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Adam Carey

Adam Carey

Adam Carey is senior city reporter (suburban). He has held previous roles including education editor, state political correspondent and transport reporter. He joined The Age in 2007.

Frankston mayor Sue Baker stands on top of an apartment building overlooking Port Phillip Bay.

The property tax proposal dividing Frankston residents

As council looks to trebling property rates for commercial landlords, property taxes for new developments could be slashed.

  • Adam Carey

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No diesel in this servo in Wantirna

Indie retailers pushed to back of queue in fuel supply squeeze

Independent fuel retailers are struggling to secure reliable supplies of petrol and diesel, causing more than 200 local outages at Victorian service stations.

  • Adam Carey and Elias Visontay
CCTV footage captures an alleged thief who siphoned diesel from a truck yard in western Victoria.

Stations run dry and reports of fuel thefts rise amid surge in demand

Petrol stations are temporarily running out of fuel and petrol retailers are reporting an increase in thefts as demand and fuel prices soar in tandem.

  • Adam Carey
Iran war.

US-Iran war as it happened: Iran’s longest-range attack yet targets US-UK base as nuclear site hit again; Israel warns of a ‘significant’ surge in attacks

Follow our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East as it enters its fourth week and shows no signs of abating.

  • Ellen Connolly, Jessica McSweeney and Adam Carey
Travel agent Emma Whiting says travellers can still secure affordable flights to Europe if they are prepared to be flexible.

‘It feels very like COVID’: Melburnians park plans for European summer

Jet fuel prices have doubled within a fortnight, leading many Melburnians to alter or pause plans for international travel as airfares surge.

  • Adam Carey
Tamara Nolan, Greenvale Residents Association president, with Jamie Gray, Greenvale Shopping Centre owner, and Sophie Panigirakis of Women’s Community Shelters, are working to open the first community-run shelter in Melbourne’s north.

A bottle shop spat could lead to a much-needed women’s refuge in this booming suburb

A wealthy shopping centre owner has donated a vacant block of land in Melbourne’s north for a badly needed women’s crisis shelter.

  • Adam Carey
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Waste material smoulders at the alleged unlawful burn-off site in Wollert.

Mountains of building waste burnt off in alleged black market operation on Melbourne’s fringe

A rural property on Melbourne’s northern fringe is at the centre of an alleged black market business burning industrial waste supplied by small operators dodging the state government’s landfill levy.

  • Adam Carey
Stefan Koomen at the former Cranbourne golf club, which will be redeveloped into housing.

Turfed out: Fake grass banned from golf course-turned-housing estate

Home owners in a 500-home golf course-turned-housing estate will be banned from installing this item on their properties in Melbourne’s south-east.

  • Adam Carey
City of Port Phillip Mayor Alex Makin and City of Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly pose outside Melbourne Town Hall.

Mega merger not the answer to funding shortfall, councils say

A proposal to amalgamate rate-capped councils has been met with derision and hostility, with some warning it could hark back to the ugliness of the Kennett-era mergers.

  • Adam Carey
Christina in Mt Atkinson.

Health, transport, postage a problem for residents of community that ‘feels invisible’

Melton councillors have abandoned moves to split Mount Atkinson from Truganina, spurning residents’ pleas about missed health appointments and redirected mail.

  • Adam Carey