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Salvador Rueda, former Director of the Urban Ecology Agency of Barcelona.
City life

Barcelona in Melbourne? Call for city to develop car-free ‘superblocks’

A pioneer behind Barcelona’s initiative wants Melbourne to adopt the same model, limiting traffic on the Hoddle grid and freeing up public space to encourage walking and cycling.

  • by Cara Waters
Flooding of the Murray River near Echuca last month. The Murray is expected to peak at Wakool Junction, north of Swan Hill, by about midday on Tuesday.
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Floods

Rain, rising rivers continue to pose flood threat to Victoria

  • by Benjamin Preiss, Rachael Ward and Mibenge Nsenduluka
Katie Perinovic, 42, was found dead with her three children aged 3, 5, and 7 at their Tullamarine home.
Tragedy

‘My little angels’: Father speaks of devastation after finding wife, children dead

  • by David Estcourt
The incident occurred on Singapore’s famous Orchard Road.
Crime

Bacchus Marsh students caught up in Singapore police probe

  • by Caroline Schelle
On October 14, the day the Goulbourn River peaked in Seymour, the Lake Eildon spillway gates opened for flood operations for the first time since 1996.
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Floods

Dams can help fight future floods, scientists say. This is how it can be done

  • by Chip Le Grand
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Greens leader Samantha Ratnam at home in East Brunswick with her husband Colin Jacobs and daughter Malala.
Victorian election

She’s a safe pair of hands, but Greens leader needs her ‘Google it, mate’ moment

If, as some analysts predict, there is a minority Andrews government after November 26, Samantha Ratnam could become a significant player in Victorian politics. But who is she?

  • by Melissa Fyfe
Mitch Catlin, former chief of staff to Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy.
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Victorian election

Victorian Liberals use legal loophole to stall donation investigations

Two key probes into alleged breaches of state donations laws by the opposition have been dragged out and will not conclude before the election.

  • by Paul Sakkal and Josh Gordon
Leader of the Victorian Greens Samantha Ratnam (centre) with federal deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi, Melbourne MP Ellen Sandell, Richmond candidate Gabriella De Vietri, and federal leader Adam Bandt in Richmond on the first day of early voting.
Victorian election

Balance of power: What Greens will demand if there’s a hung parliament

  • by Sumeyya Ilanbey
The Victorian election will be held on November 26.
Victorian election

Swings and roundabouts: The key seats that could change hands at the state election

  • by Lachlan Abbott
Salvador Rueda, former Director of the Urban Ecology Agency of Barcelona.
City life

Call for a superblock city in Melbourne’s own homage to Catalonia

  • by Cara Waters

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