The final traditional mass in St Patrick’s Cathedral.

Time to say vale:The end of Latin Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral

The pews of Melbourne’s largest Catholic cathedral filled with hundreds of worshippers who came to say goodbye to a centuries-old tradition.

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Warren Penna outside the former Forges site in Footscray where land banking is becoming an increasing issue.

The heart of Footscray is full of empty,derelict sites. Locals blame ‘land banking’

Critics say land banking has become a problem with large commercial buildings in prime locations standing empty for years.

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A beheaded statue of King George V is seen in Kings Domain,Melbourne,on Monday,

Vandals behead King George V statue in Melbourne on King’s Birthday

The monument in Kings Domain was also sprayed with red paint in the latest attack by activists on a colonial monument in Victoria.

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Casterton Kelpie Association working dog auction.

The small town between Melbourne and Adelaide where kelpies reign supreme

The Casterton Kelpie Muster has become a wildly successful dog show,resulting in world records and a tourism boom for the small Victorian town.

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Local community advocate,Neil Head,outside the former Sunshine Technical School.

‘Eastern suburbs bias’:Fight to protect heritage sites in the west,too

A council in Melbourne’s west will fight a Heritage Victoria move to knock back a state heritage nomination for two 80-year-old buildings crucial to Victoria’s industrial history.

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Victorians have their say on this year’s state budget.

We asked Victorians what they thought of the budget. This is what they told us

It’s a tight budget with a few standouts for families,but Victorians still have plenty to say.

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Former ANZ employee Ian Davies stands in what was once his office on the second floor of the Gothic Bank on 338 Collins Street last month.

Inside Melbourne’s restored Gothic Bank,where ‘every teller had a loaded revolver’

The historic ANZ building on 388 Collins Street has reopened to the public to showcase its banking origins and refurbishments.

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Kevin Chamberlin,former Melbourne Lord Mayor and North Melbourne resident.

The suburb trying to avoid the fate of Docklands as towers shoot up

North Melbourne has long been gentrified,and its mixed-income residents have always co-existed,but a windfall of government and private investment could change that.

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Some public housing in Braybrook has been vacant for years.

Lucy has been on the public housing waiting list for decades. Down the road,homes sit empty

As the public housing waiting list continues to grow,locals in one suburb are perplexed by vacant state-owned homes in their area.

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Metro Trains customer service staff working at Southern Cross Station March 2024.

What happens if you don’t tap off? The answers to your Melbourne public transport questions

Ever wondered why the City Loop changes direction in the middle of the day? Or what happens if you forget to tap off your myki? These are the answers to Melbourne public transport’s biggest mysteries.

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