Steam Packet Hotel

Steam Packet Hotel

A pint at the Packet has been a Williamstown rite of passage for generations.

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Hobsons Bay City Council:What your candidates said

Hobsons Bay City Council:What your candidates said

Voters in Hobsons Bay 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
Former Kensington cop shop sells for $1 million at auction

Former Kensington cop shop sells for $1 million at auction

The property was situated on an awkwardly shaped block and had once been used as a smoko spot for Kensington police officers.

  • bySarah Webb
Eleven of our favourite homes for sale in Melbourne right now

Eleven of our favourite homes for sale in Melbourne right now

Looking for your next home? From a peaked-roofed entertainer to a fish-tank splashback,we’ve got you covered.

  • byJacqui Hammerton andMary O'Brien
Beach cottage smashes its reserve and changes hands for $3.9 million

Beach cottage smashes its reserve and changes hands for $3.9 million

A large crowd defied the cold to watch four bidders vie for the two-bedroom Williamstown home,which had been in the one family since it was built 60 years ago.

  • bySarah Webb
Comedian Rhys Nicholson’s ‘maximalist’ home sells for $842,500 after auction

Comedian Rhys Nicholson’s ‘maximalist’ home sells for $842,500 after auction

The Coburg home passed in for $810,000,but soon sold to the highest bidders in post-auction negotiations.

  • byJim Malo
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Test results are in on asbestos in parks as reports continue to rise

Test results are in on asbestos in parks as reports continue to rise

The environmental regulator has revealed more reports of potential asbestos,this time in Williamstown,Altona and Sunshine West,with priority testing under way.

  • byMelissa Cunningham
Beaumaris house sells for $2,325,000 in just seven bids

Beaumaris house sells for $2,325,000 in just seven bids

Two bidders slugged it out during the ultra-fast auction for the four-bedroom home,which was over in just a few minutes.

  • byMelissa Heagney-Bayliss
Old Willy:The industrial sights and sounds that newcomers will never know

Old Willy:The industrial sights and sounds that newcomers will never know

My sons’ enthusiasm gave me pause to think about my own happy childhood in Willy. But its newfound popularity comes with a dispiriting consequence.

  • byDarren Dawson
Tobacco war:Five arrested over festive season firebombings

Tobacco war:Five arrested over festive season firebombings

A police detective said the arrests hurt an unnamed criminal syndicate driving recent firebombings and claim police were “seeming to turn the corner” in combating the violence.

  • byLachlan Abbott
Tobacco war taskforce probes ice cream shop blaze
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Tobacco war taskforce probes ice cream shop blaze

A suspicious fire has engulfed a Williamstown business just metres from another gelateria that a crime gang is suspected of repeatedly firebombing last year.

  • byLachlan Abbott