sashimi arrive wreathed in dry-ice fog against a sculpted backdrop of cucumber and radish.

Chowon

A suburban paragon of value and technique.

Kylie Minogue with Visy boss Anthony Pratt. Kylie Minogue was the guest performer at the annual Visy night at the Pratt family home in Kew.

Kylie sends guests spinning around at Pratt’s lavish backyard bash

Pop megastar Kylie Minogue gave 250 of Australia’s most select guests a night to remember as the headline act of cardboard king Anthony Pratt’s annual party.

  • Grant McArthur
Rachel’s aunt Nell had her rings stolen from her as she was dying in an aged care home in Kew in December.

Nell was dying in aged care when her precious rings vanished. She wasn’t the only one

There has been a 40 per cent surge in reported thefts in Victorian nursing homes since 2021, which has prompted calls for services to do better for vulnerable residents.

  • Henrietta Cook
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Kew rsidents Char Weeks (left) and Egon Leopold Seder are among the residents kept awake by hooning on Yarra Boulevard.

‘Dangerous, intrusive, relentless’: Push for fresh crackdown at this hoon hotspot

One resident near Yarra Boulevard says he calls Triple Zero five times a week, while the City of Boroondara mayor likens the noise to the grand prix.

  • Rachael Ward
he vacant land on 12 Moonbria Avenue, which is behind the Genazzano FCJ College.

Kew girls’ school puts prime real estate on the market to pay debt

“The current environment is particularly challenging for independent schools such as ours,” a spokesperson says.

  • Bridie Smith and Jackson Graham
A car was parked in the driveway where blood was spotted.

Man who stabbed woman outside Kew home was ex-Trinity Grammar student

The 18-year-old knifeman, later found dead, is believed to have stabbed the woman 11 times.

  • Melissa Cunningham, Isabel McMillan and Alexander Darling
Chowon has a comfortable, Japandi interior aesthetic.

Find fine dining at an affordable price at this carefully considered Japanese eatery in Kew

Run by two Korean-Australian chefs with a passion for Japanese cuisine, Chowon is dishing raw, grilled and fried delicacies on Cotham Road in Kew.

  • Sanka Amadoru