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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Greater Dandenong Council:What your candidates said

Greater Dandenong Council:What your candidates said

Voters in Greater Dandenong 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
Melbourne suburbs with the most distressed property sales

Melbourne suburbs with the most distressed property sales

Financial strain has caused some Melbourne homeowners to reach a tipping point and list their home for urgent sale.

  • byAlexandra Middleton
Banned by the Taliban,this festival draws thousands of Afghans in Melbourne

Banned by the Taliban,this festival draws thousands of Afghans in Melbourne

Afghan Australians celebrated both Nowruz,or New Year,and the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr in Dandenong on Sunday.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Fears green wedges in danger of being chipped away for urban uses

Fears green wedges in danger of being chipped away for urban uses

A growing number of applications to build private schools and places of worship in Melbourne’s green wedges is eroding their rural character,advocates say.

  • byAdam Carey
The $80 million stand-off over a level crossing no one wants removed

The $80 million stand-off over a level crossing no one wants removed

Dandenong South businesses are banding together to fight the removal of boom gates on an industrial street,which they claim is putting political spin before common sense.

  • byClay Lucas
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How cafes and playgrounds are breathing new life into cemeteries

How cafes and playgrounds are breathing new life into cemeteries

Bunurong Memorial Park and Cemetery in Dandenong is not just a place to bury the dead. It also includes a cafe,a children’s playground,trails for walking,running and cycling and space for picnics.

  • byCara Waters
This affordable hotel brand has transformed itself – and the entire industry

This affordable hotel brand has transformed itself – and the entire industry

A slew of new and renovated Holiday Inn properties across Australia reveal a new direction for the family-friendly brand.

  • byJulietta Jameson
Samantha Azzopardi accused of lying to gain $18k from family violence support services
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Samantha Azzopardi accused of lying to gain $18k from family violence support services

Police allege Azzopardi dishonestly obtained nearly $20,000 by pretending to be a vulnerable woman from Europe in need of family violence support.

  • byErin Pearson
‘Back-to-back bullets’:Families caught in spate of drive-by shootings

‘Back-to-back bullets’:Families caught in spate of drive-by shootings

Baryalai Rahmanzai was sleeping next to his pregnant wife when their Dandenong home was sprayed with bullets. Now he feels less safe in Melbourne than in Afghanistan.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andCameron Houston
A stunning home gallery seven years in the making

A stunning home gallery seven years in the making

Home/gallery commissions are seldom offered to architects,particularly on this scale – with 500 square metres given over to the interconnecting home and the same amount of floor area for the gallery.

  • byStephen Crafti