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An e-scooter rider weaves through pedestrians on the Evan Walker Bridge in Southbank on Thursday.

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City life

‘Leniency is over’: Hundreds fined in e-scooter crackdown

Police say Victorians are worried about the risks posed by e-scooters, particularly in Melbourne’s CBD, and enforcement of the rules will be a priority.

by Cara Waters

Education

Deakin University admits it underpaid staff

by Robyn Grace

Ultra Tune owner Sean Buckley is not allowed to contact his former business associate.

Courts

Intervention order taken out on Ultra Tune boss charged with death threat

by Cameron Houston

Workers in Clayton doing preparatory work for the Suburban Rail Loop in August.

City life

Monash Council alarmed by secrecy and cost of rail loop, but backs taller buildings

by Melissa Cunningham

Diana Tamis and the white fence that was built on council land.

City life

The ‘great wall of Heidelberg’ that swallowed up a chunk of council land

by Tom Cowie

Transport

An e-scooter rider weaves through pedestrians on the Evan Walker Bridge in Southbank on Thursday.

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City life

‘Leniency is over’: Hundreds fined in e-scooter crackdown

by Cara Waters

An artist’s impression of a proposed train station at Melbourne Airport.

Public transport

Airport Rail brawl coming to a head with mediator on track to deliver report

by Rachel Eddie

An artist’s image of the proposed Beveridge intermodal freight terminal, which would handle goods moved on the Inland Rail.

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Roads

More trucks on roads feared as long-promised freight hub in Melbourne’s west put on ice

by Kieran Rooney

The West Gate Tunnel is three years late and $4 billion over budget.

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Roads

The West Gate Tunnel is years delayed and $4b over budget. Now its builders are suing

by Patrick Hatch

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Crime & Courts

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan (centre) with new Parliamentary Secretary for Men’s Behaviour Change, Tim Richardson, on Thursday.

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Domestic violence

Domestic violence fix could be devastating for women, experts warn

by Wendy Tuohy and Rachel Eddie

Mark Gellatly outside the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Missing campers trial

Blood expert accused of ‘half-baked’ theory in Lynn trial

by Erin Pearson

Slain doctor Ash Gordon.

Courts

Teens showed friend ‘bloody knife’ after Doncaster doctor’s death

by David Estcourt

Ultra Tune owner Sean Buckley is not allowed to contact his former business associate.

Courts

Intervention order taken out on Ultra Tune boss charged with death threat

by Cameron Houston

Local council

Lynne recently paid to extend the footpath in front of her home to save 100-year-old hedge.

Local council

Hedge fund: Eastern suburbs property owners pay for footpath takeover

by Sophie Aubrey

Moonee Ponds local Haylin Nunez and her 18-month-old daughter Cecilia Nunez enjoy a morning out at Queens Park.

City life

They call it ‘MoPo’: Dame Edna’s hidden gem of the north is changing

by Rachael Dexter

Vivy Li stands outside the disused old Box Hill Brickworks site with her dog Leo.

Local council

The two suburbs due to lose 15 MCGs of open space to Victoria’s Big Build

by Sophie Aubrey

Australian adult industry entrepreneur Maxine Fensom.

CBD

Sex appeal: Epic adult industry court case set for another round

by Noel Towell and Colin Kruger

Lord Mayor Sally Capp announcing her final City of Melbourne budget at the Town Hall on Tuesday.

City life

Greenline project’s future in doubt as council funding dries up

by Cara Waters and Sophie Aubrey

Developer Frank Days in one of the rooms of a rooming house development in Melton.

City life

When is a room a studio apartment? The ruling upending boarding houses

by Rachael Dexter

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City life

An e-scooter rider weaves through pedestrians on the Evan Walker Bridge in Southbank on Thursday.

Exclusive

City life

‘Leniency is over’: Hundreds fined in e-scooter crackdown

Police say Victorians are worried about the risks posed by e-scooters, particularly in Melbourne’s CBD, and enforcement of the rules will be a priority.

by Cara Waters

The City of Port Phillip has written to owners of un-activated retail spaces warning them of a huge rate increase.

City life

Empty shops face tripled council rates in a bid to fill them

It’s an effort to rejuvenate local shopping strips. But some say the move would be punitive given the current slump in retail and hospitality spending.

by Adam Carey

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan was criticised at a Jewish community event.

CBD

Allan told to put money where her mouth is in antisemitism fight

by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman

Surfers enjoying the sunset in Byron Bay before the forecast weather change.

Climate crisis

Here comes winter … and more rain

by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Bianca Hall

Steven Raymond and Rowena Calvert are two local residents unhappy with the proposed Barak Beacon redevelopment in Port Melbourne.
Locals Steven and Rowena Calvert.

Public housing

‘Hang our heads in shame’: Locals join public housing tenants’ development fight

by Cara Waters

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