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Inside Penny Fowler and Hamish McLachlan’s family house swap
Two prominent Melburnians found themselves living in properties that no longer suited their lives. So they sold up – to each other.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Pulped fiction: Thousands of library books removed as collection culled
A truckload of books has been taken away under plans to reduce shelving at Melbourne’s City Library and replace it with meeting spaces.
- by Tom Cowie
The suburb stopping a developer from selling more homes
A council has banned a developer from selling more home and land packages until it fixes a dangerous intersection in one of Melbourne’s fastest-growing suburbs.
- by Adam Carey
Speed limit cut to 30km/h on almost every street in two suburbs
The City of Yarra is also campaigning for limits on exempt roads in Fitzroy and Collingwood – including Hoddle and Nicholson streets – to be reduced to either 40km/h or 60km/h.
- by Rachael Dexter
Private school seeks 40-year lease over public sporting grounds
Opponents of the idea argue a proposed new lease deal hands virtual ownership of a public park to a private school – for generations.
- by Tom Cowie
‘Great Wall of Docklands’: Council savages state, AFL plan to rebuild near Marvel Stadium
Docklands locals say they desperately need a high school and a public pool. Instead, the state government and the AFL plans to use public land for three more towers.
- by Rachael Dexter
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Upstart writers festival aiming to take Melbourne’s mantle
This week’s Melbourne Writers Festival will hope to capture the same success as the Sorrento Writers Festival held last month.
- by Stephen Brook
Council orders former Goldfingers strip club site to be turned into a park
The derelict site of the former Kilkenny Inn and Goldfingers strip club will be turned into a temporary park by the City of Melbourne because construction on a promised multimillion-dollar development won’t begin next month.Â
- by Cara Waters
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Inside Melbourne’s restored Gothic Bank, where ‘every teller had a loaded revolver’
The historic ANZ building on 388 Collins Street has reopened to the public to showcase its banking origins and refurbishments.
- by Najma Sambul
This prominent Melburnian thinks Australia is failing Ukraine. He’s trying to fill the gaps
Investor James Baillieu, the nephew of former premier Ted Baillieu, says the war in Ukraine has been wiped off the news cycle and the Australian government doesn’t care.
- by Stephen Brook
Quarter acre blocked: Can Melbourne afford to keep growing outwards?
Melbourne’s fringes have long been the most affordable place for homebuyers, but rising land prices could put the dream out of reach for average income earners.
- by Adam Carey