Melbourne

Denis Sabbadini, owner of the Waiters Restaurant.

Melbourne after COVID

Melbourne's 'secret' bars and restaurants under threat

The CBD's dining and drinking culture is famously skewed towards "secret", often cramped venues. Now some of the city's most famous bars and restaurants face an existential crisis.

by Bianca Hall, Chris Vedelago and Royce Millar

Victoria's hotel quarantine outbreak seeded 99 per cent of the state's second wave of coronavirus.

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Coronavirus pandemic

Electronic tag plan for travellers as shift from hotel quarantine considered

by Sumeyya Ilanbey

Victorians are not permitted to book in a remedial massage with their myotherapist just yet.

Coronavirus pandemic

Patients 'out in the cold' as new rules exclude myotherapy massage

by Melissa Cunningham

The Age city editor, Bianca Hall was joined by the candidates vying to be lord mayor: incumbent Sally Capp, Arron Wood, Phil Reed and Jennifer Yang.

Local council

Sally Capp argues against 'shrinking our way to greatness' by cutting commercial rates

by Rachel Eddie

A ugly public spat has emerged from Victoria's reluctance to match the COVID measures of New South Wales.

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Coronavirus pandemic

'The greatest insult to Victoria': Andrews hits back at Frydenberg over criticisms of state's road map

by Ashleigh McMillan

Property bydomain

Victoria

Melbourne's well-heeled replace overseas travel with a holiday home

Coronavirus has made travel much harder, so those who normally spend up big on vacations are now buying homes for a local escape.

by Melissa Heagney

National

'Uncharted waters': Should you borrow 95 per cent in a recession?

Aussies saddling themselves with the maximum debt under the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme have been warned to treat the property leg-up with caution.

by Sarah Webb

Renovating

How renovation 'scope creep' happens and how to avoid it

by Melissa Gerke

Victoria

Want more parks? There's more open space nearby than you think

by Jemimah Clegg

National

Bank of Mum and Dad tightens the purse strings post-COVID-19

by Jemimah Clegg

Transport

Public transport

Deal cut on Metro Tunnel's blowout billions after government 'cave in'

by Timna Jacks and Noel Towell

Transclean ramps up its cleaning of Metro's trains during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Public transport

Cleaning company raided by IBAC investigators amid transport probe

by Timna Jacks

Traffic has dropped by 58 per cent on Melbourne's CityLink, Transurban's most profitable toll road, in the last quarter.

Roads

Transurban admits it may face further costs on $6.7b West Gate Tunnel

by Timna Jacks

Trees were felled along the Western Highway, as the state government resisted traditional owner calls for works to halt until an upcoming court case is resolved.

Roads

'They're not listening': Western Highway trees felled as case returns to court

by Timna Jacks

Crime & Courts

The shattered building and the 10ft by 5ft hole blasted in the front wall.

Flashback

From the Archives, 1970: Bomb blasts Yugoslav consulate in Hawthorn

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Family violence practitioner Sophie says the lack of face-to-face contact with clients has been one of the biggest challenges during the pandemic.

Domestic violence

Family violence workers burnt out in midst of 'shadow pandemic'

by Tammy Mills

Police at the scene of the fatal shooting outside the Melbourne Pavilion in Kensington in March last year.

Courts

Four types of ammunition found after shootings outside boxing venue, court told

by Adam Cooper

Nicola Gobbo, the former barrister who became a police informer.

Informer 3838

Gobbo consents to being struck off bar roll

by Tammy Mills

Local council

Sally Capp argues against 'shrinking our way to greatness' by cutting commercial rates

by Rachel Eddie

Local council

Where they stand: lord mayor candidates pitch for the top job

Roz Blades was a councillor on Dandenong Council for more than 30 years. The 72-year-old is a well-known community identity. She retired last year and is not running in this year's council election. She has been targeted online. 15th October 2020 The Age News Picture by JOE ARMAO

Coronavirus pandemic

The Facebook election: the vicious online battle for Dandenong Council

by Clay Lucas

The Australian Christian Lobby sent a "child protection survey" to Victorian council candidates last month.

Council election

Christian lobby backs council candidates based on attitudes to same-sex parenting, abortion

by Rachel Eddie

CBD

City life

Letterbox affair signed, sealed and delivered

by Stephen Brook and Samantha Hutchinson

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Local council

Darebin Council fails employer standards as WorkCover premium soars

by Rachel Eddie

City life

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City life

Legal hot water over PRGuy17 Twitter firestorm

And who said Twitter was dead, right?

by Benjamin Preiss and Samantha Hutchinson

Melbourne after COVID

Melbourne's 'secret' bars and restaurants under threat

The CBD's dining and drinking culture is famously skewed towards "secret", often cramped venues. Now some of the city's most famous bars and restaurants face an existential crisis.