Gemma Grant
Gemma Grant is a city reporter at The Age.
West Footscray data centre bids to double in size amid ‘nightmare’ construction
One of the biggest facilities in the city is eyeing a $750 million expansion, as the company seeks fast-track approval to meet booming demand.
- Gemma Grant and Clay Lucas
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‘We all whinge about the buses’: Tourist woes continue at Brighton bathing boxes
With more than a million visitors every year, parking around Brighton’s colourful boxes has become a major tension point among locals, visitors and tour companies.
- Gemma Grant
Pokies out, playtime in: How RSLs are reinventing themselves
With events including live music performances and a mobile petting zoo, this local sub-branch is attracting new customers of all ages.
- Gemma Grant
- Exclusive
- Planning
Housing approvals to be fast-tracked under new planning controls
There will be no recourse for neighbours, but the government says new regulations will make it easier to build in suburbs popular with families and young people.
- Gemma Grant
This suburb was promised a town centre 17 years ago. Residents are still waiting
The mayor has called for the state government to fast-track the project, which has been in the pipeline for more than a decade.
- Gemma Grant
These residents were told their road would reopen. Now it’s gone forever
Residents in Yallambie will be limited to just one road in and out of their suburb after the major project decided to permanently close a key section of road.
- Gemma Grant
- Updated
- Weather
Flood warnings downgraded in state’s north after drenching
Mildura in Victoria’s north recorded almost half its usual annual rainfall total since Saturday.
- Cassandra Morgan and Gemma Grant
Video of train hitting car at Brunswick shows boom gate lift as fail-safe
Dashcam footage appears to show the car jolt forward and touch the boom gate, which swings upward before the train sends the car spinning into a fence.
- Gemma Grant
Retirees lost this long-standing discount. They’re fighting to get it back
Mornington Peninsula retirees have banded together in an attempt to reinstate a 20 per cent discount after it was unexpectedly removed last year.
- Gemma Grant
Controversial ‘Luna Park’-style outdoor luge approved on Mornington Peninsula
The multimillion-dollar project has received a backlash from locals, but was green-lit by the state government on Thursday.
- Gemma Grant