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Voters in Maribyrnong will choose seven 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.
Three-time Maribyrnong mayor Sarah Carter never arrived at the airport to meet her partner,who later found her dead at home on Tuesday,according to a friend.
The typical house costs $60 per week more to rent than it did a year ago,leaving some tenants fearful of lifelong housing insecurity.
The wall raised water levels for at least 240 homes in Maribyrnong during 2022’s downpour,including some homes that likely would have avoided inundation if it had not been built.
By its own admission the Maribyrnong flood inquiry was never truly independent and leaves many questions unanswered. So what was the point?
Property buybacks could also be needed in flood-prone areas along the Maribyrnong River,but the jury is still out on the Flemington flood wall.
Thousands of new homes could finally be built next to Highpoint shopping centre after the federal government revealed it is prepared to pay to decontaminate the former Defence site.
Highpoint’s new supermarket-sized Asian grocer includes live seafood tanks,a premium butcher,sushi counter and oyster bar,Chinese barbecue restaurant,bakery,dumpling factory and canteen-style dining hall.
The previous century was an extraordinary era of design and architecture,but community buy-in is crucial to preserving its legacy.
The removal of heritage protections from almost 900 post- and inter-war homes in Melbourne’s inner-west has been celebrated as a win for housing affordability.