Yarra City Council:What your candidates said
Victorian council elections

Yarra City Council:What your candidates said

Voters in Yarra 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

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Court ‘on the verge’ of violating Easey Street suspect’s right to fair trial,lawyer says
Easey Street murders

Court ‘on the verge’ of violating Easey Street suspect’s right to fair trial,lawyer says

One of Italy’s leading international lawyers says the accused double murderer’s consent to be extradited to Australia for a 47-year-old cold case is “absurd”.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andJosephine McKenna
Easey Street murder suspect says he’s innocent,agrees to extradition from Rome
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Easey Street murders

Easey Street murder suspect says he’s innocent,agrees to extradition from Rome

A “distressed” Perry Kouroumblis has agreed to be extradited to Melbourne,telling an Italian court that he intends to fight to clear his name,his court-appointed lawyer said.

  • byJosephine McKenna andRob Harris
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Naked City

‘The consequences are much greater’:John Silvester on the Easey Street secret he kept

The Age crime columnist unpacks the major breakthrough in the notorious Easey Street cold case – and takes us behind the scenes of the long police operation that led to it.

  • bySamantha Selinger-Morris
Riots,suffering,death:The notorious Rome prison housing Easey Street suspect
Easey Street murders

Riots,suffering,death:The notorious Rome prison housing Easey Street suspect

Perry Kouroumblis is being held at one of Italy’s most overcrowded and violent prisons,as authorities fight to bring him to Australia.

  • byRob Harris andJosephine McKenna
Easey Street suspect unmasked as link to victims emerges
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Easey Street suspect unmasked as link to victims emerges

Perry Kouroumblis,now 65,is suspected of killing two women in the 1977 Easey Street murders – and one of Melbourne’s oldest schools links him to the victims.

  • byJohn Silvester,Sherryn Groch,Ashleigh McMillan andHannah Kennelly
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Identity of Easey Street suspect revealed after arrest in Rome
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Identity of Easey Street suspect revealed after arrest in Rome

Police in Victoria will seek to extradite the man from Rome over a double murder mystery dating back to the 1970s.

  • byJohn Silvester,Hannah Kennelly,Josephine Mckenna andAshleigh McMillan
The $2 optional extra that makes this anchovy sandwich worth crossing town for
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The $2 optional extra that makes this anchovy sandwich worth crossing town for

Collingwood focaccia bar The Continental has created the ultimate tapas-packed sandwich – with added crunch.

  • byTomas Telegramma
Melbourne’s beloved parklets too big to fail as restaurants pay up for on-street dining
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Melbourne’s beloved parklets too big to fail as restaurants pay up for on-street dining

The outdoor trend that grew out of pandemic restrictions is here to stay.

  • byAngus Delaney
This friendly wine bar is winning over Glen Iris with $20 pastas and chicken-salt spicy margs
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This friendly wine bar is winning over Glen Iris with $20 pastas and chicken-salt spicy margs

Two couples with no hospo experience,but a passion for food and wine,have transformed their local wine bar into Central Park Cellars.

  • byTomas Telegramma andDani Valent
Flood risk for more than 22,000 inner Melbourne properties,new modelling shows
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Flood risk for more than 22,000 inner Melbourne properties,new modelling shows

Blindsided residents in Fitzroy,Collingwood and Richmond will be told their homes are at risk of flooding from overflowing drains.

  • bySophie Aubrey