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Letters

Letters

Political apathy a blight on humanity

Readers despair at the continued Israeli attack on Palestinian citizens.

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Letters

Letters

In Albanese we trust, but depends on which issue

Detective Inspector Graham Banks.

Crime

Two arrests, millions seized: How the tobacco wars played out in a Melbourne takeaway shop

by Cassandra Morgan

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Where is the latest season of The Block being filmed? Test yourself with The Age quiz

by Stephen Brook and Eliza Sum

Letters

Letters

No child should lose from changes to NDIS

Transport

The wooden “fish net” at the Yarraville entrance to the West Gate Tunnel.

Roads

Icon or eyesore? Inside the West Gate Tunnel’s public art gamble

by Patrick Hatch

Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece has proposed a crackdown on pedestrians who don’t keep to the left on CBD streets. His pictured in March with security guard hird to boost safety in the city in a six-week trial.

Opinion

City life

Pedestrian etiquette in Melbourne has reached new lows. It’s time for a ‘keep-left’ crackdown

by Nick Reece

Marelen Yap at V/Line’s Rockbank station, which heaves with city-bound commuters at peak-hour.

Go west

Marelen wastes thousands of hours commuting to work. She wants two things to change

by Sophie Aubrey and Adam Carey

An e-bike caught fire on a Melbourne train in March.

Public transport

Ban on e-bikes on trains a response over the top, cycling advocates say

by Patrick Hatch

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Crime & Courts

Erin Patterson arrives at court on Monday.

Mushroom trial

An offer of forgiveness and a ‘tsunami’ of grief laid bare by Erin Patterson’s victims

by Erin Pearson

At other times, she simply stared straight ahead.

Mushroom trial

A hair straightener, a fan and lots of wool. Inside Erin Patterson’s prison cell

by Erin Pearson

CCTV from one of the incidents at the South Yarra synagogue

Crime

Alleged vandal in Scream mask charged over synagogue graffiti

by Cassandra Morgan

Erin Patterson was seen twisting a tissue round and round in her hands during Monday’s plea hearing.

Perspective

Mushroom trial

Erin Patterson’s children hover offstage, haunted by her crimes

by Tony Wright

Local council

Housing target progress in Melbourne LGAs.

Housing crisis

Housing targets falling short in nearly all Victorian council areas

by Angus Delaney

Peter Cook, President of Queenscliffe Climate Action Now on the eroding Narrows dog beach. Cook is concerned his council is moving to scrap its Climate Action Response Plan.

Local council

Fiscal restraint or culture wars? Councils winding back climate action

by Rachael Dexter and Benjamin Preiss

Aboriginal elder Uncle Robbie Thorpe at Camp Sovereignty.

City life

‘We’re not going to go away’: Call for better access to burial site in Kings Domain

by Cara Waters

Pradeep Tiwari in his mayoral robes.

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Courts

Mayor briefly a wanted man after court no-show mishap over dangerous driving charge

by Sophie Aubrey

Petition organiser Mark Clair at Ricketts Point.

City life

Council votes to keep beach dog walking set-up despite fears for wildlife

by Gemma Grant

Architect Rob Page, of Peddle Thorp Architects, stands beside the rail bridge at Rebecca Walk.

City life

This should be a prime slice of the city. But it’s dark, noisy and unsafe

by Sophie Aubrey

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City life

Sarah Witty, the member for Melbourne, delivers her maiden speech at Parliament House.

CBD

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.

by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

Museums Victoria is about to axe 55 jobs due to government funding cuts.

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Victorian budget

‘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.

by Clay Lucas

Mark Walker is opening a single screen indpendent cinema in Collingwood.

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City life

In an age of streaming, Melbourne is getting another independent cinema

by Cara Waters

Fred and Alex Grimwade at Cooks’ Cottage in the Fitzroy Gardens. Fred is a descendant of Russell Grimwade who donated the cottage.

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City life

Family who donated Cooks’ Cottage angry at council inaction spurring on vandals

by Cara Waters

Anthony Moore, out the front of Desert Highways.

City life

His shop is covered in sand, crushed by the trams outside. He worries about the health risks

by Liam Mannix

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