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Development
High-rises up to 50 storeys get green light for Melbourne suburb
Seven new Suburban Rail Loop towers will add 1700 homes, but not without reigniting debate about how high is too high.
- by Kieran Rooney and Broede Carmody
Latest
Keith has written five books and a PhD thesis. He’s never read a single one
The professor, who kept his reading difficulties a secret for years, supports Victoria’s move to structured phonics in classrooms.
- by Bridie Smith
Labor branch in open revolt over ‘parachute’ candidate
The rank and file in Melbourne’s outer north are threatening to quit if they are blocked from picking a replacement for outgoing MP Maria Vamvakinou.
- by Annika Smethurst
LETTERS
Letters
Delivering energy lost in transmission
Age readers find obstacles in the path of Peter Dutton’s nuclear proposal.
Opinion
Nuclear energy
Dutton’s nuclear play is delighting his Victorian opponents
There remains a broad level of interest in nuclear technology in Victoria, but the evidence is that many voters remain undecided.
- by Annika Smethurst
Opinion
Healthcare
No hospital closures? Country Victorians can smell a dead rat
I can assure you, regional Victorians are not fools. We have a special relationship with our health services and we know the damage that funding cuts will wreak on our communities.
- by Jan Beer
Repco, Officeworks, cafes: Not out of the question for Melbourne’s public towers
Homes Victoria last year asked Ernst & Young’s advice on the value of adding thousands of square metres of retail and commercial spaces to some of Melbourne’s public housing towers.
- by Rachel Eddie
‘The state will need to pay more’: Metro Tunnel costs blow out once again
Electromagnetic interference blamed for the relocation of the Arden hospital precinct could continue to haunt the $14 billion Metro Tunnel, according to the Auditor-General.
- by Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
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Hospitals
Renamed hospital might be moved rather than rebuilt where it was promised
Labor had pledged rebuilding the Maroondah Hospital on its existing site. But the costs involved mean it could be rebuilt near a shopping centre or on land once used as a drive-in.
- by Annika Smethurst and Kieran Rooney
‘We failed’: Victoria flags truth-telling process for child abuse victims
Glen Fearnett hoped for change after he spoke out about being abused at a Melbourne school. Victim-survivors will now be given a platform to tell their stories.
- by Bridie Smith and Rachel Eddie
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Victorian budget
The elite schools hardest hit by Victoria’s payroll tax change
Some high-fee schools will pay more in taxes than they get in state funding, according to opposition analysis. Find out which ones here.
- by Rachel Eddie