Where Melbourne’s next 25 activity centres should go,according to one group

Where Melbourne’s next 25 activity centres should go,according to one group

An analysis of suburbs by YIMBY Melbourne has revealed which 25 train stations should be declared activity centres next.

  • byKieran Rooney andRachel Eddie

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Moira Deeming praises Dutton,condemns Victorian Libs as ‘Labor-lite’,amid talk of Senate tilt
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Moira Deeming praises Dutton,condemns Victorian Libs as ‘Labor-lite’,amid talk of Senate tilt

The expelled MP who sued the Victorian Liberal leader was effusive about Peter Dutton amid revelations she is being encouraged to run for federal office.

  • byPaul Sakkal andAnnika Smethurst
Business calls for tax reform as opposition slams Victorian government’s ‘pathetic’ economic growth plan

Business calls for tax reform as opposition slams Victorian government’s ‘pathetic’ economic growth plan

Victoria’s promised economic growth statement,designed to drive economic growth,is not expected to include tax reform. Business and the opposition want more.

  • byRachel Eddie andKieran Rooney
Grand designs:The types of homes the Victorian government wants to see more of

Grand designs:The types of homes the Victorian government wants to see more of

The government would take over planning powers for townhouses and apartments between three and six storeys that are high-quality design,and would hand over some state land to do it.

  • byRachel Eddie
Almost $450,000 of fines handed out for dodgy rentals since March
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Almost $450,000 of fines handed out for dodgy rentals since March

The Victorian government has revealed the details of rental reform promised last September,including a dispute resolution service.

  • byRachel Eddie
Labor MPs told to cut wish lists,avoid infrastructure in budget bids

Labor MPs told to cut wish lists,avoid infrastructure in budget bids

Members of the Labor caucus have been told to cut the number of projects they want funded for their local communities and cap them at $500,000 as Victoria’s budget belt continues to tighten.

  • byKieran Rooney andRachel Eddie
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Pesutto did not hatch ‘conspiracy’ to get rid of Deeming,court hears

Pesutto did not hatch ‘conspiracy’ to get rid of Deeming,court hears

The Opposition Leader’s barrister has told the Federal Court that ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming’s team was making allegations of “extraordinary seriousness”.

  • byRachel Eddie
Pesutto defamed Deeming for his own political interest,not the public’s,court told

Pesutto defamed Deeming for his own political interest,not the public’s,court told

The Federal Court has heard the first of the closing submissions in the high-stakes case brought by ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming against Opposition Leader John Pesutto.

  • byRachel Eddie
Stamp duty slashed on units,apartments – but you’ll have to get in quick

Stamp duty slashed on units,apartments – but you’ll have to get in quick

Buyers of off-the-plan developments will save tens of thousands of dollars in stamp duty concessions in a 12-month plan to encourage denser developments across the suburbs.

  • byKieran Rooney
Housing is a tenure-defining policy for Jacinta Allan,if she can make it stick

Housing is a tenure-defining policy for Jacinta Allan,if she can make it stick

A bold vision to reshape Melbourne’s suburbs gives Jacinta Allan a chance to define herself as more than Daniel Andrews 2.0.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
Daniel Andrews appointed chair of key youth mental health institute

Daniel Andrews appointed chair of key youth mental health institute

Orygen has defended the appointment after former Liberal premier Jeff Kennett sharply criticised the move,arguing it was “the most absurd” appointment he had heard of in recent times.

  • byBroede Carmody