Phillip Island
The sea is coming for this coastal town, but the land tax kept rising
A Phillip Island community whose land is being reclaimed by the ocean a rate of six metres a year has successfully fought unfair land tax bills.
- Kieran Rooney
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Second Block house on the market for less than Adrian Portelli paid
The billionaire businessman bought all five houses that season and later gave them away. Another owner has decided to sell up.
- Caroline Zielinski
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- Wildlife
How this team is helping fur seals escape the scourge of plastic waste
Eyes in the skies can pick out an injured animal easily, even in a colony of hundreds, allowing researchers to conduct targeted rescues.
- Bianca Hall
The Block house that Adrian Portelli bought for $3.3m listed for $1.7m to $1.85m
The billionaire businessman bought all five houses that season and later gave them away. One owner has decided to sell up.
- Caroline Zielinski
Phillip Island reels from MotoGP loss amid hopes for replacement event
This year’s race will be the last at Phillip Island, and while tourism groups are ruing its loss, talks are already under way to host a different event there.
- Benjamin Preiss, Cameron Houston and Hannah Kennelly
Victoria loses Phillip Island MotoGP as Adelaide swoops
Victoria has lost the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix after three decades, ending the MotoGP’s long connection to Phillip Island and dealing a blow to the Allan government.
- Hannah Kennelly, Cameron Houston, Roy Ward and Daniella White
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- MotoGP
Victoria set to lose Phillip Island Motorcycle Grand Prix
The MotoGP’s owners want to move the race to Albert Park, in inner Melbourne. If the state government does not cave, the race could end up in Adelaide.
- Cameron Houston and Lachlan Abbott
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- Crime
Suspected human remains uncovered during plumbing work on Phillip Island
Police and emergency services were called to a home on the island after a grisly discovery on Thursday morning.
- Isabel McMillan
Landlords dominate Airbnb listings and worsen rental crisis in holiday towns
Four years of Airbnb listings show the short-stay accommodation platform has departed from its original “sharing economy” to a model where a landlord leases multiple homes.
- Adam Carey
Spaniard ends MotoGP drought at Phillip Island after Australian hope crashes out
What started as a promising day for Australian rider Jack Miller, ended in heartbreak. But it was a different story altogether for Raul Fernandez ion his 76th race.
- Oliver Caffrey