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Doctors say the cost-cutting measures will lead to an increase in waiting list times and poorer health outcomes.

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Healthcare

Elective surgery waiting lists to balloon as health budget cuts bite

With the Victorian government demanding savings from hospitals, some doctors have been told their contracts won’t be renewed.

by Jewel Topsfield, Henrietta Cook and Benjamin Preiss

ABC Chairman Kim Williams

CBD

ABC chair Kim Williams finally loses control

by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

City of Casey administrator Cameron Boardman at the dead end of Thompsons Road.

Development

The dead-end road that’s blocking thousands of homes and jobs

by Adam Carey

Nurses and midwives.

Healthcare

Nurses fought back against their union for better pay. Here’s what’s now on the table

by Jewel Topsfield and Lachlan Abbott

Citylink tolls will increase by 4.25 per cent a year until 2029.

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Roads

$13b later: How CityLink became toll giant’s best moneymaker in the world

by Patrick Hatch

Transport

Congestion: Traffic in Hoddle Street, East Melbourne during peak hour.

Roads

P-turns were meant to revolutionise Hoddle Street traffic – but didn’t

by Ashleigh McMillan and Lachlan Abbott

Citylink tolls will increase by 4.25 per cent a year until 2029.

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Roads

$13b later: How CityLink became toll giant’s best moneymaker in the world

by Patrick Hatch

Goran Torbakov at his apartment, overlooking the new station.

City life

Keon Park station is officially open. Residents were already painfully aware

by Rachel Eddie

City life

The apartments where train announcements are a ‘dominant, intrusive force’ in the living room

by Tom Cowie

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Crime & Courts

Greg Lynn

Missing campers trial

A lockdown project and a fallen tree: Gregory Lynn’s sliding doors moments

by John Silvester and Erin Pearson

Greg and Lisa Lynn.

Missing campers trial

Staged suicide? Push for coroner to reopen inquest into death of Gregory Lynn’s first wife

by John Silvester

Police outside the scene where two men, a woman and a teenage boy were found dead.

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Tragedy

Broadmeadows deaths cause ‘could be anything’ as police probe overdose link

by Melissa Cunningham, David Estcourt, Wendy Tuohy and Lachlan Abbott

Gregory Lynn outside court after the verdict.

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Missing campers trial

Lynn, usually expressionless, raises eyebrows after verdict

by Erin Pearson

Local council

Box Hill’s bulging skyline.

Local council

Council slams being shut out by state over plan for $1.6b tower project

by Sophie Aubrey

Councils alarmed over housing demands.

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City life

Councils alarmed by government orders that could double housing. See the plans for your area

by Cara Waters and Josh Gordon

Warren Penna outside the former Forges site in Footscray where land banking is becoming an increasing issue.

City life

The heart of Footscray is full of empty, derelict sites. Locals blame ‘land banking’

by Najma Sambul

Guildford Lane near Melbourne Central has been the most successful of the pilot laneways and features in promotional material for the City of Melbourne.

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City life

Melbourne spent $2.2m greening four laneways. Some pot plants remain

by Cara Waters

Sally Capp

City life

The local council rich list: How much is your mayor paid?

by Melissa Cunningham

Greens Cr Amanda Stone defends Cr Anab Mohamud, before Cr Mohamud leaves the video meeting. — 1:57

Local council

Yarra City Council debates a vote of no confidence in July 2021

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City life

Lord Mayor Sally Capp.

City life

City of Melbourne sells rubbish services for $110 million to Cleanaway

Lord Mayor Sally Capp, in her final week in the role, said the ASX-listed Cleanaway would also redevelop the city’s waste-transfer facility in North Melbourne.

by Cara Waters

Congestion: Traffic in Hoddle Street, East Melbourne during peak hour.

Roads

P-turns were meant to revolutionise Hoddle Street traffic – but didn’t

A multimillion-dollar overhaul of some of Melbourne’s busiest intersections failed to improve traffic flow anywhere near what was expected.

by Ashleigh McMillan and Lachlan Abbott

Collingwood

City life

The rich used to send it their sewage, now this suburb is an oasis of creatives

by Tony Wright

Greenery fills a Marseille street, in contrast to the greyness of Katherine Place near Southern Cross Station.

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City life

This French city was once a crime hub. It could teach Melbourne how to green its laneways

by Justine Costigan

Goran Torbakov at his apartment, overlooking the new station.

City life

Keon Park station is officially open. Residents were already painfully aware

by Rachel Eddie

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