Albanese’s tax gambit supercharges the battle for Dunkley

Albanese’s tax gambit supercharges the battle for Dunkley

While the Albanese government needs to rebuild faith with struggling voters who feel ignored,the Coalition sees the byelection in Melbourne’s south-east as a test of its path back to power.

  • byChip Le Grand

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Frankston’s future as luxe bayside suburb a distant dream in derelict town centre

Frankston’s future as luxe bayside suburb a distant dream in derelict town centre

Underloved Frankston is having a moment in the sun,with a byelection due in March and big plans brewing for the city centre. But not everyone is happy.

  • byAdam Carey
‘They remind me of each other’:Albanese announces candidate for late MP’s seat
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Byelection

‘They remind me of each other’:Albanese announces candidate for late MP’s seat

Anthony Albanese has announced local community leader Jodie Belyea will be Labor’s candidate for the seat of Dunkley after the passing of Peta Murphy.

  • byKieran Rooney andOlivia Ireland
Funding feud looms for Victoria’s two biggest rail projects

Funding feud looms for Victoria’s two biggest rail projects

The cash-strapped Allan government faces ongoing funding battles over Airport Rail and the Suburban Rail Loop after a federal review of the nation’s infrastructure pipeline.

  • byKieran Rooney,Shane Wright,Najma Sambul andBroede Carmody
Your dream US-style dive bar (but with far better food) cranks up in Frankston

Your dream US-style dive bar (but with far better food) cranks up in Frankston

The menu is still all about crowd-pleasers like burgers and wings,but they come with a fine-dining chef’s attention to detail.

  • byDani Valent
Striding to victory:Shopping centre mall walkers win reprieve

Striding to victory:Shopping centre mall walkers win reprieve

An enthusiastic group of Frankston mall walkers can put their shoes back on after a campaign to save their exercise program.

  • byCarolyn Webb
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Tones and I fined $20,000 for illegal renovation to Frankston investment property

Tones and I fined $20,000 for illegal renovation to Frankston investment property

The pop star’s company and her husband have been fined by a magistrate for renovations to an investment property without building permits and ignoring a request to stop work.

  • byRachael Dexter
Minister intervenes on ‘Great Wall of Frankston’

Minister intervenes on ‘Great Wall of Frankston’

Victoria’s planning minister has intervened to halt the construction of high-rise apartments that residents feared would create a “cool-climate Surfers Paradise”.

  • byRachael Dexter
Second-rate Surfers:Fear high-rises could ruin Frankston’s shot at second city status

Second-rate Surfers:Fear high-rises could ruin Frankston’s shot at second city status

There is a great wall threatening to divide the bayside suburb as the community splits over plans for towering luxury apartment building on the foreshore.

  • byRachael Dexter
Councillors behaving badly:Calls for tougher penalties
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Local council

Councillors behaving badly:Calls for tougher penalties

Victoria’s peak body for council staff wants the Local Government Act to include “more sticks” to clamp down on misconduct by elected councillors.

  • byRachael Dexter
I live in Frankston and we’re not bogans - get over it
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City life

I live in Frankston and we’re not bogans - get over it

It’s time we admit that Melbourne carries around suburb stigma like emotional baggage left over from an earlier,snobbier time.

  • byLyndall Thomas