Row over St Kilda Sea Baths plan
A row over access to public space on the roof of the St Kilda Sea Baths has put Housing Minister Martin Foley at odds with another arm of the Andrews government.
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Clay Lucas
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.
Hinch joins push to secure $78m road upgrade for booming suburb
Every day, 50,000 cars thunder up and down the Western Freeway between Melton and Caroline Springs. In one stretch where thousands of new homes are being built, dirt roads are the only way in or out.
'Bin tax' may be scrapped after local government minister steps in
An inner-city council's plan to hit its residents with a new "bin tax" has prompted Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins to call in Victoria's essential services watchdog.
A decade of debate: latest fury sparked over new plans for Beach Road bay trail
It sounds like a simple task: build a trail next to a road by the beach, for walkers and cyclists.
Heights up to 30 storeys considered in Box Hill plan
The 36-storey Whitehorse Towers apartments and hotel in Box Hill is almost complete but, if a plan to be put to the state government by the local council is anything to go by, locals haven't seen anything yet.
Council asks planning minister to step in to save Greyhound
St Kilda hotel made famous by its drag queen culture faces wrecking ball as early as next week.
Western block: VCAT scuttles modernist building revamp in West Melbourne
It is a 1968 office block that few would think screams out for heritage protection.
Council inundated with complaints over new flood laws
Hundreds of residents in Bulleen, Templestowe and Doncaster say new flood-planning rules proposed by their local council may cause their property values to fall and insurance premiums to rise.
City centre the focus of Melbourne's population boom
Melbourne's outer suburbs are booming, but it's the city centre that is growing fastest of all.
Premier Daniel Andrews intervenes on safer bicycle lanes plan for St Kilda Road
Premier Daniel Andrews has intervened in a squabble between VicRoads and a local council over bike lanes along St Kilda Road, appearing to pour cold water on a project to make cycling safer along the boulevard.
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