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Former inmate Chris Austin at Pentridge.

Locked up at 16, this former inmate now runs tours of the prison he spent years in

Chris Austin was one of the first people incarcerated in Jika Jika, Pentridge Prison’s notorious maximum-security division. It’s where he witnessed his first murder.

  • by John Bailey

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Katie Roberts-Hull and Jonathan O’Brien from the YIMBY group ( Yes In My Back Yard)  in fromt of some single fronted terrace homes in Grattan Street Carlton. Under the YIMBY’s ‘Missing Middle’ proposal, streets like this would be rezoned to accomodate six-storey buidings.

Who are the YIMBYs? Inside the group that is shaking up Melbourne’s neighbourhoods

The YIMBYs want to rewrite the planning rules, scrap heritage overlays and start a housing revolution. And they have the ear of government.

  • by Royce Millar and Rachael Dexter
Lynne recently paid to extend the footpath in front of her home to save 100-year-old hedge.

Hedge fund: Eastern suburbs property owners pay for footpath takeover

Long-standing feuds between hedge lovers and neighbours fed up with conifers encroaching on footpaths are being tackled with a creative solution.

  • by Sophie Aubrey

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