Victorian local elections 2024:Greater Melbourne candidates speak out

Victorian local elections 2024:Greater Melbourne candidates speak out

Local election candidates across Greater Melbourne have responded to The Age’s survey. Read what the candidates in your area plan to do if they are elected.

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Hume City Council:What your candidates said

Hume City Council:What your candidates said

Voters in Hume will choose nine people to represent them on council for the next four years. Here is what the candidates said about why they are running in the Victorian council elections and what they want to achieve.

  • byCara Waters andRachael Dexter
Parking fine hope for residents in narrow streets of Melbourne’s north

Parking fine hope for residents in narrow streets of Melbourne’s north

Drivers could be given the green light to park on their own nature strips without fear of being stung by fines,in a bid to tackle an urban planning problem.

  • byAdam Carey
Where we live:The changing face of Victoria’s neighbourhoods
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Where we live:The changing face of Victoria’s neighbourhoods

In this series,The Age profiles Victorian suburbs and towns to reveal how they’ve changed over the decades.

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Not far from the old Ford factory in Melbourne’s north,caravan-makers are booming

Not far from the old Ford factory in Melbourne’s north,caravan-makers are booming

Almost a decade after the Australian car manufacturing industry died,caravan-makers now employ more workers than carmakers did at their peak.

  • byAdam Carey
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‘Fighting a losing battle’:Melbourne suburbs where rents have soared

‘Fighting a losing battle’:Melbourne suburbs where rents have soared

Tenants are searching far and wide for their next home as rents in several suburbs spiralled 20 per cent or more in a year.

  • byAlexandra Middleton
‘No one wants to be sharing this message’:Major hospitals confirm budget squeeze

‘No one wants to be sharing this message’:Major hospitals confirm budget squeeze

Two of Victoria’s largest health services have imposed hiring freezes in response to government demands for huge savings,causing stress for health workers.

  • byJewel Topsfield andHenrietta Cook
Broadmeadows deaths cause ‘could be anything’ as police probe overdose link
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Broadmeadows deaths cause ‘could be anything’ as police probe overdose link

Later on Tuesday,another life was lost nearby in the same suburb. Police have already arrested a man over that separate incident.

  • byMelissa Cunningham,David Estcourt,Wendy Tuohy andLachlan Abbott
Melbourne’s migrant and manufacturing heart has taken some hits,but it’s still burning with ambition

Melbourne’s migrant and manufacturing heart has taken some hits,but it’s still burning with ambition

Waves of migrants have called Broadmeadows home,wooed by cheap housing and plentiful jobs. As they brace for future growth,residents hope better education and community services are part of the plan.

  • byPatrick Hatch
Melbourne suburbs where property prices are cheaper than five years ago

Melbourne suburbs where property prices are cheaper than five years ago

As investors shy away from the Melbourne market,a handful of areas have fallen below their 2019 prices.

  • byAlexandra Middleton