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Victorian budget
Victoria postpones state budget due to federal poll
Treasurer Tim Pallas on Friday said the budget would be held on May 27 instead of April 30 "due to the stark difference being offered to our state' by the federal parties.
- by Adam Carey
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Drugs
Dealers are exploiting an injecting room loophole and police can't stop them
- by Paul Sakkal
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Courts
Registered sex pest jailed after grooming girls online
- by Karen Sweeney
Property bydomain
Is housing with buyer protection and no serious faults too much to ask?
A new report identifies problems including water leaks, structurally unsound roof construction and poorly constructed fire-resisting elements.
- by Geoff Hanmer
Former PM's Canberra penthouse sale price revealed
The sale of former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's Canberra residence was finalised in February and the price has now emerged.
- by Lucy Bladen
Transport
Road to wreckage: Their homes will go but residents want gridlock fixed
- by Clay Lucas and Timna Jacks
Dozens of homes, more than 100 businesses to be acquired for North East Link
- by Timna Jacks, Clay Lucas and Adam Carey
Crime & Courts
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Courts
Registered sex pest jailed after grooming girls on social media
- by Karen Sweeney
Local council
From the Archives: Controversial council amalgamations redesign Melbourne
- by Leon Gettler and Thomas Taylor
City life
Melbourne City Council push for relief fund for cladding crisis
Melbourne City Council will push the next federal government to establish a relief fund for building owners forced to bear the financial brunt of the flammable cladding crisis.
- by Jewel Topsfield
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Local council
Planning Minister criticises council plan to axe car parks
Planning Minister Richard Wynne has accused an inner city council pushing for the option of scrapping car parks in new developments of not considering the impacts of the controversial plan.
- by Jewel Topsfield
