Victoria

Balconies in this Melbourne apartment building have been patched up with wood following multiple glass explosions.

Melbourne's exploding balconies

A frightening series of "spontaneous" glass balcony explosions at Melbourne apartment buildings has highlighted the dangers of cheap and faulty construction products flooding into Australia.

The Elm's builder says testing is being undertaken to determine if further fire safety measures can be implemented.

​High-rise fire-trap fears

Hundreds of tenants living in at least a dozen high-rise blocks are unaware their buildings could be flammable-cladding fire traps.

Mortgage broker Clint Bravo is angry that one dissenting owner is preventing the sale of his St Kilda Road apartment block.

Unit owners may be forced to sell

"Decaying" old apartment buildings around Melbourne could be demolished and sold to developers under proposed reforms that could see people's homes forcibly acquired.

The Andrews Government has introduced new laws banning businesses from taking cash payments for scrap metal.

New laws target booming stolen car black market

Victoria's booming black market in stolen cars could be disrupted by a plan to hide small tracking devices on vehicles and new laws to tackle "rogue" scrap metal dealers with organised crime links.