Apartment height limits 'not a NIMBY thing', says Greens mayor of Yarra
New apartment blocks in Melbourne's inner north should be capped at four levels, a council says.
Clay Lucas is city editor for The Age. Clay has worked at The Age since 2005, covering state politics, urban affairs, transport, local government and workplace relations for The Age and Sunday Age. Clay won a Quill with Age investigative reporter Royce Millar in 2009.
New apartment blocks in Melbourne's inner north should be capped at four levels, a council says.
The developer facing disciplinary action over the collapse of a major excavation pit is planning to bring the diggers back again after applying to construct an even larger building on the same site.
A 70-level skyscraper to tower over one of Melbourne's most celebrated apartment buildings, and the historic Mint complex, has raised the ire of residents and a prominent city planner.
Safety issues are so serious on one of the city's busiest suburban arterial roads that the state's truck industry has taken the unusual step of calling for 40-kilometre-an-hour speed limits.
Assisted suicide group Exit International said on Sunday it planned to make use of a drone to deliver euthanasia drugs to a nursing home in Melbourne.
We are living in interesting linguistic times, says Monash professor Kate Burridge, a specialist in swearing, and how languages and taboos evolve.
All cities change and evolve as they grow. As new buildings go up, others come down.
Environmentalists in Melbourne's inner south appear poised to win their battle to turn a fading golf course into a wetlands and wildlife habitat.
Would you pay $20,000 a night to stay in the Windsor? Probably not in its current, tired state.
Premier was caught by surprise by a deal with the Federal Government to release $1.5 billion that had originally set aside for the scrapped East West Link project – saying he first learned about the roads funding in a letter delivered late on Monday night.
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