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Dark roofs dominate a housing estate in the growth area suburb of Tarneit, in Melbourne’s west.
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City life

Crackdown on dark roofs in plan for growth suburbs to stem the ‘heat island effect’

Light-coloured roofs would be mandated on new homes on small lots in growth areas under a proposed overhaul of the state’s housing code. But at least one expert has questioned whether the change makes sense for the winter months.

  • by Adam Carey
One of dozens of waste tyre piles Colin Thomson hid among the mallee scrub.
Courts

Family forced to sell two homes to pay for massive tyre pile clean-up

  • by Adam Carey
Nick Panagiotopoulos, pictured with wife Belinda, died while waiting for an ambulance.
Emergency services

Warnings of extreme triple-zero call volumes before father’s death

  • by Aisha Dow
Outgoing Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass.
Justice

The moment the ombudsman’s relationship with  Andrews soured

  • by Annika Smethurst
The chief medical officer and chief executive of Doherty Clinical Trials, Professor James McCarthy and Dr Andrew Brockway at the unit’s temporary East Melbourne facility.
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Science

This Melbourne unit is infecting people with nasty diseases... for a noble cause

  • by Aisha Dow
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Outgoing Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass.
Justice

‘Battle for my independence’: Ombudsman slams Daniel Andrews’ ‘legacy of fear’

In her final report to parliament, outgoing Ombudsman Deborah Glass has described “a battle for my independence, with gender overtones”.

  • by Annika Smethurst
The former VicRoads offices in Kew.
Property development

Calls for social housing to be built on prized land in the middle of Kew

The former VicRoads headquarters next to Xavier College sits unused, but the government has been silent on the site’s future.

  • by Clay Lucas
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett has backed Amelia Hamer to run for the Liberal Party in the seat of Kooyong.
Liberal Party

Liberal royalty to take on Monique Ryan in Frydenberg’s former seat of Kooyong

  • by Annika Smethurst and Paul Sakkal
Victoria’s ageing social housing towers are in poor condition and at the centre of a political brawl.
Public housing

‘Timing couldn’t be worse’: Labor MPs irate over failure to block housing probe

  • by Kieran Rooney
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan at the announcement of the cancellation of the Commonwealth Games in July.
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Commonwealth Games

When the public service trembles, we all pay – this time, $600m

  • by Annika Smethurst

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