The 2025 Esoteric Festival,which features psychedelic music and art,has been cancelled after it was refused a permit.

‘Dance the pain away’:Cancelled festival offers consolation party in Melbourne

Fans of Esoteric festival,which was cancelled when Buloke Shire denied a permit at the last minute,have been invited to an alternative event on Sunday.

  • Hannah Kennelly

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Claire Courtis-Petrusev and Iggy Courtis with their children Rosa and Wilbur at Surrey Hills Primary School pedestrian crossing.

Push for 30km/h speed limit on all local streets to improve safety

A 30-year strategy to meet Victoria’s population needs recommends cutting speed limits,starting with the areas around schools,childcare and kindergarten facilities and playgrounds.

  • Rachel Eddie,Hannah Kennelly andKieran Rooney
Rowena Joske,pictured near the old Paisley Train Station in Altona North with her 10-year-old son Duncan.

New train stations,tram extensions,rapid-fire buses:Here’s what Melbourne needs and where

Infrastructure Victoria has urged the state government to make sweeping public transport upgrades as part of a 30-year strategy to fill in the city’s missing links.

  • Kieran Rooney andHannah Kennelly
Op shops are cooler than ever.

When did second-hand become trendy? The rise of thrifting

Gen Z is largely responsible for a recent boom of thrift stores,op shops and vintage clothing outlets.

  • Hannah Kennelly
Esoteric Festival is a large Australian bush doof – a regional rave gathering featuring psychedelic music and art.

How a popular bush doof festival became a gastro nightmare — and now faces the axe

A council in regional Victoria wants to block a psychedelic festival scheduled on Labour Day,citing health and safety concerns after a gastro outbreak last year.

  • Hannah Kennelly andAlexander Darling
Wall Street was mixed on Wednesday.

ASX rallies,led by retailers and banks;CBA hits record;News Corp gains

The Australian sharemarket closed higher on Thursday after a broad market rally,led by banks,retailers and real estate investment trusts.

  • Hannah Kennelly
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Trump has already hit pause on his tariffs on Mexico.

Where is the Australian dollar headed in Trump’s tariff argy-bargy?

Trump’s rollercoaster diplomacy has left investors wary. How will Trump’s decisions affect the local sharemarket and where is the Australian dollar headed?

  • Hannah Kennelly
Wall Street slumped at the open but pared some of its losses after it was announced Trump had paused his tariffs on Mexican imports.

ASX closes in the red as China hits back on Trump tariffs

The relief rally for the local sharemarket fizzled out after US tariffs took effect on China,in what Donald Trump described as an “opening salvo” against Australia’s biggest trading partner.

  • Hannah Kennelly
The Australian sharemarket remains steady ahead of corporate earnings season.

What earnings season will tell us about the year ahead

As companies prepare to reveal their numbers,fund managers and strategists are making their predictions and reviewing the big themes likely to shape 2025.

  • Hannah Kennelly
TPG Telecom – which owns Vodafone – has expanded their network in Australia in a bid to compete with Telstra and Optus.

‘Getting rid of the bush tax’:Vodafone vows to take fight to Telstra in regional areas

The network expansion increases Vodafone’s reach to one million square kilometres,injecting much-needed competition into regional areas.

  • Hannah Kennelly