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Education
The 164-year-old school hamstrung by rent brawl between a charity and the government
The Victorian College for the Deaf says its St Kilda Road home is dilapidated and needs capital works, but the purchasing power of a $10 million government grant has eroded over four years.
- by Robyn Grace and Noel Towell
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Legal Cannabis
Amnesty plea to allow medicinal cannabis users behind the wheel
A growing number of Victorians have been prescribed the treatment, but risk breaking the law if they use it.
- by Kieran Rooney
The inside story of Labor’s sudden change of heart on pill testing
Under Daniel Andrews, pill testing was a non-starter. Jacinta Allan made it permanent within months. Summer overdoses were a big reason why.
- by Rachel Eddie
Perspective
World politics
Riding chill streets, listening for the lessons of Zen on a motorcycle
The first rule of riding a motorcycle is look where you want to go. Could it be a metaphor for life?
- by Tony Wright
Airport prepares fight after mediator backs skyrail for Tullamarine
An underground station should not be built at Melbourne Airport unless the airport operators show it makes commercial sense, a federal report has found.
- by Kieran Rooney and Patrick Hatch
Former Labor councillor avoids jail for vote tampering
Milad El-Halabi was sentenced on Thursday almost four years after a local election in Melbourne’s north-west was caught up in a vote-rigging saga.
- by Rachel Eddie
‘Streamline that spending’: Hospitals told to cut back where they can
The health minister’s comments come after two of Victoria’s largest health services imposed immediate hiring freezes in response to the government’s demand for savings.
- by Broede Carmody
Port Phillip Prison to close as new Lara centre opens
The new Western Plains facility won’t start receiving prisoners until mid-2025, two-and-a-half years after major works were completed.
- by Kieran Rooney and Broede Carmody
Editorial
Editorial
Rail loop’s unprecedented building boom requires careful planning
The Victorian government needs to provide assurance its seizure of development decision-making along the massive project is guided by broader thinking.
- The Age's View
Pill testing to become permanent in Victoria
A mobile site will be launched from December and visit up to 10 festivals across two summers, and a fixed site in a club district in Melbourne will open in the middle of next year.
- by Rachel Eddie
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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