The moment gangland boss’ Docklands restaurant was firebombed

The moment gangland boss’ Docklands restaurant was firebombed

A black-clad pair smashed the windows at Fadi Haddara’s Karizma restaurant and poured accelerant inside,before sending the New Quay eatery up in flames.

  • byLachlan Abbott

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Protesters target Israeli hostage families with pro-Palestine signs,bloodied dolls

Protesters target Israeli hostage families with pro-Palestine signs,bloodied dolls

The family members of Israelis who were killed or taken hostage by Hamas sought shelter at a police station after pro-Palestinian protesters appeared at a Docklands hotel.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andBroede Carmody
Gangland boss’ Docklands restaurant destroyed in arson attack

Gangland boss’ Docklands restaurant destroyed in arson attack

A New Quay restaurant owned by underworld boss Fadi Haddara was razed after it was targeted twice in three days,prompting the evacuation of dozens of apartment residents.

  • byChris Vedelago,Marta Pascual Juanola andMadeleine Heffernan
Bollywood bangers,bright lights:Where to celebrate Diwali this weekend

Bollywood bangers,bright lights:Where to celebrate Diwali this weekend

Docklands will be transformed into a mini Delhi on Saturday with flowers,dance and colour as thousands of revellers celebrate the festival of lights.

  • byRachael Dexter
Yarra 1,drones 0:Unmanned aerial vehicles plunge into water during Matildas light display

Yarra 1,drones 0:Unmanned aerial vehicles plunge into water during Matildas light display

A team of divers will spend Sunday fishing the drowned drones out of the water in Docklands after hundreds fell ahead of the soccer match at Marvel Stadium.

  • byAshleigh McMillan andAlex Crowe
A floating nightclub offered to turn the music down. But its licence was cancelled anyway
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A floating nightclub offered to turn the music down. But its licence was cancelled anyway

Despite a desperate final plea from Atet nightclub,the City of Melbourne cancelled the floating venue’s licence after record noise complaints from residents.

  • byNajma Sambul
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Blaze rips through nightclub barge at Docklands

Blaze rips through nightclub barge at Docklands

Investigators are treating a fire that damaged a floating Docklands nightclub as suspicious.

  • byCaroline Schelle andMarnie Vinall
With 10 fillings and 10 seats,Heartling is not your usual dumpling fix
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Melbourne

With 10 fillings and 10 seats,Heartling is not your usual dumpling fix

Dumplings are often a brisk bite amid bustle,but this Docklands restaurant is a calm contrast,reviews Dani Valent.

  • byDani Valent
Giant fish building? Demolition of historic Central Pier under fire

Giant fish building? Demolition of historic Central Pier under fire

A former tenant of the historic Central Pier in Docklands is ‘baffled’ that Heritage Victoria is allowing the 106-year-old site to be demolished to make way for a new structure,possibly a giant fish-shaped building.

  • bySophie Aubrey
The Melbourne suburbs where rents have skyrocketed

The Melbourne suburbs where rents have skyrocketed

Tenants in most Melbourne’s suburbs are facing higher asking rents than they were a year ago,new data shows,and rents have only fallen in a handful of neighbourhoods.

  • byMelissa Heagney
‘Very challenging’:Melbourne house rents break records for fourth quarter in a row

‘Very challenging’:Melbourne house rents break records for fourth quarter in a row

Tenants have been dealt another financial blow as house rents set a record,while units are also likely to reach a new high and recoup their pandemic losses by the end of the year.

  • byMelissa Heagney andGabriela Fannia