The Lost Dogs’ Home.

Lost Dogs’ Home in limbo as government stonewalls over deal

The century-old North Melbourne animal charity fears for its future as talks over a new site reach an impasse.

  • Rachael Dexter andPatrick Hatch

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Quiet cuts to Metro Tunnel scope raise questions over what services will actually be delivered

Commuters could miss out on the full benefits of the $15 billion project because related network upgrades have been cut to rein in the ballooning budget.

  • Patrick Hatch
From left:Anushka Bharath,Bharath Chellaya,Gisha Bharath and Akansha Bharath outside their Manor Lakes home. They plan to move to Mambourin.

It was once declared ‘unpopular for living’. Now it’s Australia’s fastest-growing region

The Age explores what’s driving the boom in Melbourne’s western suburbs,and challenges some of the common assumptions about the area.

  • Sophie Aubrey,Adam Carey andPatrick Hatch
Pawan Kaur has been forced to walk long distances along an unsafe road to get to her Mount Atkinson home from Rockbank railway station.

Long walks on gravel along dangerous roads:The fast-growing Melbourne suburbs waiting for buses and trains

In the outer west,where the car is king,residents want better public transport links. In a series,The Age explores why the west is Australia’s fastest-growing region and what’s holding it back from its full potential.

  • Patrick Hatch
Melbourne’s western suburbs.

Growing pains in Melbourne’s booming west

In a series,The Age explores what makes the western suburbs the place to be and what’s holding them back.

The trial of Victoria’s new myki-free payment system on Wangaratta’s bus network

I travelled to the last place you’d expect for a glimpse of our myki-free future

Melburnians have to travel a long way to see what public transport is like in the 21st century.

  • Patrick Hatch
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The City of Melbourne wants Spencer Street turned into a “lively,attractive and welcoming street” by diverting traffic on to Wurundjeri Way.

Tunnel traffic on a collision course with Spencer Street reinvention

Plans to turn Spencer Street into a pedestrian-friendly precinct are feared to be at risk from a West Gate Tunnel project off-ramp.

  • Patrick Hatch
An Age reader shared this video of them blowing a tyre after hitting a pothole on the Princes Highway in Corio this month.

Road to ruin:Why Victoria’s pothole ‘minefield’ is getting worse

Drivers are suffering shredded tyres,smashed gearboxes and other vehicle damage. They want action to fix our roads.

  • Patrick Hatch
Hobsons Bay councillor Michael Disbury and community activist Gill Gannon say closing Champion Road will hurt Newport.

Removing this level crossing would literally divide a community,say residents

In Newport,the government plans to remove the level crossing but not bury or raise the train line,instead leaving the road permanently closed.

  • Patrick Hatch
Glen Yates in front of the western-most vent under constuction.

‘We’ll cop the full brunt’:West Gate Tunnel to pump out toxic fumes near homes

Campaigners push for filters to be installed on the project’s enormous vents in Melbourne’s inner west as pollution fears grow.

  • Sophie Aubrey andPatrick Hatch