'Towers wrapped in petrol': Xenophon wants cladding ban

Senator Nick Xenophon will push for new laws banning flammable aluminium cladding.

Senate demands sales, import ban on flammable cladding

Highly flammable polyethelene cladding – used on thousands of Australian skyscrapers in the past two decades – must be immediately banned from sale and importation, a Senate inquiry into dodgy building products has recommended in the wake of London's deadly Grenfell fire.

Mayors of the mighty west take wishlist to Canberra

What do they want? Firstly, an airport link with a stop at Sunshine. When do they want it? Soon.

Secrecy around Victoria's latest toll road plan all too familiar

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Daniel Andrews was utterly ferocious in opposition about the East West Link

Labor seeks to keep West Gate Tunnel report secret

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The Andrews government is relying on a precedent of secrecy – set by Denis Napthine during his failed bid to build the East West Link – to deny its own hand-picked experts access to a confidential review of traffic predictions for the West Gate Tunnel.

North and West Melbourne 'under pressure'

As apartments numbers skyrocket and two mega transport projects get under way, many residents are battling to keep a lid on development in their uniquely quiet inner-city area.

Opposition grows to market on green wedge land

A sprawling $15 million fruit and vegetable market to be built in a green wedge near Dandenong could be stopped, with Planning Minister Richard Wynne saying he may intervene.

'It's going to be horrible': Neighbours fume over Cruden Farm plans

The Murdoch family's plan to carve off a slice of the late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch's Cruden Farm for residential development could set a dangerous precedent for Melbourne's green wedges, opponents say.

City council attacks plan to pump more cars into CBD

The council on Monday began its arguments before a panel of planning experts advising the state government on the $5.5 billion West Gate Tunnel project.