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Stephen Brook

Stephen Brook

Stephen Brook is a special correspondent for The Age and CBD columnist for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. He was previously deputy editor of The Sunday Age. He is a former media editor of The Australian and spent six years in London working for The Guardian.

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

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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Choclatine has lost its kosher status.

Just not kosher: beloved cafe loses accreditation after rabbi raid

A popular Caulfield North cafe says they are the victims of “a fair bit of politics” after they gave up their kosher certification in a squabble with the official accreditation agency.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Where is the latest season of The Block being filmed? Test yourself with The Age quiz

How well do you know Melbourne and Victoria? Test your trivia and news knowledge with The Age’s weekly quiz.

  • Stephen Brook and Eliza Sum
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Who will perform at this year’s AFL grand final? Take The Age quiz

How well do you know Melbourne and Victoria? Test your trivia and news knowledge with The Age’s weekly quiz.

  • Stephen Brook and Eliza Sum
Mecca’s Bourke Street store.

‘Mecca of all Meccas’ finally opens its front doors (sort of)

The three-storey beauty wonderland in Bourke Street opens to the public today. But the building is still getting its finishing touches.

  • Gemma Grant, Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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Who was the youngest person to win a Gold Logie? Take The Age quiz

How well do you know Melbourne and Victoria? Test your trivia and news knowledge with The Age’s weekly quiz.

  • Stephen Brook and Eliza Sum
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Ringwood MP Will Fowles.

MP Will Fowles cries foul over his bullying complaint

The exiled Labor MP is seeking a judicial review of a Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission decision to dismiss a bullying complaint he made against Victorian lower house Speaker Maree Edwards.

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John and Pauline Gandel in the Gandel Gondwana children’s garden at Melbourne Museum in 2022. The Gandels have donated heavily to the museum.

Jewish billionaire family say they will continue funding NGV amid protests

In their first public comments since a pro-Palestine rally descended on the gallery, the Gandel family pledged their ongoing financial backing at a time when other Jewish philanthropists are reconsidering where they channel their support.

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Businessman Joseph Gersh at the Saint Haven club in South Yarra.

Joe Gersh thinks Melbourne is falling behind Sydney. And he knows how to fix it

The first thing that hits is the smell of premium scented air. The exclusive venue is where I sit down to lunch with Joe Gersh, businessman, philanthropist, ex-ABC board member turned virulent critic – a man who upended his life and doesn’t pull any punches.

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Josh Frydenberg in the Goldman Sachs Office in Melbourne CBD.

Frydenberg ally Blackwell elected to key Liberal Party post

Jacquie Blackwell was elected chair of Liberal Women’s Council Victoria by a handsome margin. The victory means she ascends to the party’s governing admin committee.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman