South Melbourne
Dust, decay and a multimillion-dollar bill: The battle to save Melbourne’s forgotten town halls
Once-grand inner-Melbourne town halls have been marooned in history and largely left to rot for almost three decades, but there is hope that new life awaits them.
- Cassandra Morgan
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- Public housing
Public housing, private trap: The tenants facing $4000 rent hikes
A legal loophole and administrative fault left Gayle and Laura severed from public housing and facing a $4000-a-month rent hike and a July eviction.
- Rachael Dexter
‘We had given up on Yarraville’: First home buyers win $955,000 house
First-time buyers competed and investors who had been keen dropped out, days after the budget made a bid to boost home ownership.
- Elizabeth Redman
Dezi Freeman detectives set their sights on nightlife crime spree
Police said they are puzzled by teenagers with no criminal history being involved in the increasingly violent attacks.
- Carla Jaeger
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- Organised crime
‘We’re after your souls’: Identity of nightlife attackers revealed in menacing message
An Iraq-based crime gang has issued a chilling warning to several nightclub owners who are victims of a three-month campaign of violence: ‘We’re after you, your family, your businesses, homes and souls.’
- Cameron Houston, Chris Vedelago and Carla Jaeger
Two hours of madness told Melbourne nightlife figures they were under attack
Police, underworld and hospitality circles are baffled by a crime architect pouring tens of thousands of dollars into orchestrating attacks on bars, restaurants and strip clubs with no clear indication of their ultimate goal.
- Carla Jaeger
Albion co-owner shot at in home invasion as Melbourne bar wars escalate
The nightlife figure was targeted in his Pakenham home and two Melbourne venues were attacked overnight.
- Cameron Houston, Ashleigh McMillan and Chris Vedelago
The ‘moral dilemma’ at school gates as essential items rely on parents paying voluntary fees
Parents of students in Victorian state schools are asked to contribute $620 on average to cover basic items such as first aid supplies, but in some schools only 30 per cent are paying.
- Jackson Graham
- Review
- Roemah
This ‘genius’ beef cheek rendang combines cheffy trickery and street-food comfort
There are a dozen different coffees and meals are mostly under $20 at this cosy new Indonesian eatery.
- Dani Valent
The 7 best homes for sale in Victoria right now
A house in the hills or inner-city luxury? Buyers of either inclination have plenty of places to choose from among this week’s best homes.
- Mary O'Brien and Lou Sweeney