Carport food charity boss'gobsmacked'by white knight's $120k lifeline

Carport food charity boss'gobsmacked'by white knight's $120k lifeline

A charity food pantry that was run out of a suburban carport but faced closure following a council ban has been rescued by a businessman's gift of new premises.

  • byCarolyn Webb

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A not-so-crap job:Meet the people paid to pick up pooches’ poo

A not-so-crap job:Meet the people paid to pick up pooches’ poo

Householders can hire someone to dispose of their dogs’ doo-doos.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Mineral water skolling,gumboot throwing,sausage eating … It’s Glenlyon’s big day out

Mineral water skolling,gumboot throwing,sausage eating … It’s Glenlyon’s big day out

Quirky,traditional Glenlyon Sports Day has been a New Year’s Day tradition for more than 100 years.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Fireys catch new year’s breather before ‘spike’ day for Grampians blaze

Fireys catch new year’s breather before ‘spike’ day for Grampians blaze

After two weeks of running on adrenaline,tired volunteers have allowed themselves some respite before dangerous weekend conditions.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Pip Hare’s yacht mast snapped 1400km from shore. Her skill on the high seas got her to Melbourne

Pip Hare’s yacht mast snapped 1400km from shore. Her skill on the high seas got her to Melbourne

Solo round-the-world sailor Pip Hare made an unexpected stop in Melbourne after disaster struck in the Southern Ocean.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Christmas Day workers keep the state running,but there’s one man you don’t want to see

Christmas Day workers keep the state running,but there’s one man you don’t want to see

From emergency services to hospital workers,hospitality and vets,they are the Christmas angels forgoing festivities for others.

  • byCarolyn Webb
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Hidden deep in a jungle,there is a big,furry,shellfish-munching plant. An Australian found it

Hidden deep in a jungle,there is a big,furry,shellfish-munching plant. An Australian found it

An expert in carnivorous plants says it’s the first time he’s seen one that eats shellfish.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Hot to trot:The Christmas tour lighting up faces in Melbourne’s south-east

Hot to trot:The Christmas tour lighting up faces in Melbourne’s south-east

Nightly horse and carriage tours,which wind through the streets of Pakenham,have been popular in the lead-up to Christmas for several years.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Government to stick with Arden station name despite namesake’s racist link

Government to stick with Arden station name despite namesake’s racist link

A government minister was unaware of the racism link to Arden station name before The Age unearthed it.

  • byCarolyn Webb andCarla Jaeger
‘Incredibly disrespectful’:MPs back calls to change racist station name

‘Incredibly disrespectful’:MPs back calls to change racist station name

The name Arden is completely inappropriate for one of the new Metro Tunnel stations,state Greens leader Ellen Sandell says.

  • byCarolyn Webb
The shocking racist history behind this Metro Tunnel station name
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The shocking racist history behind this Metro Tunnel station name

George Arden was a racist who called Indigenous people violent,ignorant savages. The state government is naming a train station after him.

  • byCarolyn Webb