Politics
Victoria
Neighbours fume over plans for 116 homes on Dame Elisabeth Murdoch's farm
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.
- by Madeleine Heffernan, Clay Lucas
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Housing affordability nightmare to last another 40 years: CEDA report
The great Australian dream has turned into a housing affordability nightmare that could last another 40 years.
- by Kaitlyn Offer
Opposition mounts to plan for developer deals on city's public housing estates
Plans to sell off public housing land at nine sites across Melbourne to private developers have been opposed by six of the eight Melbourne councils where residents are affected.
- by Clay Lucas
Metro Tunnel: New train stations should be named after location, say transport users
Melbourne's new train stations should be named after their geographical location, some public transport users say.
- by Stamatina Hasiotis, Isabell Greigeritsch
Public to name Melbourne’s five new underground Metro Rail stations
Melburnians will be given the chance to name the city's five new underground train stations which will be built as part of the $11 billion Metro Rail project.
- by Joe Hinchliffe, Robyn Grace
Victorian hospitals and health services reeling from electricity price bill shock
Hospitals and health services are being slugged with massive power cost increases as they struggle to balance budgets already under strain.
- by Benjamin Preiss state political reporter
Rally urges government to back safe injection rooms for Richmond
Premier Daniel Andrews has again refused to budge on the issue.
- by Cameron Houston, Benjamin Preiss
Protesters demand safe injecting rooms in Richmond
Hundreds of Richmond residents have called on the Andrews government to reconsider its opposition to a safe injecting room following the death of 34 drug addicts in the laneways of North Richmond last year.
- by Cameron Houston, Ben Preiss
Victoria's 19,000 abandoned mines risk being the pits for taxpayers
A central Victorian mining company wants to take almost 2 million tonnes of potentially contaminated spoil that will be dug up for the Metro rail tunnel and use it to fill in two giant disused mining pits.
- by Adam Carey
Disgraced former speaker Telmo Languiller to leave politics as battle looms to replace him
Disgraced former speaker Telmo Languiller will leave politics at the next state election, setting up a fierce internal Labor fight to replace him
- by Ben Schneiders and Adam Carey
Coalition women form secret women-only WhatsApp group
Not all the women approached to be part of the group were happy with the gesture of Coalition sisterhood.
- by Latika Bourke