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The property portfolio of the Labor MP who turfed Adam Bandt
Sarah Witty, the Labor MP who turfed out former Greens leader Adam Bandt in the seat of Melbourne, is a bona fide property mogul, owning three investment properties.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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‘Find someone to hug’: Museums Victoria to cut 55 jobs, raise ticket prices after funding slashed
New spending on exhibition spaces and IT upgrades will be deferred after big cuts in this year’s state budget.
- Clay Lucas
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In an age of streaming, Melbourne is getting another independent cinema
Eclipse Cinema, a 64-seat, single-screen affair, will open on Thursday in a warehouse that once housed the Sherrin football factory.
- Cara Waters
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Family who donated Cooks’ Cottage angry at council inaction spurring on vandals
Members of the Grimwade family say the Fitzroy Gardens monument should acknowledge Indigenous history and the impact of colonialism, but the council continues to sit on its hands.
- Cara Waters
His shop is covered in sand, crushed by the trams outside. He worries about the health risks
Anthony Moore runs the Desert Highways record shop in Reservoir. It’s an apt name for a shop that is often beset by clouds of sand from a surprising source.
- Liam Mannix
14 must-do walks in Melbourne: From city trails to Dandenong Ranges hikes
From CBD walking trails to rainforest circuits a short drive away, these walks are suitable for a range of abilities and purposes.
- Sonia Nair
Fiscal restraint or culture wars? Councils winding back climate action
A new wave of conservative councillors are abandoning climate commitments, with critics saying the “back to basics” rhetoric is an ideological smokescreen.
- Rachael Dexter and Benjamin Preiss
‘We’re not going to go away’: Call for better access to burial site in Kings Domain
Uncle Robbie Thorpe and Indigenous advocates want the area, known as Kings Domain Resting Place, to be recognised as a ceremonial space and to be made more accessible.
- Cara Waters
Family marks 75 years of making dough from doughnuts
Belinda Donaghey was going to be a coroner. But the call of her family’s famous doughnut business was too strong to ignore.
- Carolyn Webb
Meeting lifts lid on cult restaurant 1800 Lasagne’s downfall
Minutes of a creditors’ meeting show tax debt, a lack of cash flow and a large loan contributed to 1800 Lasagne’s slide into voluntary administration.
- Cassandra Morgan